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strongly convex on the sides; strongly rugulose-punctate, with 

 larger transverse, subacute asperities intermixed with numerous 

 smaller granules, the asperities numerous and dense towards the 

 base, becoming uniserate towards and upon the declivity; the 

 declivital interspaces moderately convex, closely, finely punctured 

 and uniseriately moderately asperate; the second more finely, the 

 third more coarsely and wider; the ninth subcarinate on the sides; 

 the pubescence very short, reddish, stout, stouter and a little more 

 evident on the declivity. 



The male has the front with a similar rugulose-punctate area, 

 but with the region between the eyes less densely though coarsely 

 rugulose and rather strongly and broadly impressed, with a well 

 developed acute median carina on the cephalic half, ending in a 

 small concave median epistomal lobe as in the female; with an 

 obtuse elevation on each side opposite the middle of the eyes; 

 the pronotum a little more strongly constricted in front, with the 

 sides nearly straight behind ; the declivity similar to that of the 

 female, except that the second interspace appears slightly flattened, 

 with the asperities smaller than on the others, and the asperities on 

 the third are less numerous and rather distinctly coarser than 

 those on the first. This may be individual, or may indicate the 

 sexual differences so distinct in other species. 



I have taken it only in twigs of Pinus divaricata, in the Riding 

 Mountains, Manitoba. The occurrence of Phloeosiniis in Pinus is 

 unusual. Type series number, 2008. 



Phloeosinus utahensis, n. sp.^ — A large species; length 3/^ 

 mm., width 2 mm., colour black, with the elytra reddish. 



The head has the front flattened in the female, densely coarsely 

 rugose-punctate and rather densely clothed with short yellow 

 hairs; with a faint, curved, transverse impression ; the eyes narrowly, 

 very "deeply emarginate; the genae rather densely, coarsely punc- 

 tured; the antennal club elongate with the sutures oblique. 



The pronotum is one-half wider than long, 16:11, widest 

 behind, the hind margin bisinuate, the sides rounded and strongly 

 narrowed towards the broadly rounded, reddish front margin, 

 moderately constricted near the front with the constriction extend- 

 ing across the dorsum; finely, densely, deeply and evenly punctured 



