546 Goleopterological Notices, VII. 



Scydmaenus mississippicus Zimm. — Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, 1869, p. 251. — 

 Ferruginous-browu, very shining and smooth although tolerably thickly 

 clothed -with hair, the head especially thickly covered behind with erect hairs. 

 Prothorax not longer than wide, narrowed in front, with a slight transverse 

 impression behind in which four deep fovese are visible. Elytra with one lon- 

 gitudinal impression in front near the suture and a fovea near the sharply de- 

 fined humeral carina. Front thighs much thickened, the front tibiae strongly 

 compressed toward tip, and, on the inner side, furnished with a brush of 

 hairs. Length nearly % line. 



It is evident that this species should be placed among those 

 members of the genus Euconnus, which I have designated by the 

 subgeneric name Scopophus, but I cannot identify it with any of 

 those described. 



Scydmaenus gravidus Lee. — Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila., 1852, p. 155. 

 — Piceous, pubescent, the prothorax narrowed anteriorly, transversely im- 

 pressed at the base; elytra shorter than usual, ovate, foveate at the base; an- 

 tennae slender, the three last joints rounded and abruptly larger. Length .04 

 inch. Louisiana. 



Stout, piceous, pubescent, the head rounded, with the antennae a little 

 longer than the head and prothorax, the joints three to eight equal, not elon- 

 gate , nine and ten more than twice as thick, globular, eleven a little longer, 

 obtuse. Prothorax wider than the head, trapezoidal, narrowed anteriorly, the 

 sides almost straight; base with a strong transverse impression. Elytra some- 

 what rufous, ovate, twice as wide as the base of the prothorax and forming: 

 with it a very indistinct angle, moderately convex; base strongly foveate. 

 Thighs slightly clavate, the tarsi testaceous. 



May be placed just before Gonnophron trinifer in the table of 

 that genus ; it differs in the transverse impression of the pro- 

 thorax. 



Scydmaenus obscurellus Lee. — 1. c, p. 153. — Piceous, briefly pubescent, 

 the prothorax rather long, narrowed slightly anteriorly; elytra very slightly 

 impressed at the base; antennal joints rounded, the legs rufescent. Length 

 .045 inch. Georgia ( Liberty Co. ) . 



A small species, easily distinguishable by its piceous color and elongate pro- 

 thorax. Head convex, smooth, strongly pilose at the posterior angles. An- 

 tennae a little longer than the head and prothorax, the joints after the second 

 globular, the four last about % thicker than those which precede. Prothorax 

 pilose, not wider than the head, }{, longer than wide, very slightly narrowed 

 in front; apex truncate; sides straight. Elytra }4. wider than the prothorax 

 and forming an almost indistinct angle with it, obliquely narrowed behind the 

 middle, slightly pubescent; base scarcely foveate; feet rufous, the thighs 

 clavate. 



This species was taken at the same locality as the unique type 

 of clavatus, and the two descriptions are very similar. Those 



