Goleopterological Notices, VII. 3*11 



seventh rather more than ^ thicker, oval, -f longer than wide ; 

 eighth almost ^ wider than the seventh, subglobular, conic in 

 apical third, scarcely visibly longer than wide; ninth and tenth 

 ^ and |- thicker than the eighth respectively, similar in outline, 

 the former scarcely as long as wide, the latter nearly ^ wider than 

 long; eleventh much stouter, obliquely ogival toward tip, nearly 

 as long as the two preceding. Prothorax a little longer than 

 wide, scarcely visibly wider than the head, broadly rounded and 

 parallel at the sides anteriorly and broadly sinuate toward base ; 

 transverse impression distinct, interrupted near each side by a 

 fine longitudinal carina, which does not extend beyond the im- 

 pression ; fovese deep. Elytra nearly \ longer than wide, scarcely 

 more than twice as long as the prothorax and about 4 wider, 

 almost evenl}^ oval, subacute behind, widest very near the middle, 

 the sides broadly arcuate ; humeral plica and adjacent impression 

 rather small and feeble ; subsutural impressions small and nar- 

 row, the suture strongl}^ beaded basally,the bead gradually wider 

 toward base. Legs moderate in length ; four anterior femora 

 strongly, the posterior moderately clavate. Length 1.3 mm.; 

 width 0.45 mm. 



Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Michigan and Iowa (Iowa Citj^). 

 The description given aboVe applies to the male, the abdomen in 

 that sex being simple but with a small, deep and transversely lu- 

 nate impression at the middle of the sixth segment, bordering the 

 apical margin. The female differs scarcely at all in general form 

 or structure. I have found this to be an abundant species under 

 stones in early springtime, but LeConte states that it occurs 

 with Formica pennsylvanica. 



If Scydmsenusbicolor Denn3', (Mon. p. 68), be the species alluded 

 to by Schaufuss as disabling the name ftzcoZor Lee, it may be 

 stated that the former is a ScydmSenus, and is considered to be a 

 synonym of exilis Er., so that the name bicolor Lee. (Euconnus) 

 will still hold good. 



6. E. caTipeiinis n. sp. — Moderately stout and ventricose, polished, sub- 

 impunctate, pale and uniform red-brown throughout the body, legs and an- 

 tennae ; pubescence coarse, pale, abundant and conspicuous, directed backward 

 on the occiput, short and bristling on the pronotum, quite dense and complex 

 in arrangement on the elytra, strongly recurved throughout but longer, coarser 

 and normal on the flanks, very short on the upper portions, where it streams 

 obliquely outward, externally, and toward the suture, internally, behind, and 

 intermingled throughout with inconspicuous erect sette. Head as long as 



