Goleopterological Notices, VII. 463 



bescence abundant, rather coarse and pale, suberect and moderately long on 

 the elytra. Head slightly wider than long, almost semicircular behind the 

 eyes, which are moderately large and somewhat prominent ; antennal promi- 

 nences feeble, the front only very slightly Impressed ; clypeus somewhat 

 asperate, the apical edge even and without trace of median tooth. Antennas 

 rather stout, slightly longer than the head and prothorax, the club strong and 

 abruptly formed ; second joint feebly obconic, not quite % longer than wide, 

 barely as long as the next two but much thicker ; three to five subequal,, 

 cylindric and not quite as long as wide ; sixth rather wider, with the inner 

 side a little shorter than the outer, almost as long as wide ; seventh scarcely ^ 

 wider than the sixth, cylindric and almost symmetrical, % wider than long ; 

 eighth % "wider than the seventh, not quite as long as wide ; ninth and tenth 

 darker in color, nearly similar in form, about 3^ wider than long, }£ and 

 nearly }4 wider than the eighth respectively ; eleventh much stouter, oval, 

 gradually very obliquely pointed, fully as long as the two preceding. 

 Prothorax conic with feebly arcuate sides, not as long as wide ; apex nearly % 

 as wide as the base, the latter scarcely more than 14 wider than the head ; sur- 

 face distinctly biimpressed transversely near the base. Elytra }4 longer than 

 wide, distinctly more than twice as long as the prothorax and more than ^ 

 wider, pointed at tip, widest well before the middle, the sides rather strongly 

 arcuate ; humeral plica moderate in length, narrow and strong, the adjacent 

 impression long, deep and conspicuous ; fovese and subsutural impressions 

 extremely feeble, the suture beaded only at the extreme base. Abdomen with 

 the first segment broadly arcuate at apex and overlapping the next, the edge 

 fringed with long but simple porrect hairs. Legs moderate ; anterior femora 

 strongly, the four posterior rather feebly, clavate. Length 1.2 mm. ; width 

 0.55. 



Pennsylvania (Westmoreland Co.). Mr. Schmitt. 



A small but distinct species, to be recognized at once by its 

 black color, rather strongly inflated elytra with strong subhu- 

 meral modifications, and by the distinctly clavate antennse. The 

 maxillary palpi are rather short. Several specimens. 



The male, which serves as the type of the description, has the 

 usual slender terminal tibial spur of the present group. It is 

 simple and rather short, not quite half as long as the tarsus. The 

 tip of the abdomen is paler as usual. 



79. C nigrum n. sp. — Eather stout, suboval, highly polished and im- 

 punctate, black throughout, the legs and antennse pale rufo-testaceous ; pubes- 

 cence abundant, long, erect, rather coarse and somewhat pale on the elytra. 

 Head well developed, as long as wide, rather narrowly parabolic behind the 

 moderately large and prominent eyes ; antennal prominences feeble ; clypeus 

 long, polished, smooth, very sparsely setose, the apical edge rectilinear and 

 even. Antennse long and slender, more than % ^^ long as the body, the club 

 narrow, elongate and gradually formed ; second joint very stout, narrowed at 



