Synopais of the Coleopterous Fa mill/ Cisidue {Cioidae) 5 



oniargination lietween thoni evenly rounded. The apex of the 

 female prothorax being sliglitly eniaruinate. Tlie ])uneluation 

 of prothorax is closer and finer than that of elytra, which are 

 nearly twice as long as wide and rather coarsely and deeply 

 punctured. The first ahdominal segment of male without 

 fovea or other mark. Length 4-30 mm. This is the largest 

 species I have seen and was collected by myself on Polyporus 

 fungus in Madera Canon, Santa Rita Mountains, Arizona, 

 July 23, 1915. Twelve specimens. 



Cis lodingi, n. sp. 



Body stout and thick; very convex, suboval in outline 

 from above; piceous in color. Pubescence yellow, bristling, 

 moderate in length, subdecumbent. Head sunken, flat in 

 front, with a shallow transverse impression across base of 

 ei)istoma, subfoveate at middle. Epistoma produced with 

 margin reflexed, subangulate in front of each eye, angulate and 

 deflexed at middle. Surface of head alutaceus and with large 

 variolate punctures. Antennae with third joint about as long 

 as fourth and fifth together. Tenth joint longer than wide 

 and pointed at tip. Prothorax very high and projecting over 

 head at apex. Strongly margined. Apex of prothorax slightly 

 emarginate at middle. Punctures variolate, sparse and shallow. 

 Scutellum small and transverse. Elytra slightly wider than 

 prothorax and not twice as long as wide. Bristles not serial in 

 arrangement. Elytral punctures rather coarse and deep. 

 Humeri small, but prominent. Anterior tibiae flattened, 

 carinate on its outer edge, produced at apical angle, terminating 

 in a sharp spur. Prosternum long before coxae; wide and flat 

 between them. Size, 2-08 x 1-01 mm. The above description 

 was drawn from the male which has no secondary sexual mark 

 on first ventral segment. The female does not differ much. 

 Because of its thick body and sunken head this species resembles 

 some Cryptoceplialus in outline when vicAved from the side. 

 Eleven specimens from Mobile, Ala., collected by Mr. H. P. 

 Loding, to whom it is dedicated. 



