Goleopterological Notices, VII. 479 



the male, but the female differs in no respect, except its slightly 

 smaller head and just visibl}^ shorter antennae ; the anterior 

 femora are similar and normal in both sexes. 



6. S. puncticeps n. sp. — Rather stout and somewhat strongly ventricose, 

 polished, rufo-testaceous throughout, the head strongly and closely, the elytra 

 equally strongly, but less closely, punctate, the punctures small and not much 

 impressed ; pubescence almost wanting on the head, excepting a few short 

 hairs laterally, sparse short and indistinct on the pronotum, longer coarse ful- 

 vous suberect recurved and conspicuous on the elytra. Head transverse, 

 slightly flattened above in the punctured area, the latter divided longi- 

 tudinally by an impunctate line, the punctures evanescent toward the base and 

 eyes, the latter large, convex, more than twice as long as the tempora ; front 

 slightly produced and rounded between the antennse, the usual transverse 

 groove separating it from the clypeus more pronounced. Antennse slender, % 

 as long as the body, gradually and moderately incrassate; second joint slender, 

 slightly shorter and much narrower than the first, feebly obconic, % longer 

 than wide, much shorter than the next two but only slightly thicker ; three 

 to five increasing just visibly in thickness, the sixth as wide as the fifth ; third 

 nearly %, fourth i^, fifth % and sixth }^, longer than wdde ; seventh and 

 eighth equal in width, obtrapezoidal, broadly conic at apex, % wider than the 

 sixth, equal and barely as long as wide ; ninth and tenth subsimilar in outline 

 to the eighth; % and 3^ wider, % and % wider than long ; eleventh oval, 

 acutely and obliquely pointed, fully as thick as the tenth and as long as the 

 two preceding. Frothorax nearly as long as wide, fully }4 wider than the 

 head, dilated and broadly rounded laterally in apical %, somewhat con- 

 stricted at basal third, the base slightly expanded ; disk impunctate, except 

 along the basal margin, where the punctures are confused and subrugose. 

 Scutellum distinct, parabolic, as wide as long. Elytra large, 3^ longer than 

 wide, three times as long as the prothorax and twice as wide, elliptical, the 

 sides parallel and evenly arcuate ; humeri pronounced at base ; subhumeral 

 impression very feeble, the plica somewhat distinct ; inner fovea large. Legs 

 slender ; femora feebly clavate, the anterior rather strongly. Length 1.4 mm. ; 

 width 0.65 mm. 



North Carolina (Asheville). 



The sculpture and modified front of the head may be secondary 

 sexual characters to some extent, but there are no other exposed 

 features which may enable us to determine the sex of the unique 

 type. The anterior femora and posterior trochanters are simple. 

 The four basal joints of the hind tarsi decrease gradually in 

 length. This species and the next depart from all other Ameri- 

 can representatives of the genus in the cephalic characters 

 alluded to. 



7. S. scillpticeps n. sp. — Moderately stout and ventricose, polished and 

 rufo-testaceous throughout ; head closely and strongly punctured except to- 



