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striate with rows of fine punctures. The galleries, he says, consist of a 

 series of interlacing burrows, which often unite to form large excavations 

 around the base of a twig. Possibly the same as rubentis. These obser- 

 vations were made in the Adirondack Mts., N. Y. 



d61 f- ). CRYPIIALUS FRASERI Hopkins, 1915-a, 40. 



Oblong, rather scout. Dark brown, elytra dull reddish-brown; prono- 

 tum darker. Anterior margin with five short teeth, pronotal rugosities 

 moderately coarse, confused. Front convex, subopaque, with transverse 

 bisinuate, shining line. Elytral stria? faintly evident, declivity convex, apex 

 not broadly rounded. Length, female, 1.95 mm.; male, 1.85 mm. 



Pisgah Ridge, North Carolina, in Abies fraseri; Sept 24. 

 Allied to C. asperatus Gyll. of Europe, found in Picea and Abies. 



962 (- ). CRYPHALTJS BALSAMETJS Hopkins, 1915-a, 41. 



Elliptical. Reddish-brown to nearly black. Anterior margin of pro- 

 notum with four subcontiguous, broad teeth and two smaller ones; ru- 

 gosities sparse, confused, not extending to base. Front broad, subopaque, 

 flattened, with anterior median broad elevated line. Elytral striae evident 

 and faintly impressed toward base. Length, female, 1.9 mm.; male, 

 1.65 mm. 



Camp Caribou, Maine, in Abies balsa nica. May. Allied to C. 

 ab let is Ratz. 



TX. XYLOCLEPTES Ferrari, 1867. (Gr., "wood" 4- "thief.") 



Apical margin of prmiotum nnarmed ; antennal funicle 5- 

 joiuted. joint 5 broad; club compressed, broad, strongly narrowed 

 toward base and apex, broadly rounded with one or tAvo obscure 

 to distinct sutures on anterior face and with or without one or 

 two broad, strongly procuryed, subapical sutures on posterior 

 face; eyes short, elliptical, emarginate. Small species, some at 

 least of which are found in Cuba, Florida and southwestern states 

 in Cucurbitacese. (Fig. 137, ]<].) 



963 ( ). XYLOCLEPTES FLORIDEXSIS Hopkins, 1915-a, 43. 



Oblong-elliptical. Ferruginous, pronotum darker. Front convex, 

 moderately shining, sparsely pubescent. Elytra shining, with strial punc- 

 tures coarse and in evident rows on dorsal area, confused on lateral 

 area; declivity steep, flat, with interspace 1 scarcely elevated, strial punc- 

 tures distinct. Length, female, 1.5 mm. 



Biscayne Bay, Fla. ; May 17. (Hubbanl & Kelt inn-.} 



964 (- -). XYLOCLEPTES AXON.E Hopkins, 1915-a, 43. 



Oblong-elliptical. Elytra dark reddish-brown, pronotum darker. Front 

 flat, broad, finely rugose, with faint median line, pubescence sparse. 

 Elytra shining, with strial punctures in evident rows on dorsal area but 



