12S THK CANADIAN KNTOMOUKSIbT. 



name uni/onnis, and ihe length of the male and female rostra is very 

 erroneously stated as far as bciculi or uniformii Lee. (Chit,) are concerned. 

 The interrelationships of the numerous forms or subspecies oi bacu/i have 

 not been worked out as yet ; ii would be an interesting study for those 

 possessing carefully-selected and abimdaut material ; the same remark can 

 be repeated in regard to forms allied to Victorietisis, o^ v!W\c\\ there are 

 several. 



Tribe PRIONOMKRIM. 



Piazorr/iitius, Sch. 



The markings oi pictus Lee, are very variable, there being sometimes 



a large elytral blackish spot, and from this to wholly clear, with three 



irregular dark bands, each ending laterally in a small whitish spot. The 



following is allied to pictus : 



P. thoracicus n. sp. — General form, coloration and Vesliture as in 

 picius but slightly narrower, the beak still wider, barely longer than wide, 

 broad and Hal ; eyes but feebly convex, separated on the front by fully 

 half their own width ; |>roih(irax relatively much Kirgcr and less transverse, 

 nearly half as long and four -fifths as wide as the elytra, the converging 

 sides from base to apex more arcu.ile ; elytra nearly similar in ornamenta- 

 tion but with the stria- much fmer. Length, 2.4 mm.; width, \.\ mm. 

 Florida (I'alm Heach). 



The eyes in the male o{ pictus are more convex thin in the female 

 and very narrowly separated ; the conformation in thoracicus shows that 

 the type is a female. 'I'here is a large patch of loose scaly decumbent 

 pubescence above each eye, the two areas scfiarated along the niiddle ; 

 in pictus the front above the eyes is evenly and sparsely clothed through- 

 out. Pictus was originally described from a unique taken in Georgia ; 

 my examples are from New Jersey and Wisconsin. 



Tribe TVCHllN'I. 



T/iysiiiioc'icmis, Lcc. 



There are a considerable number of species in this genus allied to 



fraxini Lee. //orridu/a does not occur in Calif«>rnia, the type having 



been erroneously labelled ; it was collected in some nunibcrs by Levelte 



in Indiana, and I have before me three males and one female ; the elytra 



are more elongate than in fraxini, and have a V shaped whitish band at 



the suture behind apical fourth ; the prolhorax is relatively smaller, less 



transverse and less rounded at the sides, and the beak in the female is 



much shorter ; in fraxini the female beak is as long as the head and 



