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middle and posterior femora moderately, the anterior more strongly, clavate. 

 Length 1.25 mm. ; width 0.5 mm. 



New York (Hudson River Yal.). Mr. H. H. Smith. 



A small but distinct species, which may be easily identified by 

 its uniformly blackish color with pale legs, narrow form of bod}^ 

 somewhat short and recurved pubescence of the elytra and com- 

 paratively large head. The single specimen before me is not ab- 

 solutely identifiable as to sex, but is apparently a male. 



28. C furtivum n. sp. — Narrowly and almost evenly elongate-oval, pol- 

 ished and impunctate, uniform pale yellovnsh-testaceous throughout, the legs 

 and antennae concolorous; pubescence rather abundant, pale in color, moderate 

 in length, coarse inclined and posteriorly recurved on the elytra. Head mod- 

 erate in size, nearly as long as wide, semicircular behind the eyes, which are 

 small and but slightly prominent; clypeal tooth strongly developed, parallel, 

 broadly rounded at tip. Antennse fully ^ as long as the body, slender, the 

 club long, slender and feebly differentiated, its joints increasing perceptibly in 

 width throughout; second feebly obconic, very nearly as long as the first, % 

 longer than wide, as long as the next two and but slightly thicker; three to 

 six equal in thickness and cylindric; three and four equal and as long as wide; 

 five and six equal and about }^ longer than wide ; seventh slightly thicker and 

 as long as wide; eighth % thicker than the seventh, subconic at apex and fully 

 as long as wide; eight to eleven increasing uniformly in thickness, nine and 

 ten similar to eight in form, as long as wide ; eleven an elongate ogive in form, 

 scarcely oblique at apex. Prothorax feebly conic, the sides slightly arcuate, 

 not quite as long as wide ; apex about ^ as wide as the base, the latter nearly 

 }^ wider than the head; surface perfectly even. Elytra evenly elongate-oval, 

 fully % longer than wide, distinctly more than twice as long as the prothorax 

 and fr, wider, the sides very evenly arcuate; apex narrowly obtuse; humeral 

 plica and subhumeral impression rather short and feeble; basal foveae distinct; 

 sabsutural impressions obsolete, the suture not beaded. Legs well developed; 

 four posterior femora very moderately clavate, the anterior rather strongly. 

 Length 1.4 mm. ; width 0.6 mm. 



Northern Illinois. Mr. F. M. Webster. 



The sex of the single ty^Q before me is not clearly determin- 

 able without dissection. The species may be known at once 

 among its few allies with coarse recurved elytral pubescence, by 

 its elongate and slender antennse ; its pale coloration may possi- 

 bly be in part due to immaturity. 



Onlj^ the three last of the six follovring species really form a 

 natural group, the three first, which belong structurally with 

 furtivum and the preceding species, being associated solely 

 on account of their very small size for convenience in identifica- 

 tion. 



