<i<(4 FAMILY IV. - SCOLYTID.E. 



954 (- -). STEIHANODERES CHAPUIS-II Eich., 1871, 132. 



Oblong, piceous-brown, sufcopaque, thinly grayish pubescent, antenna? 

 and legs testaceous. Thorax ample, subglobose, transverse, apical margin 

 with two closely placed tubercles, mucronate and prominent, disc in front 

 scabrous with a few tubercles, subrugosely punctate behind and at sides. 

 Elytra cylindrical, intervals faintly multipimctate, apex suddenly de- 

 clivous, subacuminate. Length 2 mm. 



Texas. Tybee Island, Ga.. June 30. (Wnizcl.) Treated as 

 a syiionyin of rtisxiniilis by Eichhoff and Srhwarz, but retained 

 as distinct by Hopkins. 



V. EUXOPORIDES Hopkins, 1915-a. i Gr., Ernoporus -j- "like.") 



Antennal funicle 4-jointed, joint 4 slightly broader; club coin- 

 pressed, with side margins unequally rounded, with two obscure, 

 procurved sutures on anterior and scarcely evident ones on poste- 

 rior face, suture one with a distinct oblique septum; eyes oblong- 

 oval, not emarginate. 



955 (- -). ERXOPORIDES FLOWDEXSIS Hopkins, 1915-a, 34. 



Oblong, elliptical. Reddish-brown. Pronotum with sides nearly par- 

 allel, anterior margin obtusely rounded, smooth, rugosities small, sparse, 

 not in concentric rows but extending toward sides; posterior dorsal and 

 lateral areas smooth, shining, not evidently punctured and with median 

 faint elevated line. Elytra with sparse, fine scales and rows of larger 

 interspacial scales, elytral punctures fine, confused. Length, female, 

 1.4 mm. 



Biscayne Bay, Florida. (HublHird &. Nr///rr//--. i 

 956 (9102). EKNOPOBIUES JALAPP.-T: Letzner, 1844, 99. 



Cylindrical. Chestnut brown, antennae and legs brownish-yellow, shin- 

 ing. Crown of tubercles behind smooth front margin of thorax not par- 

 allel with margin, but more curved toward sides; behind densely sub- 

 granulate. Elytra with fine rows of punctures, reaching apex, intervals 

 with rows of very short, scale-like erect setae and finely punctulate, 

 sparsely scaly. Elytral striae more evident than in floridensis. Length 

 1.31.6 mm. 



In Jalap root from Brazil : liable to be found in all large cities 

 in Europe and America but not frequently reported. The Nat. 

 Mus. Coll. contains but a single specimen. Reitter (1913) creates 

 for this species the subgenns Lct~ncr<'ll<i. 



VI. Erixoi-oitrs Thomson. ISO."), i Gr., "making" -{- "pores.") 



Antennal funicle 4-jointed; club compressed, oval, narrowed 

 toward base, sides evenly, apex broadly rounded, three obscure 

 straight sulures on anterior face and three obscure procurved 



