450 h'WIIIjY XI. — RTAI'ITYIJNID.K. 



dd. Budy more elongate, subdeiiressi^d ; hind angles of thorax acute; 

 color wholly iilceous. Si;*;, elcngata. 



oc. Middle tibiiB with two distinct terminal spurs. 



('. Klytra without a row of bristle-boiiring pun<-tures along the margin. 

 f. Abdominal segments without long setse along the sides. 

 g. Elytra densely punctulate, as long as wide ; length 4 mm. 



867. PDBESCENS. 



gg. Elytra smooth, each with three or four very fine raised lines ; 



length 2 mm. StiS. camnula. 



//. Abdomimil segments with long setae at the sides, arising from 



i-atlier large deep puijctures; elytra more or less reddish at 



base. 



h. 1"b(.rax with minute transverse strigae between the punctures; 



elytra with entire basal margin red. 869. opicum. 



hh. Thorax very finely punctate, not strigose ; elytra with a red 



spot on base nearer the suture than the margin. 



870. basale. 

 cc. Elytra with a row of bristle-bearing punctures along the sides; ab- 

 domen with setse at the sides; jiale reddish-yellow, elytra with 

 tip and discal spot piceous. 871. soeiptxjm. 



C. lilloreum Linn., a European sjjfi'ies, 3. .5-4 mm. in length, is 

 known from Massachusetts and Canada, and has been recorded by 

 Dury from Cincinnati. 



8(!4 (2047). Conosoma knoxii Lee, Proe. I'liil. Acad. Nat. Sci., 1866, :ri74. 



Oval, subdeiii-esseil. Head and apii-al third or more of thorax black, 

 shining; basal portioii of tliorax, a large oval space on each elytron, legs 

 and base and ii]iex of antennae dull yellow; abdomen reddish-yellcjw, its last 

 tin-e(' segments, the sides and apex of elytra, and the under surface i)iceous. 

 Tliiji-iix broader than elytra, hind angles subacute, disli finely alutaceous 

 and. as well as elytra, densely and very finely punctate and pubescent. 

 lOlytra one-third longer than wide. Length 3.5^ mm. 



Marion and Putnam comities; scarce. SSc'pteiniier '25 November 

 '2S. Taken by sifting damp ve;,''etable debris. 



*X(;ri CJVAH). ('.(iNosoxrA crassiim Gimv., Mem. Col. ,\Iier., 1S0(!, 11X). 



Oval, convex. I'ii-enus, siiarsely clcjthed with fine iia](> lirown pubes- 

 cence; thorax and elyd-a usually with a narrfiw reddish sjiace at base oC 

 each; antennae dusky, the apical .ioint paler; under surface reddish-brown, 

 the legs paler. Tlioriix slightly wider than elytra, sides regularly curved; 

 hind angles broadly roundeil ; dLsk finely and densely punctate. Elytra to- 

 gi'ther as long as wide, densely and more distinctly punctate than thorax. 

 Length 3-5 mm. 



Throughont the State; comnmn. -Tannary 21-Ni>vember 17. 

 Occurs beneath l)ark and on fungi. Onr largest species. 



sot; ( ). Co.\(jsO,\IA F.I.ONOATA Sp. n(]V. 



Eloiigate-oval, sul)depressed. I'ic'eous, shining, sjjarsely clothed with 

 fine lirownish-.ycllow pubesitflice ; antennie and legs reddish-brown. Thorax 



