424 SUBFAMILY X. UUKUULIOXIXJE. 



with larger, more oval, silvery-white scales; beak, antennae and legs rerl- 

 dish-brown. Thorax one-fourth wider than long, sides feebly rounded, 

 disc broadly constricted near apex, densely and coarsely punctate and with 

 an elevated line on its median third. Elytra nearly one-third wider than 

 thorax, broadly impressed on basal third, sides parallel to beyond middle, 

 thence rapidly converging to tips; striae deep, intervals flat, their sculpture 

 concealed. Length 3.2 4.5 mm. 



Fountain Co. Intl., rare; May 12. Bowniauville, 111., Apr. 7. 

 Frequent near New York City in May and June. Ranges from 

 Canada and New England to Michigan, south to Georgia. Chit- 

 tenden (1S87, 217) states that it lives in the dead wood of beech 

 trees, the adults being found from March 27 to April 20 in com- 

 pany with the larvae. Occurs also on hop-hornbeam and hickory. 



V. PSOMUS Casey, 1802. (Gr., "a bit or crumb." ) 



This genus is also represented by a single very small oval, al- 

 most glabrous species having the beak as long as head and thorax ; 

 antennae inserted at its basal third, very slender, first joint of 

 funicle longer than the next two, second longer than third, club 

 very small, feebly annulate; ventral segments subequal in length, 

 their sutures 'straight and deep; tibia? and tarsi very short, tarsal 

 claws small, divergent, obtusely toothed. 



658 (11,076). PSOMUS POLITUS Casey, 1892, 459. 



Short, oval, convex. Black, shining; clothed with a few bristling 

 hair-like scales, especially evident on the scutellum, flanks and base of 

 thorax, and around and between the eyes; antennae, tibiae and tarsi pale 

 reddish-brown. Beak smooth, shining, rather coarsely and sparsely punc- 

 tate. Thorax short, conical, about two-thirds wider than long, sides straight, 

 diverging from apex to base, disc sparsely and finely punctate. Elytra at 

 base nearly one-half wider than thorax, umbones prominent, sides parallel 

 for two-thirds their length, thence rounding to apex; striae fine, minutely 

 and distantly punctate; intervals subconvex, each with a row of very fine 

 seta-bearing punctures. Length 1.5 1.8 mm. 



Described from Indiana without definite locality. Posey 

 County, rare ; June 4. One of the two specimens at hand is dark 

 reddish-brown, perhaps from immaturity. Recorded from Que- 

 bec, Canada; Hemlock Falls, Jamesburg and Chester, N. J. ; July 

 -August. Occurs commonly near Cincinnati, Ohio, on sprouts 

 of the white ash, Fra.rimis americanus L. June 1 25. (Diiri/.} 



Tribe XX. CEUTORHYNCHINI. 



This tribe comprises numerous small robust species having 

 the form broadly oval; beak cylindrical, not thickened at base; 

 antennae elbowed, usually inserted about the middle of beak, their 



