SYNOPSIS OF THE LAMIIX.B. 133 



the sides of the thoriix and sides of elytra to middle also velvety 

 black. IJreeds in loirs of yellow pine, the larva boring under the 

 bark (Schwarz).] " Hanu" " 



NYSSODRYS Bates. 



[This genus at present is i-e})resented in the United States by one 



species. 



X. lisildoiiiaiii Lee, 1852 {Liopus), Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. ser. 2d, ii, 173; con- 

 tcinpta Bates, Ami. and mag. Lond. ser. 3, xiii, 152; Tr. Ent. Soc. London, 

 p. 220. 

 Length 6.5-8 mm. = .36-.32 inch. J/niJiai.— Pennsylvania, Georgia, Alabama. 



Brown, thorax ornamented with four yellowish lines, the inner 

 two conspicuous ; the elytra are rather convex and narrowed to apex 

 from before middle, on each side two costje united before ti}), and 

 ornamented with irregular yellowish streaks.] " Ham." 



Tribe IX. Pogonocherini. 

 [The tribe as here defined, contains species of small size, and usu- 

 ally with long erect > flying) hairs in addition to the ordinary pubes- 

 cence. They are related to the Acanthoderini, having divaricate 

 claws, a rather stout body and the scape of the antennae without 

 cicatrix. They difler from Liopiis in the shorter and stouter scape 

 of the antennse. The arrangement of the genera is that in the 

 " Classiticatiou" and divided into groups, Tapeinse being added. 



The posterior coxae widely separated, antenna? not ciliate beneath . VI. TAPEIN^. 

 The posterior coxse approximate ; narrowly separated. 



Middle tibise with external sinus: thighs clavate; vertex concave; antcnnal 



tubercles jirominent 2. 



;\Ii(ldle til)iie without external sinus ; thighs not clavate, vertex flat or convex ; 



antennal tubercles not prominent 5. 



Middle tibise with external sinus ; thighs stout, not clavate. 



Eyes coarsely granulate, vertex convex V. ZAPLOI. 



2. Eyes moderately granulated, scape of antenna! uniformly jiuiictured 3. 



Eyes coai^sely granulated ; scape with large jiunctures intermixed 4. 



3. Lower lobe of eyes elongate IL HOPLOSI.^. 



Lower lobe of eyes as wide as long III. POGONOCHERI. 



4. Lower lobe of eyes broader than long 1. ESTOL.iE. 



5. Eyes coar.sely granulated, lower lobe a,s wide as long; scape of antenna; 



uniformly punctured IV. EUPOGONII. 



Group TAPEIN^. 



Peritiipiiia Horn, represents this group in our fauna, and is placed 

 provisionally here, having many characters of the Tribe. The an- 

 terior coxal cavities are slightly angulate, the middle closed exter- 

 nally, the middle tibiie with a .sinus externally near the apex ; the 



TK.\NS. AM. KNT. SOC. XXIII. MAY, 1896. 



