406 JOHN HAMILTON, M. D. 



CALANDRID^. 



579. Calandra oryzse Limi., var. sea-mais Mots. — This species is cosmopolite, 



and in this country is distributed from Florida to Alaska, depredating 

 on grain of all kinds. Siberia and the Amur country to Kamtschatka. 

 Heydeu, 179. Var. sea-mais occurs in Florida and Texas. Length .128- 

 .136 inch. An. N. Y. Acad. Sci. vi, 686. 



580. C. granaria L,\nn. , remotepunctata GyU. — North America generally; cos- 



mopolite. Mr. Casey unites these forms, I think, correctly; typical 

 forms of each can be selected, but the great mass of individuals refuse 

 to be separated, 1. c. 686. 



581. Codiosoma (Phlosophagus) spadix Herbst. — Eockaway Beach, Long Island, 



N. Y., in a plank in the sand between tide lines, Julich. Ent. Am. iv, 

 35. Shores of the Mediterranean and Baltic Seas, Madeira. 



SCOIiYTID^. 



.'582. Platypus cylindricus Fab. — Carolina, Chapuis. Europe, northern Af- 

 rica, Java. This species has not been rediscovered, but is inserted at 

 the suggestion of Mr. Fauvel. 



.583. Hypothenemus eruditus West., hispiduhis Lee. — This species is spread 

 by commerce. I find it here depredating on various foreign nuts in the 

 shells of which it breeds. Mines in the pith and wood of dead twigs 

 and vines; infests honeysuckle, Hopkins, Cat. Scolyt. West Virginia. 

 Probably of African origin. 



584. Xyloterus lineatus Oliv., bivittatns, rufitarsis Kirby, % cavifrons Mann. — 



PcTiinsula of Kenai, Sitkha, Queen Charlotte Island, Vancouver Island 

 eastward to Hudson Bay and Maine, and southward to North Carolina, 

 New Mexico and California. Temperate and northern Europe, Siberia. 

 Heyden, 183. 



585. Xyleborus xylographus Say, saxeseni Ratz. — From the Atlantic to the 



Pacific in the pi)ie regions. Europe. 

 Obs. — Pityophagus sparsus Lee. = Pityogenes chalcographus Linn., 

 requires confirmation. Ent. Am. ii, 41. 



586. X. dispar Fab., 9 pyri Peck. %, obesus Lee. — For this synonymy see P. W. 



i, 44 and ii, 62; Insect Life ii, 280; Nova Scotia; Canada to Virginia. 

 Europe, western Siberia. Heyden, 183. 



.587. Cryphalus jalappse Letz. — This species is widely distributed by com- 

 merce, probably originating in South America. Its occurrence in this 

 country is probably only occasional. Europe (imported from South 

 America). 



588. Coccotrypes dactyliperda Fab.— Which lives in dates and areca nuts, is 

 sometimes brought into this country with these fraits. Ent. Am. ii, 42. 



.589. Dryocoetes autographus Ratz , septentrionis Mann., semicastaneus Mann. 

 —"Alaska, Queen Charlotte Island, Canada; Virginia; under pine 

 bark," Mon. 3G1. Mr. Schwarz took it at Detroit, Mich., and in the 

 Lake Superior region, and agrees with EichoflTs synonymy. Ent. Am. 

 ii, 42. Europe. 



