418 Goleopterological Notices, VII. 



are bright rufous, blackish at tip, and with long hairs, which 

 characters are quite foreign to the present species. 



25. C. atoducens n. sp. — Narrowly suboval, polished, and impunctate,. 

 pale rufo-testaceous throughout, the legs and antennte still paler and more- 

 ferruginous; pubescence rather abundant, pale in color, coarse, stiff and re- 

 curved on the elytra. Head moderate in size, subparabolically rounded behind 

 the eyes, which are rather small; clypeal tooth somewhat well developed^ 

 rounded at tip. Antennse short and stout, about as long as the head and pro- 

 thorax, the club very stout and almost 3-jointed; second joint obconic, only 

 slightly shorter than the first, about % longer than wide, as long as the next 

 two and decidedly thicker; three to six equal in width, subequal among them- 

 selves and not as long as wide; seventh only just visibly thicker and nearly % 

 wider than long; eighth about ^.j thicker than the seventh and nearly 3^3 wider 

 than long; ninth and tenth abruptly much wider than the eighth, subequal 

 and strongly transverse; eleventh stout and somewhat obliquely pointed. 

 Prothorax rather small and strongly conic, the sides feebly arcuate, not quite 

 as long as wide; apex narrow, }4 *s wide as the base, the latter }4 wider than 

 the head; surface perfectly even. Elytra rather short, % longer than wide, 

 somewhat rapidly narrowed and acutely rounded behind, distinctly more than 

 twice as long as the prothorax and about % wider; sides rather strongly arcu- 

 ate before the middle; humeral plica, subhumeral and subsutural impressions 

 almost obsolete, the basal fovese small, subequal. Legs rather short but not 

 stout, the femora subequally and only moderately clavate. Length 1.2 mm.; 

 width 0.45 mm. 



Pennsylvania (locality unknown). 



A small species, which may be known by its pale coloration,, 

 small and strongly conical prothorax, stiff and recurved pubes- 

 cence, and ver}'^ stout antennal club, which is a transition toward 

 the purely 3-jointed form, and conclusive evidence that the pos- 

 session of three or four joints in the club is not even of subgeneric 

 importance; the group of four species here separated on that 

 ground is, in fact, scarcely natural, and should rather be consid- 

 ered a taxonomie convenience than otherwise. In the present 

 species the eighth joint is intermediate in width between the 

 seventh and ninth, although the steps on both sides are great 

 and abrupt. 



26. C. luteipes n. sp. — Eather ventricose, highly polished and impunc-^ 

 tate, uniform piceous-black throughout, the legs and antennae pale flavo-testa- 

 ceous; pubescence rather abundant, uniform, coarse and recurved on the elytra, 

 pale in color. Read moderate in size, quite distinctly wider than long, circu- 

 larly rounded behind, the eyes small and but slightly convex; clypeal tooth 

 distinct, slender, gradually and finely pointed and aciculate. Antennse quite 

 distinctly longer than the head and prothorax, rather slender, the club gradual 



