riiir.K iv. COSSONIM. 527 



very small but distinct. Elytra one-fourth wider than the widest part of 

 thorax, truncate at base, sides parallel to apical third, then rounded to apex; 

 strise deep, broad, their punctures large, quadrate; intervals very narrow. 

 Body beneath very coarsely punctured, punctures of ventral segments 

 not smaller. Length 2 2.2 mm. 



Tyngsboro, Mass., Apr. 18. Newark and Berkeley, N. J., July 

 0. Ranges from Weymouth, Nova Scotia and New England to 

 Ohio, south to Tallahassee, Fla. Occurs under bark. Inquilinous 

 in the galleries of Tomicus ca cog ra pints Lee. under bark of yellow 

 pine. (Schtrdf.z'.} LeConte says the scutellnni is invisible and 

 the elytra not wider than the widest part of thorax, statements 

 which do not agree wUh the specimens in hand. 



A specimen taken at Ft. Myers, Fla., March 21, only 1.5 mm. in 

 length, the beak and thorax as in errans, but with longer, coarse, recurved 

 yellow elytral setae, seems deserving of a distinctive name and may be 

 known as var. parvula. ( W. 8. B.) 



824 (11,220). HIMATIUM NIGRITULUM Casey, 1892, 691. 



Black, elytra somewhat shining; legs, antennae and apical parts of 

 thorax piceous-brown; vestiture sparse, consisting of erect setiform 

 scales, especially visible on beak and elytral apex. Head smooth; beak 

 three-fourths as long as thorax, opaque, sculptured. Thorax conical, 

 slightly longer than wide, constricted behind the apex, punctures rather 

 coarse, deep, rounded. Elytra with sides feebly curved, disc with unimpress- 

 ed rows of deep, oblong, close-set punctures; intervals flat, shining, feebly 

 rugose. Beneath densely, coarsely punctate. Length 1.8 mm. 



Described from a single Florida specimen. 



825 (9021). HIMATIUM CONICUM Lee., 1880, 218. 



Elongate, subconical, narrowed in front from behind the middle of 

 elytra. Color of errans. Beak more slender and cylindrical than there, 

 densely punctate. Thorax subconical, not depressed, sides nearly straight 

 and converging from near base to apex, suddenly incurved at base; disc 

 more finely and densely punctate. Elytra as in errans, the intervals with 

 coarser more erect clavate yellowish setae. Length 1.6 2 mm. 



South Woodstock, Conn., Oct. 22. Pennington Gap, Va. Dis- 

 trict of Columbia, and southwestern Pennsylvania. Occurs in the 

 bark of the yellow poplar or tulip tree, Liriodcmlron- tulipifcra 

 L. (tfclnni /.:'); also beneath that of pine. Pin us slrobns L., in- 

 fested by Tomicus ]>ini Say. (Chittendcn.) Though the eyes are 

 concealed in repose by the head being immersed in the thorax, the 

 small but distinct postocular lobes, mentioned by LeConte and 

 repeated by Casey, are not visible in the specimens at hand, and 

 such lobes do not occur in any member of the tribe. Close to 



