Goleopterological Notices, VII. 513 



widely separated antennse, then rapidly declivous, the clypeus very short, 

 broadly arcuate at apex ; labrum small, transverse ; mandibles large, falcate ! 

 palpi slender, the third joint blackish, remainder testaceous. Antennas slightly 

 longer than the head and prothorax, the club very stout and incrassate ; first 

 joint oval, }4 longer than wide, as long as the next two, slightly stouter than 

 the second, which is oval, }{ longer than wide, as long as the next two and 

 distinctly thicker ; third and fourth equal in width, suboval, l-g and }4: wider 

 than long ; fifth and sixth a little wider, very slightly, and quite distinctly, 

 wider than long respectively ; seventh and eighth still wider and more trans- 

 verse, equal in width, % ^^^ M wider than long ; ninth and tenth darker in 

 <;olor, blackish, obtrapezoidal, transverse, ^ and once wider than the eighth, 

 % wider than, and more than twice as wide as, long, respectively ; eleventh 

 only slightly wider than the tenth, oval, not as long as wide, not longer than 

 the two preceding, very obtuse, with a large spongiose cavity on the inner side 

 near the apex. Prothorax % wider than long, nearly % wider than the head ; 

 sides parallel, broadly rounded anteriorly, straight toward base, the latter 

 broadly, feebly bisinuate, the angles not at all blunt ; apex broadly arcuate ; 

 disk having a short transverse subbasal impression at the middle, with a small 

 and feeble fovea near it at each side, and a large, deep and oval fovea near 

 £ach basal angle. Scutellum large, subparabolic, subscabrous, broadly rounded 

 at tip and fully as long as wide. Elytra % longer than wide, parallel, with 

 the sides a little more prominently arcuate at basal %, fully 2% times as long 

 as the prothorax and J^' wider, broadly truncate at tip, with the sutural angle 

 somewhat rounded ; humeral plica narrow, strong but short, the subhumeral 

 impression deep, slightly elongate ; inner fovea large and deep ; disk not ob- 

 viously impressed along the suture, the latter with a flat and abrupt bead 

 toward base, broadly enveloping the scutellum. Dorsal pygidium only half 

 exposed, broadly rounded. Legs slender, the femora very feebly swollen. 

 Length 1.25 mm. ; width 0.5 mm. 



Pennsylvania (Westmoreland Co.). Mr. Sehmitt. 



The hind coxae are separated b}^ about f of their own width, 

 the metasternum only feebly produced between them and broadly, 

 feebly sinuate in circular arc throughout the width, the first ab- 

 dominal segment shorter than the next three, the sixth large and 

 parabolic. The metasternum is finely carinate along the middle 

 anteriorly, the carina increasing in elevation until it meets the 

 strong mesosternal keel. The first joint of the hind tarsi is fully 

 as long as the next two combined. 



This species can be readily distinguished from cavicornis by 

 several strongly accentuated structural differences, which are 

 however in no way generic or subgeneric in nature. The sex of 

 the unique type is not determinable. 



5. V. scitula Makl.— Bull. Mosc, 1852, p. 330 (Eutheia). 



Black, shining; antennae, legs and elytra testaceous ; prothorax 



