1 ss srr.FAMiLi* x. rrurruoxixjE. 



254 (8482). HYPOMOLYX PICEUS DeG., 1775, 221. 



Elongate-ovate, broader behind. Blackish-piceous, somewhat shining; 

 thcrax thinly clothed with coarse prostrate hairs; elytra thickly mottled 

 with small tufts of yellowish hair. Thorax rather small, subserrate on 

 the sides; disc carinate in front, very coarsely punctate and with a deep 

 fovea each side the carina. Elytra! striae marked with large, deep, elongate 

 punctures; intervals densely and coarsely granulate-punctate. Length 

 12.5 13.5 mm. 



Mt. Marcy. X. V., Ot-t. 1. Kattg-os from. New England, Nova 

 Scotia and Newfoundland to northern Michigan, Siberia and Eu- 

 rope. Occni-s in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, June, 

 Jn\j, and the Adirondaeks of New York. //. jtincti Fa~b. and H. 

 /ihiicold Couper are synonyms.. 



VI. EUDOCIMUS Schon., 1S36. (Gr., "marked" + "excellently.") 



Beak cylindrical, nearly straight, as long as thorax; antennal 

 grooves reaching middle of front of eyes ; first and second joints of 

 fimicle elongate, equal, 3 7 shorter, gradually a little wider; 

 second ventral equal to the third and fourth united, its front 

 suture nearly straight; femora unarmed; tibia? straight, not com- 

 pressed, the terminal hook strong. The genus contains one large, 

 conspicuous species. 



255 (8483). EUDOCIMUS JIANXKKIIEIMII Boh., Schon., 1836, 241. 



Elongate-oblong, subdepressed above. Black, rather thickly clothed 

 with small brown scales; sides of thorax striped with pale and elytra with 

 three or four small but conspicuous pale spots on fourth interval, which 

 is also clouded with black. Thorax slightly wider at base than long, sides 

 moderately rounded; disc coarsely rugose-punctate and with a narrow 

 smooth median line. Elytra a little wider than middle of thorax, rather 

 deeply striate; the punctures each closed by a yellowish scale; intervals 

 flat. Length 10.515 mm. 



Lake Worth and Crescent City, Florida. Ranges from New 

 York to Georgia and Louisiana. Recorded from various points 

 in New .Jersey and near Washington, D. C. Hopkins (1904-b, 34) 

 states that it is known as the "cypress weevil ;" the adults feeding 

 on the bark of the twigs of bald cypress, Tii.roilitiin distich nut L., 

 causing their death. 'while the larvje mine the inner bark of in- 

 jured and recently felled trees. 



Tribe VI. HORMOPINI. 



This tribe comprises a single medium sized species having the 

 ryes very large, transverse and coarsely granulated, widely sepa- 

 rated above, but nearly contiguous beneath; beak stout, somewhat 

 flattened, shorter than thorax; antenme inserted near its tip. 



