Coleopterological Notices,' VII. 6tl 



Upper internal margins very feebly divergent, the eyes at their superior 

 limit much less than twice as widely separated as at the point of 



minimum frontal width mucidUS n. sp. 



Very small species, 2.3 mm. in length longulus Lee. 



Eyes most approximate at a point below the middle of the front. 



Eyes at their upper limit separated by less than twice the minimum width 



of the front subcupreus n. sp. 



• Eyes at that point separated by twice the minimum width of the front or 

 more. 

 Point of minimum separation of the eyes only slightly below the middle 



of the front obscurellus n. sp. 



Point of minimum separation at or below lower fourth, where they be- 

 come almost subcontiguous dispersus n. sp. 



In this table the characters relating to the eyes of longulus are 

 assumed, as no mention of their form is made in the original 

 description. As far as I have been able to discover, the general 

 form and mutual separation of the eyes are affected but slightly 

 by the sex of the individual, and this seems to be the case also in 

 all the tropical species which I have studied. 



Minutus Lee. is not included in the table, as it must form a 

 distinct genus because of the structure of the scales which clothe 

 the body, and on account of peculiarities of antennal structure. 

 Mammillatus is the largest and finest species of the genus, readily 

 recognizable by its stout form and the large subquadrate blotch 

 of white scales at each side of the base of the pronotum. The 

 new species of the table are described below in order. 



C. coclierelli. — Densely clothed throughout with large decumbent scales 

 of a uniform pale ochreous-yellow color, becoming largely white at the sides 

 of the prothorax, and broadly along the elytral suture, with two transverse 

 series of indefinite white blotches curving forward externally, the anterior at- 

 taining the humerus; under surface and legs clothed throughout with large 

 white scales. Head and basal parts of the beak densely clothed with white 

 scales; inner margins of the eyes strongly, evenly arcuate, the eyes most ap- 

 proximate at about the middle of the front and there separated by ^ of their own 

 width; beak coarsely but not densely punctured ; antennal club well developed, 

 oval, pointed, about as long as the four last joints of the funicle, minutely 

 pubescent, with its first joint constituting about % of the mass. Prothorax 

 slightly shorter than wide, rather abruptly narrowed and broadly subtubulate 

 at apex, the sides feebly bisinuate; sculpture entirely concealed. Elytra rather 

 more than % longer than wide, but little wider than the prothorax and ^ 

 longer; striae concealed but marked by a series of conspicuous narrow pointed 

 scales lying in the level of the general crust. Length 3.4 mm. ; width 1.4 mm. 



New Mexico (Las Cruces). 



