Pauî Spessivtsev (Petrograd). 



Two new species of Carphoborus from East Russia 



(Coleoptera, Ipidae). 



(With 4 figures). 



П. Спесивцевъ (Петроградъ). 



Два новыхъ вида Carphoborus изъ восточной Россш 



(Coleoptera, Ipidae). 



(Съ 4 рисунками). 



Carphoborus cholodkovskyi, sp. п. 



Length 1,4 — 1,7 mm. Cylindrical. Dark brown. Head almost 

 black. The end of femur, the tibia and elytra brown, elytral declivity 

 lighter. Antennae and tarsi yellowish-red. Pronotum and elytra covered 

 with bright yellowish-gray scales. Head, thorax, legs and abdomen 

 with scalelike stout hairs and, partly, with simple ones. Front densely 

 punctured. In the males the front with a grooved depression upon 

 which there are two tubercles, transversely disposed and connected 

 at the base. Front, except small central glabrous part of the depres- 

 sion, covered with bristle-like hairs and scales, whose ends are directed 

 towards the named tubercles. In the females the front with a smooth 

 shining, glabrous space in the middle, surrounded by short erect 

 hairs with ends slightly turned towards the centre of the front. 

 Pronotum a little broader than long, narrowing towards the ante- 

 rior edge, closely punctured and covered with scales, with distinct, 

 shining, glabrous, elevated median line not reaching 

 as far as anterior and posterior parts of pronotum. 

 Elytra somewhat narrower at base than at apex; their striae with deep 

 round punctures, each with a row of exceedingly fine and sparse hairs, 

 invisible to the naked eye. Elytral interspaces with coarse rugosities 

 covered with 2 — 3 irregular rows of scales; in the female, besi- 

 des, there is a row of erect bristle-like scales (longer 

 on the declivity) placed at intervals between other sca- 

 les. On the declivity interspace 1st elevated, interspace 2nd slighty 



Revue Russe d'Entom. XVI. 1916. № 1—2. 



