414 Coleopterological Notices, VII. 



resembles cZautpes, but has the antennae much shorter and stouter. 

 Although the antennae in the present species are not remarkably 

 short or stout when compared with other members of Connophron, 

 they evidently are when compared with Enconnus c/auzpes, where 

 these organs are remarkably long and slender. 



20. C. teiiebrosum n. sp. — Rather stout, black, the elytra faintly rufo- 

 picescent; legs blackish, the tarsi paler; antennae dark rufous, paler distally; 

 pubescence moderately sparse, very long and somewhat pale on the elytra; in- 

 teguments highly polished and impunctate. Head oval, distinctly wider than 

 long, arcuately rounded behind the eyes, the latter rather small and but 

 slightly prominent; neck about }4, of the maximum width; clypeal tooth very 

 minute, truncate at apex. Antennse a little less than ^ as long as the body, 

 rather gradually and moderately incrassate distally, the club not abrupt, its 

 joints increasing in thickness to a slight degree; second joint cylindric, twice 

 as long as wide and as long as the next two, which are subequal and only 

 slightly longer than wide; fifth %, sixth ^-3, longer than wide; seventh only 

 very slightly thicker than the sixth, perfectly cylindric, }^ longer than wide; 

 eighth thicker, obconic, with the apex conoidal, rather longer than wide, a 

 little narrower and longer than the ninth ; tenth about as long as wide, the 

 apex conic; eleventh well developed, obliquely pointed. Prothorax scarcely 

 longer than wide, conic, the sides nearly straight ; apex rather more than % ^^ 

 wide as the base, the latter nearly }4 wider than the head; surface perfectly 

 even, without trace of impression. Elytra not quite % longer than wide, 

 twice as long as the prothorax and nearly f^ wider, oval, the sides evenly 

 arcuate; apex rather narrowly obtuse; humeral plica and subhumeral impres- 

 sion both long and pronounced ; two basal fovese small but deep and subper- 

 forate; subsutural impressions distinct, the suture strongly beaded basally. 

 Legs well developed, the femora all strongly clavate. Length 1.65 mm. ; width 

 0.65 mm. 



Rhode Island (Boston Neck); Massachusetts. 



The type is a male, as shown by the exposed tip of the oedeagus, 

 which is a little more broadly obtuse than usual. This species 

 Teserables fossiger and femorale in its very minute clypeal tooth, 

 but differs from the former in its entirely black color, strong sub- 

 sutural impressions with stronglj^ beaded suture, and in antennal 

 structure, and, from the latter, in its simple anterior femora of the 

 male, stouter form and other characters, 



21. C. femorale n. sp. — Elongate-oval, polished, and subimpunctate, 

 black throughout with a piceous tinge, the legs dark rufo-piceous, the an- 

 tennse rufous ; pubescence long and abundant, rather dark in color. Head 

 oval, nearly }^ wider than long, subcircularly rounded behind the eyes, which 

 are moderate in size and convexity ; clypeal tooth extremely minute and in- 

 conspicuous. Antennee slender, rather more than }4 ^s long as the body, the 



