388 Coleopterological Notices, IV. 



the funicle two-thirds as long as the first and not quite equal to the 

 next two. Prothorax strongly inflated and rounded on the sides, 

 two-fifths wider than long, strongly narrowed and broadly distinctly 

 constricted toward apex, the latter scarcely more than three-fifths as 

 wide as the disk. Elytra at base only just visibly wider than the 

 disk of the prothorax, a little more than twice as long, just percep- 

 tibly longer than wide, broadly rounded at the sides and gradually 

 strongly narrowed behind to the acutely rounded apex ; striae 

 coarse, not entirely concealed by the vestiture. Length 2.0-2.6 

 mm. ; width 1.15-1.4 mm. 



Lake Superior and Dakota. The description is taken from the 

 male. 



5 S. f nlvus Lee— Proc. Am. Phil. Soc, XV, p. 172. 



Oblong-oval, convex, black throughout, the legs sometimes dark 

 piceous ; integuments densely, uniformly clothed above with moder- 

 ately large elongate-oval reddish-orange scales, which become smaller, 

 nearly white and somewhat uneven in distribution beneath ; recurved 

 setae fine and not conspicuous. Beak in the male rather slender, 

 smooth, shining and feebly punctate beyond the antennae, punctate, 

 opaque and slightly squamulose toward base, feebly arcuate, nearly 

 as long as the head and prothorax, with the antennae inserted just 

 beyond the middle, in the female much longer but not thinner, 

 cylindrical, almost perfect!}" straight, smooth, shining, feebly punc- 

 tate and opaque near the base, three-fifths as long as the elytra, with 

 the antennae inserted distinctly behind the middle ; fulvous cornicu- 

 late tufts at the base conspicuous; antennae rather short, the second 

 funicular joint but slightly longer than the third. Prothorax a little 

 wider than long, the sides quite strongly convergent from base to 

 apex, broadly, feebly arcuate, distinctly constricted behind the apex, 

 the latter scarcely three-fifths as wide as the base. Elytra parallel 

 in basal half, two-fifths wider than the prothorax and three times as 

 long, the sides not constricted before the apex; striae indicated by 

 broad partings in the vestiture. Legs moderate; tarsal claws thick, 

 connate in basal third. Length 2.6-3.0 mm.; width 1.1-1.25. 



Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas and New Mexico. A sufficiently 

 abundant and isolated species, without any especially close ally in 

 our fauna. 



6 S. quadrifer ri. sp. — Oblong-oval, moderately convex, black, the legs 

 more or less rufous; vestiture dense, consisting of oval imbricated scales, 



