298 FAMILT IX. SCTDSIjEXID^. 



o. Larger, 1.3 or more in length. 

 p. Color piceous or paler, the elytra generally reddish or dull yellow. 

 q. Length 1.6 mm. ; elytra with subhumeral impressions large, deep 

 and conspicuous; dark reddish-brown; elytra paler red- 



5S4. CAPUXOSULCM. 

 gq. Smaller. 1.3 mm. ; thorax small, not much over one-half as wide 

 as elytra, strongly impressed near base ; color piceous. 



POUTDM. 



pp. Black throughout, elytra with at most a faint piceous tinge; legs 

 pale dull yellow, thorax more than half as wide as elytra. 



NIGBTJM. 



00. Smaller, not over .9 of one mm. in length ; basal joint of hind tarsi 

 not as long as the next two combined ; color piceous black, the ely- 

 tra pale reddish-brown. puMrLUM. 



C. longipenne and C. dentiger were both described by Casey 

 from Iowa. 



575 ( 1. Co>xoPHBON FOKMAU; Casey. Ann. X. Y. Acad. Sci., YII, 1S97. 



402. 

 Elongate-oval, rather stout. Plceous-black : elytra dark red, blackish 

 behind, thickly clothed with long bristling hairs; abdomen pale at apex; 

 legs and antennse dark reddish-brown. Head slightly wider than long, clyp- 

 eal tooth distinct, triangular. Antennae one-half as long as body, club grad- 

 ually formed, the ninth joint but slightly longer than wide. Thorax as 

 wide at base as long, sides feebly curved, base one-fourth wider than head. 

 Elyti-a twice as long and nearly twice as wide as thorax, humeral fold and 

 subhumeral impression well developed, basal foveae feeble;, subsutural im- 

 pressions distinct. Length 1.9 mm. 



Throughout the State; frequent, ^farch 20-Oetober 21. Oc- 

 curs beneath bark and rubbish. Resembles fossiger but longer and 

 with the .joints of antennal club more gradually thickened. 



.Tir; (]R2H). (:'oxN0PHK0>' FT.JWTTABSE Lec.. Proc. Phil. Acad. X.at. Sci., VI, 

 1852, 152. 

 Elongate-oval, rather stout. Black, shining ; elytra dull red except near 

 tips and thickly clothed with long fine hairs ; legs reddish-piceous, tarsi pale 

 yellow. Head much wider than long, the clypeal tooth broadly triangular. 

 Antennae less than half as long as body, the joints of club gradually increas- 

 ing in thickness. Thorax conical, not longer than wide, the base one-fourth 

 wider than head. Elyti'a one-half longer than wide, humeral fold strong, of 

 moderate length, suture finely elevated toward base, the basal fovea dis- 

 tinct. Length 1.8 mm. 



Marion and Posey cotmties ; searee. April 21-Xovember 28. 



*5T7 I1S27). Co:;xoPHROs fossiger Lec., Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci.. VI, 



1852. 1.52, 



Rather stout, fusiform. Blaclc ; elytra reddish, blackish toward tips, 

 thickly clothed with long pale hairs: legs and antennae reddish-brown, the 

 femora blackish. Head wider than long, clypeal tooth small, triangular. 



