Sifnop.ti'.i of the Coleopterous Vamily Cisidae (Cioidac) 7 



coarse. Head flat. Ei)istonia reflexed and pnxlueed into two 

 small denticles at middle, emarginate between them. An- 

 tennae 10-jointed. Eyes not prominent. Prothorax slightly 

 produced at apex into two feeble angles, emarginate between 

 them. Four specs. Length 1.75 mm. Dunedin, Fla. W. S. 

 Blatchley to whom it is dedicated. 



Cis cylindricus, n. sp. 



Elongate, cylindrical. Black, very like Cis hystricula Csy., 

 but differs as follows: Head larger, elytra! punctures, very 

 coarse and deej), setae coarse and sparse. Clypeal tubercles 

 ])orrect. Male with fovea at middle of first ventral segment. 

 I compared this species with the type of hystricula in Col. 

 Casey's collection. He agreed with me that it was not the 

 same as that species. Length 2 mm. Umatilla Co., Oregon. 

 Abundant. G. F. Moznette. 



Cis ivenzeli, n. sp. 



Elongate, cylindrical. Elytra piceous. Prothorax piceo 

 castaneous. Punctures dual and all rather fine. Setae fine, 

 subdecumbent, inconspicuous. Epistoma truncate, feebly 

 angulate each side in front of eyes. Prothorax, with sides 

 parallel, hind angles prominent, apex simple in both sexes. 

 Beneath, the male has first ventral simple. Anterior tibia 

 feebly everted externally at apex. 2 mm. Del. Co. Penn. 

 Four specimens. H. A. Wenzel, to whom the species is dedi- 

 cated. Taken in abundance in Polyporus versicolor. 



Cis huachucae, n. sp. 



Form oval; short, broad and very convex. Color pale 

 (immature). Punctures shallow, dense. Vestiture of long, 

 stiff, erect sharp-pointed bristles. Epistoma produced with 

 a tooth-like angle in front of each eye and two smaller teeth 

 at middle. Front flat. Prothorax wider than long; sides 

 stronglj^ rounded and convergent at basal and apical angles. 

 Apex produced into two small, gradually formed processes, 

 very close together. A shallow line running from base to apex 

 at middle. Elytra as wide as prothorax and less than twice as 



