TRIBE XXI. CRYPTORHYXCHIXI. 513 



prise, Fla., Nov IT. Ranges from New York to Illinois, south to 

 Florida and Louisiana. Occurs on dead twigs. 



80S (8795). CKYPTORHYNCHUS FALLAX Lee., 1876, 253. 



Elongate-oval. Black, densely clothed with pale brownish-yellow scales, 

 with intermixed short bristles; disc of thorax and large common basal tri- 

 angular spot on elytra black; antennae and tarsi reddish-brown. Beak sub- 

 depressed, finely and rather closely punctate, feebly carinate. Thorax 

 one-third wider than long, strongly narrowed and constricted in front; 

 disc very finely carinate on basal half, deeply and densely punctured. Ely- 

 tra very little wider than thorax at base, striae composed of large, sub- 

 quadrate punctures, intervals feebly convex, the third and fifth more ele- 

 vated. Femoral tooth very small; tibiae straight, outer edge angulated 

 near base. Length 3.2 5 mm. 



Kosciusko, Fulton, Marion and Posey comities, Ind., scarce; 

 Apr. 18 June 19. Taken by sifting and beneath beech logs. 

 Not rare throughout New Jersey, May Sept. Enterprise, Fla., 

 Oct. 10. Ranges from Ontario and New York to Michigan, south 

 to North Carolina, Florida and Texas. Bred in September from 

 hickory limbs, dead two years. ( Hamilton. ) Breeds in the stems 

 of Cassia. (Pierce.) 



809 (8796). CRYPTORIIYNCHUS MINUTISSIMUS Lee., 1876, 254. 



Short, oval. Brown, varied with blackish spots, clothed with black, 

 brown and pale scales, intermixed with short, stout, erect bristles; the 

 pale scales forming an elongate basal spot on the thorax and a transverse 

 band just behind a large lunate black spot on the middle of elytra. 

 Beak stout, finely, sparsely punctured, naked beyond the middle. Thorax 

 scarcely wider than long, gradually narrowed in front, disc not carinate, 

 ocular lobes obsolete. Scutellum very small. Elytra oval, very little wider 

 at base than thorax, stria? composed of large punctures, which are hidden 

 by the scales. Femora unarmed; tibiae as in faUax. Length 2.2 2.5 mm. 



Hudson Co. and Atco, N. J. ; Anglesea, on dead oak twigs, 

 May 30. Clayton, Ga., June. Dnnedin and Enterprise, Fla., 

 March 4 Dec. 17. Beaten from dead branches of the bay-berry, 

 Myrlca cerifcra L. Ranges from Pennsylvania and New Jersey 

 to Ohio, south to Georgia, Florida and Louisiana. 



810 (8797). CRYPTORHYNCHUS APICULATUS Gyll., Schon., 1837, 121. 



Oblong-oval. Black, densely clothed with grayish-white and fuscous 

 scales; the paler ones forming a narrow median line on thorax and cover- 

 ing in large part the basal half of elytra; beak, antennae and tarsi reddish- 

 brown. Beak as long as thorax, smooth, shining, carinate at base. Thorax 

 one-fourth wider than long, sides strongly rounded, disc suddenly and 

 strongly constricted near tip, finely and densely punctate. Elytra oblong, 

 sides parallel for two-thirds their length, then broadly rounded to apex; 



