Goleopterological Notices, VI I. 583 



inences, which are large and somewhat roughly sculptured; front before the 

 depression more rapidly and subvertically declivous and strongly narrowed by 

 the antennal cavities to the very short and more porrect clypeus, which is very 

 broadly subparabolic at apex ; labrum transverse, broadly sinuate at tip and 

 bearing some stiff discal setae ; mandibles rather small, stout. Aniennse about 

 as long as the head and prothorax, moderately slender, but slightly irregular, 

 the club 3-jointed; basal joint short and thick, but slightly longer than wide, 

 the apex above moderately emarginate for the reflexion of the funicle ; second 

 much narrower, elongate, rather longer and slightly thicker than the third; 

 two to seven gradually somewhat narrower and less roughly sculptured, all 

 longer than wide and subcylindric, the eighth narrowest of all, quadrate; 

 ninth and tenth subequal and nearly similar, moderately transverse, scarcely 

 as wide as the basal joint; eleventh much thicker, large, conoidal and gradu- 

 ally very acute to the tip, rather longer than the three preceding joints com- 

 bined. Prothorax slightly elongate, widest and evenly rounded at the sides 

 anteriorly, the sides gradually and moderately convergent posteriorly, becom- 

 ing only very feebly sinuate; surface evenly convex, with three large deep 

 nude and isolated fovese near the base, the lateral partially confluent with an- 

 other smaller fovea nearer the basal margin, the median flanked on either side 

 by a small and feebly prominent spinule and only slightly prolonged anteriorly 

 for a short distance in a rapidly evanescent impression ; at the base in the mid- 

 dle there is a small elevated and more rugosely sculptured triangle, flanked by 

 single smaller fovese. Elytra very short and transverse, as long as the pro- 

 thorax and nearly ^5 wider, nearly % wider than long, the sides very strongly 

 divergent and strongly evenly arcuate, from the extreme base to the apex, the 

 surface strongly convex, not foveate at base but each with two feeble impres- 

 sions adjoining the elevated basal margin, the fine sutural striae lying in a 

 broadly impressed sutural region which becomes very deep toward tip; flanks 

 deep, without trace of post-humeral fovea but with a fine cariniform line 

 parallel to the margin in more than apical half; humeral plica or prominence 

 wholly wanting. Abdomen more than twice as long as the elytra from a ver- 

 tical viewpoint, and, at the middle, rather wider, the sides parallel and feebly 

 arcuate; border only visible on the basal segment, narrow, slightly oblique 

 and feeble; basal segment with three wide shallow basal impressions separated 

 by feebly cariniform elevations ; second and third short and equal, the fourth 

 longer than the first three combined, very convex, becoming gradually vertical 

 at tip; fifth ventral short but longer than the third or fourth, the apical mar- 

 gin oblique at the sides, disappearing laterally under the third dorsal. Legs 

 long and well developed, the femora moderately swollen ; tibise long, the pos- 

 terior calcarate at tip. Prosternum before the coxae elongate and almost hori- 

 zontal. Length 2.8-3.0 mm.; width 0.8-0.85 mm. 



North Carolina (Round Knob). Hubbard and Scliwarz. 



The description applies to the male, the exserted oedeagus being 

 large and of remarkable form. In the female the head is more 

 distinctly wider than the prothorax, the latter about ^ as wide as 

 the elytra, the abdomen shorter with more arcuate sides, the first 



