ISO 



SUBFAMILY X. - (.TIN TLIOM X.K. 



;'. Dark brown; thorax moderately stout; intervals 3 and 5 

 of elytra scarcely elevated. 243. XIGR.-E. 



/./'. Pale brown; thorax elongate; intervals 3 and 5 moderately 

 elevated. 244. PUXCTICOLLIS. 



lilt. Thorax distinctly narrower than elytra; color black; length 

 6 7.3 mm. 245. ROTUXDATT'S. 



.'//. Punctures of thorax irregular, not distinctly separated; those of 

 elytral stria? very coarse and irregular; thorax distinctly nar- 

 rower than elytra. 



k. Thorax convex, without dorsal impressions and elevations; length 

 4.8 5.7 mm. 246. nrnirs. 



fcfc. Thorax moderately convex and usually with dorsal impres- 

 sions and elevations; length 4.6 9 mm. 247. FRASERI. 

 aa. Elytral intervals 3 and 5 not broader or more elevated than 2 and 

 4; hind tibia? of male with long fringe of hairs; elytra with dis- 

 tinct posterior spots; length 5.5 8 mm. 248. AFFIXIS. 



237 (- -). PISSODES SIMILIS Hopk., 1911, 32, 44. 



Oblong, smaller than strobi. Light to dark brown: front spots of 

 elytra distinct, hind ones very large, extending to the middle of each ely- 

 tron. Beak as in key. Thorax narrower than elytra, its hind angles sub- 

 obtuse, punctures of disc moderately coarse. Elytra with third and fifth 

 intervals strongly elevated and rugose. Length 3.7 4 mm. 



Maine, New Hampshire and hii>h mountains of North Caro- 

 lina on the balsam firs, Abies bdlwiiiicii L. and A, froscri Pursh. 



The type was collected by Win. Heutenmuller in the spruce 

 forest on I Mack Mountain, X. Car. 



238 (8472). PISSODES STROBI Peck, Mass. Agr. Journ., IV, 1817, 205. 

 Oblong-oval. Dark to light brown, the hind spots of elytra forming 



an almost continuous band across apical third, 

 this yellowish on sides, paler toward suture; 

 thorax with several small round spots. Beak 

 shorter than thorax in male; equal to it in fe- 

 male, finely and densely punctate. Thorax as 

 broad at base as long, sides parallel on basal 

 half, narrowed in front of middle, disc densely 

 and finely rugose-punctate. Elytra wider than 

 thorax, sides parallel to beyond the hind spot, 

 then converging and compressed to apex; striae 

 distinctly punctured; third and fifth intervals 

 moderately elevated. Length 4.5 6 mm. (Fig. 

 63.) 



Xot known from Indiana but probably 

 occurs rarely in the State, as the white 

 pine is found in a few counties. Ranges 

 from New lOn^land, where it is common, 

 Fig. 63. (After Hopkins.) to Pennsylvania and Mississippi and 



