456 Coleopterological Notices, VII. 



equal in width, cylindric; third quadrate; four and six just visibly longer 

 than -wide, the fifth obviously so; seventh barely 34 ^ider, parallel with the- 

 sides feebly arcuate; fully as long as wide; eighth much longer and fully % 

 wider than the seventh, as long as wide, rounded in apical third; ninth and 

 tenth equal, just visibly wider than the eighth and very slightly, though, 

 obviously, wider than long; eleventh rather thicker, very obliquely and grad- 

 ually pointed, nearly as long as the two preceding. Prothorax well developed, 

 about as long as wide, conic with feebly arcuate sides; apex rather more than 

 3^ as wide as the base, the latter not quite % wider than the head; surface 

 strongly impressed transversely near the base, the impression extremely finely 

 interrupted at the middle. Elytra barely % longer than wide, distinctly more 

 than twice as long as the prothorax and scarcely more than % wider, widest 

 slightly before the middle, the sides very broadly and evenly arcuate; apex 

 subacute; humeral plica long and rather strong, the subhumeral impression 

 somewhat large but shallow, the foveas deep; subsutural impressions long and 

 only moderately strong, the suture strongly beaded basally, the bead strongly 

 expanded at base. Abdomen with the basal segment broadly arcuate and 

 having a deep pale coriaceous border at apex. Le^s well developed; femora 

 rather strongly clavate, especially the anterior; tarsi long and filiform. 

 Length 1.4 mm.; width 0.58 mm. 



New York (Hudson Yalley). Mr. H. H. Smith. 



A somewhat small species, which is quite distinct by reason of 

 its large and prominent eyes ; it can be distinguished from small 

 specimens ot nigrum and afrum by the coloration and somewhat 

 transverse penultimate joints of the antennae, and froux paganum 

 by the color and by its shorter and broader head with larger eyes. 

 It is represented before me by the female onl3^ 



71. C. basale Lec-Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila., 1852, p. 152 (Scyd- 

 msenus). 



Not very stout, suboval, polished and impunctate, pale rufo- 

 testaceous throughout the body and legs, the antennae rather 

 darker red-brown ; pubescence abundant, long, coarse, pale and 

 conspicuous on the elytra. Head but little wider than long, semi- 

 circular behind, the eyes rather small, anterior and but slightly 

 convex; clypeus well developed, rectilinear and unmodified at the 

 apical margin. Antennae but little longer than the head and pro- 

 thorax, the club narrow and but slightly differentiated ; second 

 joint feebly obconic, f longer than wide, fully as long as the- 

 next two and thicker ; three to six equal in width ; third and 

 fourth quadrate ; fifth distinctly longer than wide ; sixth barely 

 longer than wide; seventh cylindric, as long as the sixth and 

 scarcel}'' ^ wider, quadrate ; eighth nearly ^ wider than the sev- 



