772 Goleopterological Notices, VI. 



four minute setigerous tubercles, the two median more approxi- 

 mate and limiting a feeble depression, which is relatively much 

 narrower in Jlavica)is than in the more slender candidus. 



M. fiavicaii!^. — Elongate-oval, convex, ahitaceous, pale albido-flavate 

 throughout, the eyes deep black and \ery cons])icuous; vestiture very short, 

 dense and closely decuni1)ent giving a whitish bloom. Head longer than wide, 

 broadly and very feebly concave, finely, closely punctate; eyes large, convex 

 and prominent, at much less than their own length from the base; antennae 

 slender, filifonn, nearly two-thirds as long as the body. Prothorax wider than 

 long, very much wider than the head, convex, subangularly rounded at the 

 sides behind the middle; base two-thirds as wide as the disk; horn large, 

 longer than wide, narrowly parabolic in outline, feebly constricted at the im- 

 mediate base; edges rather finely crenulate; crest feebly elevated, narrow, de- 

 fined feebly by detached elongated tu>)ercles. Eli/tra three-fourths longer than 

 wide, barely two-thirds wider than the prothorax, parallel and nearly straight 

 at the sides, arcuately narrowed and obtusely parabolic in apical third, with a 

 broadly cuspiform sutural notch; humeri rounded; disk minutely, very 

 densely punctate like the pronotum. Under surface minutely, densely punc- 

 tate and pubescent, dull, the legs rather long, slender. Length 2.25 mm.; 

 width 0.8 mm. 



New Jerse}^ (nearly opposite Philadelphia). 



The fifth ventral of the male has a rounded and rather deep 

 impression, which is larger and stronger than the homologous im- 

 pression of candidus. Flavicans is a larger and evidently stouter 

 species than candidus, and ma^^ be readily distinguished b}' the 

 prominent sides of the prothorax. 



Xylophilin.e. 



The heterogeneous components of this subfamily, while bound 

 to the Anthicinse by certain characteristics of facies, differ very 

 radically in tarsal and abdominal structure, and also in the form 

 of the labial palpi as indicated in the table previously given. The 

 species are all small and generall}- quite minute, but the profound 

 structural differences of the genera lends great interest to them 

 from a morphological standpoint. The species of the various 

 genera adhere closely in general appearance to the t^'pe form, and 

 will prove to be rather numerous. They are, however, quite rare 

 in cabinets at present, chiefly because no systematic methods 

 have been pursued in collecting them, the onl}' exception to this 

 known to me being the cabinet of Messrs. Hubbard and Schwarz, 

 which contains good series of many species, carefully collected 



