526 Coleopterological Notices, VII. 



reflexed, the excavation continued to the base as a shallow 

 canaliculation ; second slightly thicker than the third and follow- 

 ing joints, obconoidal, ^ longer than wide, 4 as long as the third, 

 the latter |-, fourth ^, fifth 1, sixth f , longer than wide ; seventh 

 and eighth just visibly wider and much shorter, as long as wide 

 and a little wider than than long respectively; ninth as long as the 

 two preceding and f wider, obtrapezoidal, longer than wide; 

 tenth still wider, obtrapezoidal, rather closely joined, slightly 

 wider than long ; eleventh still wider, gradually pointed, not quite 

 as long as the two preceding. Prothorax large and very convex, 

 fully as long as wide, f wider than the head, widest and with the 

 sides broadly arcuate at apical f, the sides feebly convergent and 

 nearly straight toward base ; disk coarsely punctured near the 

 base at each side of the median line, and with two large fovese in 

 addition, elsewhere impunctate. Elytra rather short, evenly 

 elliptical, f longer than wide, 4 wider than the prothorax and 

 barely twice as long, widest just before the middle ; sides almost 

 evenly arcuate ; humeri rather evident ; basal impression short 

 and rather feeble ; disk finely, sparsely punctulate ; suture very 

 feebly elevated toward base but not at all beaded. Pygidium 

 triangular, as long as wide, narrowly rounded at apex, sparsely 

 and coarsely pubescent, rather distinctly punctured toward base. 

 Legs long and stout, the femora strongly but rather gradually 

 clavate ; hind tarsi with the four basal joints cylindric, trans- 

 versely truncate at apax, the first about ^ longer than the second. 

 Length 2.4 mm.; width 0.8 mm. 



Louisiana and Arkansas. The type described above has the 

 sixth ventral very nearly as long as the first and is probably the 

 male. The anterior tarsi are distinctly, although not very 

 broadly, dilated toward base. 



2. Ell. occipitalis n. sp. — Rather elongate and only moderately stout, 

 polished, subimpunctate, uniformly dark rufo-testaceous throughout, the 

 legs and antennae not paler ; pubescence abundant, evenly distributed, shorter 

 and less conspicuous anteriorly, erect and recurved on the elytra. Head trans- 

 verse, the portion behind the antennse fully }4 wider than long ; eyes well de- 

 veloped, though feebly convex ; tempora nearly twice as long as the eyes, 

 feebly convergent and broadly arcuate, becoming parallel for some distance be- 

 hind the eyes, the truncate base equal to % of the total width ; upper surface 

 evenly convex, finely, sparsely punctulate and pubescent, the hairs directed 

 transversely, a broad median line impunctate, glabrous and becoming slightly 

 tumid toward base. Antennas rather more than % as long as the body, the 



