Coleopterological Notices, VII. 50T 



pusly more than twice as long as the prothorax and about }4 "wider, oblong- 

 oval in form, slightly widest and with the sides just visibly more rounded be- 

 hind basal % ; sides feebly arcuate ; humeri somewhat traceable but not at all 

 prominent ; apices broadly and individually rounded, the dorsal pygidium 

 well exposed in the entering angle, long and acutely rounded ; basal, sutural 

 and humeral impressions obsolete ; each elytron with two small fovese at the 

 basal margin, the outer the larger. Abdomen with the basal segment longer 

 than the second, the fifth moderate ; sixth long, much developed, narrowly 

 rounded, with its surface evenly convex and sloping slightly upward. Meso- 

 sternum carinate, the side-pieces protuberant and setose. Metasternum very 

 long, densely hairy along its anterior margin throughout the vridth ; posterior 

 edge between the coxie transverse and slightly prominent at each side ; epi- 

 sterna entirely covered. Legs short ; femora all feebly clavate; hind tarsi 

 short, with the four basal joints subequal in length. Length 0.75-0.8 mm.; 

 width 0.3-0.35 mm. 



Pennsylvania (Westmoreland Co.) ; Massachusetts (Dracut). 



The description is taken from the male, but there are no obvious 

 secondary modiflcations ; the female is a little more ventricose, 

 with relatively smaller head and prothorax. 



The specimens taken by Mr. Blanchard, under pine bark, in 

 Massachusetts, do not seem to differ from those sent by Mr. 

 Sehmitt, showing that this remarkable type is not confined to 

 mountainous districts. 



EUTHEIINI. 



The tribe Eutheiini is allied to the Cephenniini in many of its 

 structural features, but diflfers very greatly in the head, which is 

 here porrect and not deflexed, and borne on a distinct, though ex- 

 tremely wide, neck, with the constriction exposed. It differs 

 equally strongly in the form of the prosternum before the coxse, 

 which, instead of being deeply emarginate and very short, is 

 rather long and well developed. The genera appear to be three 

 in number as follows : — 



Hind coxse widely separated; body larger in size. 



Mesosternum broad aud perfectly flat; sides of the prothorax acute through- 

 out the length ; nuchal constriction transverse and well marked above, the 

 vertex not bif oveate ; antennae only moderately enlarged toward tip. 



£ut]ieia 

 Mesosternum strongly carinate; sides of the prothorax acute and margined 

 only toward base; nuchal constriction more feeble above, anteriorly arcu- 

 ate and involving two fovese at the base of the vertex; last antennal joint 

 much inflated and enclosing a large, conspicuous spongy-pubescent cavity. 



Verapllis 



Hind coxse very moderately separated; head without impressions; body minute 



in size [Brendel] Euthiodes 



