424 Goleopterological Notices^ VII. 



bescence abundant, somewhat long, suberect and slightly coarse on the elytra, 

 rather pale in color. Head well developed, a little wider than long, circularly 

 rounded behind the eyes, which are somewhat small and but slightly convex ; 

 clypeal tooth very minute, acute. Antennx nearly 3^ as long as the body, 

 slender, the club strongly developed and elongate but not very abrupt in 

 formation; second joint obconic, fully % longer than wide, as long as the next 

 two; three to six equal in width, slender, obconic, the third wider than long; 

 fourth as long as wide; fifth and sixth nearly equal and decidedly longer, about 

 }^ longer than wide ; seventh fully % thicker than the preceding and more 

 roughly sculptured, cylindric and almost as long as wide; eiglith % thicker 

 than the seventh, about as long as wide; ninth and tenth subequal, a little 

 thicker than the eighth and slightly wider than long; eleventh scarcely thicker, 

 elongate, almost as long as the two preceding, the point ogival and slightly 

 oblique. Froihorax rapidly conic, the sides scarcely at all arcuate, not quite 

 as long as wide; apex 3^ as wide as the base, the latter }{ wider than the head; 

 surface just visibly and very obsoletely impressed transversely near the basal 

 margin. Elytra oval, not very acute behind, scarcely more than i^ longer 

 than wide, barely twice as long as the prothorax and about % wider, widest 

 and with the sides somewhat more arcuate near basal % ; humeral plica rather 

 short but distinct, the subhumeral impression small and basal ; fovese distinct ; 

 subsutural impressions small and very feeble, the suture feebly elevated very 

 near the base. Legs slender, the two anterior femora distinctly, the four 

 posterior rather feebly, clavate. Abdomen black, the remainder of the under 

 surface dark rufo -testaceous. Length 1.0 mm. ; width 0.4 mm. 



Rhode Island (Boston Neck). 



The male, from which the above charactei's ai'e taken, differs 

 but little from the female, except that the penultimate joints of 

 the antennae appear to be a little more transA^erse in the latter. 

 Between the antennal tubercles in the male there is a subtriangu- 

 lar patch at the anterior margin, which is densely and strongly 

 punctate and more closely pubescent. 



This species is abundant under fallen leaves in rather moist 

 woods, and may be known b}^ its small size, minute clypeal tooth 

 and male sexual characters. The erect vestiture of the eljtra is 

 nearly similar to that of the large species allied to jiavitarse. 

 There is no distinguishable structural variation, even in size, in 

 the ample series before me. 



34. C. friistimi n. sp. — Narrowly subrhomboidal, polished and impunc- 

 tate, dark piceous-brown, the elytra paler and brighter rufous throughout \ 

 legs and antennte pale, rufo-testaceous ; pubescence rather abundant, some- 

 what long, suberect and pale in color on the elytra. Head rather small, very 

 nearly as long as wide, subparabolic behind the eyes, which are rather well 

 developed and slightly prominent ; clypeal tooth very minute, broad and ob- 

 tusely rounded. Antennie rather slender, fully as long as the head and pror 



