462 Coleopterological Notices, VII. 



oblique, bent at base and simple. The abdomen is rufous at tip. 



This species is allied closely to capillosulum, but differs in its- 

 shorter antennae, minutely subdentate clypeus, deep black color^ 

 smaller prothorax and relatively larger elytra. 



77. C pertiiiax n. sp. — Eather stout and ventricose, polished and im- 

 pnnctate, black, the elytra feebly picescent in a strong light ; legs rufo-testa- 

 ceous, the femora blackish ; antennae red-brown ; pubescence rather abundant, 

 coarse, pale, rather short and recurved, but even and without intermixed sets& 

 on the elytra. Head much wider than long, broadly rounded behind, the eye& 

 quite large, very convex and prominent ; front scarcely impressed ; clypeu& 

 with a few setigerous punctures, perfectly even and rectilinear at apex. 

 Antennae slender, about }4 ^s long as the body, the club narrow, feebly in- 

 crassate and gradual in formation; second joint obconic, slender, a little shorter 

 than the first, as long as the next two and thicker, nearly % longer than wide ;. 

 three to six equal in width ; third, fourth and sixth subequal and about as long, 

 as wide, the fifth a little longer, the sixth asperulate ; seventh ^ wider, quad- 

 rate ; eighth scarcely % wider than the seventh, subglobular, nearly as long as- 

 wide ; eighth to tenth increasing very slightly and gradually in width ; ninth 

 about as long as wdde, the tenth a little shorter ; eleventh decidedly thicker, 

 obliquely pointed, as long as the two preceding. Prothorax small, conic, not 

 as long as wide ; apex ^ as wide as the base, the latter scarcely more than ^ 

 wider than the head ; surface strongly, transversely impressed near the base,, 

 the impression not thoroughly interrupted at the middle. Elytra relatively 

 large, oval, widest before the middle with very evenly arcuate sides, 3^ longer 

 than wide, 2}4 times as long as the prothorax and about twice as wide ;^ 

 humeral plica rather large and strong, the corresponding impression somewhat 

 narrow but deep and conspicuous ; fovese deep ; subsutural impressions rather 

 strong, the suture finely but strongly beaded basally, the bead expanded at 

 base. Abdomen with the basal segment large, overlapping the next, arcuate 

 and fringed with coarse porrect separated hairs at apex. Legs well developed, 

 the femora moderately clavate ; tarsi slender, the basal joint of the posterior 

 about as long as the next two. Length 1.2 mm. ; width 0.48 mm. 



Canada (Ottawa). Mr. W. H. Harrington. 



One of the smallest species of this section of the genus and 

 readily identifiable by the small prothorax, rather large and 

 prominent eyes, blackish coloration and by the form of the spur 

 terminating the hind tibiae in the male, this being unusually short,, 

 not quite a third as long as the tarsus and contorted toward tip ;; 

 it is however simple in structure and very finely acuminate. 

 The description is drawn from the male, but the female does not 

 differ, except in being a trifle less stout and with a still narrower 

 antennal club. Two specimens. 



78. C. pallidipes n. sp. — Eather stout and ventricose, polished and 

 impunctate, black, the antennae dark rufous and the legs still paler ; pu- 



