Goleopterological Notices, VII. 547 



forms of Connophron having the prothorax almost imperceptibly 

 "wider than the head are extremely rare, and there may be reason 

 to suppose that obscurellus is extremely closely allied to Con- 

 nophron clavatum, if, indeed, not identical. The length of the 

 prothorax is, of course, overstated in the description of LeConte. 



Scydmaenus mariaeLec. — 1. c, p. 151 .— Eufo-piceous, sparsely pubescent, 

 the vertex bifoveate; prothorax campanulate, obsoletely impressed before the 

 base, foveate at the sides; elytra oval, sparsely and obsoletely punctulate. 

 Length .065 inch. Michigan (St. Mary's River.) 



Very similar to subpundatus, but the prothorax is more rounded on the sides 

 anteriorly and distinctly narrowed behind, the basal impression hardly visible 

 and the lateral fovese less deep. Elytra wider and much less distinctly punc- 

 tured, the base marked as in that species with four punctures, causing the 

 humeri and suture to appear elevated. 



There is reason to believe that this species does not differ from 

 Scydmsenus subpunctatus. 



Scydmaenus minimus Bndl. — Entomologica Americana, V, p. 193. Iowa. 



As before stated, this species is possibly not distinct from 

 Opresus misellus Lee; its length is said by the author to be .45 to .5 

 mm., and, if correct, this would prove it to be quite different from 

 0. luteus, which I have described from the mountains of Pennsyl- 

 vania. At any rate, it may be placed next to misellus in the table 

 of Opresus previously given. In the figure of Dr. Brendel, the 

 antennse are very strongly clavate. 



Scydmaenus ovithorax Bndl. — Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, XX, 1893, p. 283. — 

 Brown, impunctate, thinly pubescent. Head % as wide as the prothorax, 

 nearly quadrate, the front margin tripartite by short impressed lines, declivous 

 anteriorly, the eyes very flat, small, anterior, on the sides and scarcely distin- 

 guishable. Antennal club 3-jointed. Prothorax obovate, vrith rounded sides 

 and no impressions. Elytra elliptical, the humeri obsolete, each feebly de- 

 pressed at the middle of the base, the sutural lines feebly indicated at basal 

 fourth. Anterior coxae contiguous; posterior small, mutually remote; femora 

 clavate. Last ventral segment very large, as long as the three preceding. 

 Length 0.8 mm. California (Sta. Clara Co.). 



In the figure accompanying this description the fourth palpal 

 joint is shown to be distinct, aciculate and subulate, and there can 

 be no reasonable doubt that ovithorax will form the type of a new 

 genus belonging to the tribe Opresini, but differing greatly from 

 any other in the widely separated hind coxae. 



Cephennium breve Schfs. — Berl. Ent. Zeit., XXXI, p. 319. — Breviuseu- 

 lum, nitidum, pallidum, supra pallide pilosum; capite Isevi, ante oculos 

 maiores nodulifero; thorace lato, angulis rectis, obtusis, supra visis anticis 



