TRIBE V. RHYNCOLINI. 539 



Cincinnati, Ohio, frequent on standing dead beech trees; 

 May July. 



844 (9038). PHILCEOPIIAGUS MINOR Horn, 1873, 443. 



Reddish-brown, shining. Beak stout, not curved, finely and rather 

 sparsely punctate. Thorax slightly longer than wide, sides feebly curved, 

 more strongly near base, disc convex, gradually broader behind the middle, 

 rather finely, evenly, not densely punctate. Elytra one-fourth wider than 

 thorax, sides parallel to apical fourth, apex broadly rounded, surface 

 convex; striae not deep and gradually feebler to apex, coarsely but not 

 serrately punctured, becoming obsoletely so toward apex; intervals feebly 

 convex, the eighth uniting with the seventh behind the humeri, each with 

 a row of minute punctures. Beneath sparsely and finely, the flanks of 

 thorax more coarsely punctured. Length 2 2.5 mm. 



Fort Lee, Newark and Anglesea, N. J. ; July. Buffalo, N. Y. 

 Ranges from New York to Michigan and Nebraska, south to Vir- 

 ginia. Occurs in the decaying trunks of birch, willow and elm, 

 (Chittenden} ; on dead twigs, (Ulkc}. 



845 (11,225). PHLCEOPHAGUS SPADIX Hbst., 1795, 256. 



Elongate-oval, subconvex. Dark reddish-brown, almost shining, thinly 

 pubescent with suberect grayish-yellow hairs; antenna? and legs paler. 

 Beak stout, broad, finely and densely punctate. Thorax subcylindrical, 

 as wide as long, sides broadly rounded, disc coarsely, densely and rather 

 shallowly punctate, with trace of a median smooth line. Elytra crenately 

 striate; intervals rugulose, very finely punctate. Length 3 mm. 



Rockaway Beach, Long Island, N. Y. ; on seashore in water- 

 soaked driftwood. West Bergen and Brigantine Beach, N. J., 

 June 23. An imported species not yet commonly found in this 

 country. 



II. TOMOLIPS Woll., 1873. (Gr., "to cut" + "desiring.") 



Stout cylindrical species having the beak slightly longer than 

 head, robust, subcylindrical, not curved; antennal grooves deep, 

 commencing at middle, rapidly descending, passing entirely be- 

 neath the eyes and distant from their lower edges; antennae stout, 

 scape short, not more than half the length of the remaining joints 

 united; first joint of funicle stout, longer than the others, 2 5 

 subequal, broader than long; club round, glabrous, shining, trun- 

 cate at tip ; scutellum small, rounded ; legs short, robust ; tarsi 

 nearly as long as the tibiae, slender, third joint not bilobed, 

 fourth as long as the others united ; front and middle coxae nar- 

 rowly separated. 



A genus remarkable in the structure of its antenna?, the species 



