Goleopterological Notices^ VII. 393 



Clypeus without trace of marginal inequality < 20 



4 — Body distinctly more than 1 mm. in length 5 



Body about 1 mm. in length 19 



5 — Elytral pubescence long, erect and generally fine 6 



Elytral pubescence coarse, shorter and recurved 18 



6 — Pronotum not transversely impressed near the basal margin, though with 



two faint rounded and nearly contiguous impressions in repletum 7 



Pronotum transversely and rather feebly impressed near the basal margin 17 



'V — Clypeal tooth large or moderate, distinct 8 



Clypeal tooth very minute 16 



8 — Elytra with a large and conspicuous subhumeral impression 9 



Elytra with the subhumeral impression and humeral plica obsolete or very 



nearly so 15 



9 — Large species, always more than IJ^ mm. in length 10 



Small species, much less than 1^^ mm in length 14 



lO — Pronotum with two feeble, approximate and probably evanescent im- 

 pressions in the middle near the basal margin 1 repletum. 



Pronotum even, without trace of impression at any part 11 



11 — Elytra strongly impressed at each side of the suture near the base 12 



Elytra feebly or not at all impressed near the suture 13 



12 — Elytra long and rather acutely pointed behind, fully % longer than wide. 

 Clypeal tooth entire; femora all strongly clavate. 



Antennal club scarcely at all differentiated ; elytra bright red with the 



suture finely blackish 2 optatum 



Antennal club somewhat distinct; elytra uniformly blackish-piceous in 



color; body narrower 3 loiigipeune 



Clypeal tooth narrow, bifid at tip; hind femora much less strongly 



clavate 4 acutipenne 



Elytra shorter and much more obtuse at apex, evidently less than l^ longer 

 than wide. 



Elytra dull red, nubilate with black posteriorly 5 formale 



Elytra bright red throughout ; body notably smaller 6 simulans 



13 — Antennse shorter, the club strongly differentiated; subsutural impres- 

 sions feeble but visible, the suture beaded toward base. 



Legs bright ruf o-testaceous throughout 7 scbauini 



Legs blackish ; tibiae paler, the tarsi flavate 8 flaTitar§e 



Antennse shorter, the club strongly differentated ; subsutural impressions 

 nearly obsolete, the suture not at all beaded toward base; size much 



smaller 9 oreophiluiu 



Antennae long and slender; hind femora evidently less strongly clavate than 

 the four anterior ; elytral suture not beaded toward base. 



Body rufo-piceous in color 10 longicorne 



Body bright and pale rufo-testaceous in color 11 rubriim 



14 — Prothorax shorter than wide, with the sides straight; penultimate joints 



of the antennae moderately transverse 12 dentiger 



Prothorax fully as long as wide, with the sides arcuate; penultimate joints of 

 the antennae strongly transverse 13 extricatum 



