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FAMILY IX. SOYDMiENIDiE. 



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. 



584. CAPILLOSULUM. 



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

 as elytra, strongly impressed near base ; color piceous. 



POLITUM. 



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

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



NIGRUM. 



oo. 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. pumilum. 



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

 from Iowa. 



575 ( ). Connophron formale Casey, Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci., VII, 1897, 



402. 



Elongate-oval, rather stout. Piceous-black ; elytra dark red, blackish 

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

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

 eal tooth distinct, triangular. Antenna? 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. 

 Elytra twice as long and nearly twice as wide as thorax, humeral fold and 

 subhumeral impression well developed, basal fovea? feeble ; subsutural im- 

 pressions distinct. Length 1.9 mm. 



Throughout the State ; frequent. March 20-October 21. Oc- 

 curs beneath bark and rubbish. Resembles fossiger but longer and 

 with the joints of antenna! club more gradually thickened. 



576 (1826). Connophron fiavitarse Lee, Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. 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. Elytra 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 counties; scarce. April 21-November 28. 



*577 (1827). Connophron fossiger Lee, Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., VI, 

 - 1852, 152. 



Rather stout, fusiform. Black; 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. 



