800 Goleopterological Notices, FJ. 



mate and not altogctlier (lisconncctcd. EUjtra two-thirds lonjiev tlian wide, 

 twice as Avide as tlie protliorax, fiiii'luiiHy <iiit^ arcuately narrowed in a])ioal 

 third, the apex transversely ronnded ; sides feebly arcnate, becoming straight 

 and parallel near the base; humeri rounded, well exposed at base; disk finely 

 but strongly, very closely punctate; omoplates approximate and moderately 

 strong. Abdomen finely but not densely punctate, rather densely clothed 

 with recumbent pubescence, the basal segment very much larger than the 

 entire remainder. Lega moderate in length, slender. Length 1.6 mm.; width 

 0.6 mm. 



Wisconsin ( Bayfield ). Mr. Wickham, 



A very small but interesting species, which may be identified 

 at once by the capitate antennsc, small and widely' separated e3'es 

 and toothed femora. A sinofle female. 



SCA]\'l'Li;S n. gen. 



Bod\'^ anthiciform, pruinose, with extremely dense short fine 

 and decumbent pubescence, unmixed with longer hairs. Head not 

 wider than the prothorax, the eyes rather large, finel}^ faceted,witli 

 short recurved setfe and a small but distinct anterior emargina- 

 tion. Epistomal suture distinct. Antenna moderately- long, grad- 

 ually and perceptibly incrassate from the third joint, the latter 

 slender. Last joint of the maxillary' palpi right-angled, of the 

 labial tumid, with the obliquely truncate apex transverseh' oval, 

 deepl}^ concave and feebly pilose. Prothorax tumid and promi- 

 nent at the sides anteriorly, transversely' and feebly impressed 

 dorsally near the base, the apex with a distinct marginal bead 

 which is possibly homologous with the collar in Anthicus. Elytra 

 with widely exposed humeri. Middle and hind coxse slightly 

 separated. Abdomen with the basal segment not as long as the 

 remainder, the dividing suture fine and distinct, becoming obso- 

 lete only in the middle ; last three segments equal in length 

 among themselves. Legs slender, the hind femora not at all <li- 

 lated and perfectl}^ simple beneath; tibi;e simple; tarsi very slen- 

 der, moderately long, the basal joint almost twice as long as the 

 remainder. 



The above description is drawn from jn-uinoaus, the generic 

 type, and luteolui> diflfers in having the e3'es slightly less finely 

 faceted, the hind femur provided beneath with a dense comb of 

 erect fulvous bristles almost throughout its entire extent, the 

 humeri much less exposed, the antennrc filiform, and the pronotum 



