Coleopterological Notices, IV. 677 



partings of the very dense crust of scales. Prosternum feebly 

 impressed, separating the coxse by one-fifth or sixth of their own 

 width. Second tarsal joint almost as wide as the third and nearly 

 as long as wide. Length 2.5-2.9 mm. ; width 0. 7-0.85 mm. 



Michigan and Illinois ; also said by LeConte to occur in Virginia. 

 Five specimens. 



2 Barilepton famelicum n. sp. — Very slender, cylindrical, convex, 

 "black, shining, the scales moderately large and broad, sparse and slender on 

 the median parts of the pronotnm, dense throughout on the elytra, very sparse, 

 minute and narrowly lineate throughout on the abdomen except the sides of 

 the last three segments, which are densely squamose. Head finely, sparsely 

 punctate and squamulose ; beak punctured and sparsely squamose toward base, 

 elsewhere smooth and polished, compressed, thick, scarcely more than three- 

 fourths as long as the prothorax, very strongly arcuate near the base, nearly 

 straight in apical two- thirds, the antennae inserted at or slightly behind the 

 middle, the basal joint of the funicle longer than the next four, the club 

 robust, a little shorter than the preceding six joints together. Prothorax fully 

 as long as wide, often apparently a little longer, the sides parallel, nearly 

 straight, feebly convergent and slightly rounded near the apex, the latter fully 

 four-fifths as wide as the base, which is transverse, the median lobe almost 

 obsolete ; subapical constriction completely wanting ; disk finely, rather 

 sparsely and unevenly punctate. Scutellum very small, quadrate, glabrous, 

 with one or two setae at each side. Elytra, equal in width to the prothorax and 

 about two and one-half times as long, parallel ; sides convergent in apical 

 third, the apex obtusely rounded ; humeri not prominent ; disk with very fine 

 striae, the intervals wide, fiat, densely, confusedly squamose. Abdomen sparsely 

 punctate. Prosternum transversely constricted behind the apex, broadly, 

 distinctly impressed along the middle, separating the coxae very narrowly. 

 Middle and posterior tarsi longer than the tibiae, the second joint not quite as 

 wide as the third but much wider than the first. Length 2.1-2.65 mm. ; width 

 0.4-0.7 mm. 



Colorado (Greeley). Mr. H. F. Wickham. 



This very small species is closely allied to ftliforme, but may be 

 distinguished by its smaller size, more slender form, sparser and 

 more slender scales especially on the pronotum and along the median 

 parts of each elytron, and also by the form of the beak which is more 

 abruptly and strongly arcuate near the base. Seven specimens. 



3 Barilepton quadricolle Lee. — Proc. Am. Phil. Soc, XV, p. 423. 



Cylindrical, convex, black, the legs rufescent ; integuments shining 

 but densely clothed with pale scales, narrow on the pronotum, broad 

 and denser on the elytra, moderately dense on the abdomen. Head 

 sparsely, finely punctate, the impression obsolete ; beak thick, about 



