540 srnFAMii.Y xn. COSSOXIX.K. 



of which superficially resemble Hyhtstes and other genera of 

 Scolytidse. The name ToinoUps antedates Wollastonia Horn, 

 which is also preoccupied for a fossil beetle described by Heer. 

 WollastonieUa proposed by Cockerel 1 (100(5, 243) is therefore 

 needless. 



846 (9039). TOMOLIPS QLTERCICOLA Boh., Schon., 1845, 281. 



Black, shining; antennae and tarsi reddish-brown; legs piceous. Beak 

 finely punctured at tip, more coarsely but less densely at base. Thorax 

 longer than wide, nearly cylindrical, very slightly narrowed in front, sur- 

 face very coarsely, not densely punctured. Elytra cylindrical, scarcely 

 wider than thorax, humeri moderately prominent, tips with margin slight- 

 ly prolonged and feebly reflexed; striae deep, especially so near apex, their 

 punctures coarse, deep, moderately closely placed; intervals narrow, convex, 

 their crests undulating, each with a single irregular row of very fine, 

 remote punctures. Body beneath coarsely variolate-punctate. Front tibiae 

 simply mucronate at inner apical angle in both sexes. Length 3 mm. 



Marion and Posey counties, Ind., scarce; March 17 June 3; 

 sifted from debris of rotten beech stumps. Laudisville and Angle- 

 sea, N. J., July 14; breeding in dead wood of various trees. 

 Ranges from New P]ngland to Indiana, south and southwest to 

 Florida, Texas and Guatemala, 



III. PSEUDOPENTARTHRUM Woll., 1873. 



(Gr., '-false" + Pentarthrmn.) 



Stout, robust black species having the beak as long as head, 

 stout, its sides parallel ; eyes feebly convex, finely faceted, visible 

 from above; antennae inserted at basal third, joints 2 5 of funicle 

 wider than long, closely united, club but slightly wider than 

 funicle, compressed; legs short, stout; fourth joint of tarsi very 

 slender, curved. 



847 (- -). PSEUDOPENTARTHRUM SIMPLEX Casey, 1892, 697. 



Subcylindrical, rather robust. Black, glabrous, antennae and tarsi red- 

 dish-brown. Beak and head finely and rather closely punctate, separated 

 by a wide, distinct transverse impression. Thorax as wide as long, widest at 

 middle, sides rather strongly rounded, disc finely, deeply and densely 

 punctate, minutely alutaceous without smooth median line. Elytra as 

 wide at base as thorax at middle, sides straight and parallel for three- 

 fourths their length; stria? with coarse, rather close-set punctures; intervals 

 feebly convex, each with a row of minute punctures. Under surface 

 coarsely, abdomen finely punctate. Length 2.5 2.8 mm. 



Perry Co., Ind., May 23. Meridian, Miss, June 19. Easily 

 distinguished by the 5-jointed funicle with very large basal joint, 

 narrow club, and thorax with apex and base much narrower than 

 middle. 



