146 GEO. H. HORN, M. D. 



In this species, as indicated in the table, the tarsi are flattened above 

 and subsulcate at middle, the fourth joint simply euiarginate, the ungues 

 with rather short pectination, almost serrate. 



This insect has been diffused by commerce over the entire globe and is 

 found near all the cities of our seaboard visited by foreign vessels. 



P. I imidiis Hald. — Very similar in form and color to fallens. The thorax 

 is rather shorter, the sides more arcuate, the hind angles more sharply rectangular. 

 The tarsi are slender, cylindrical, not flattened nor sulcate above, the ungues with 

 longer pectination. Length .28 — .30 inch; 7 — 7.5 mm. 



Male. — Anterior tarsi narrowly dilated, the first three joints biseriately squamu- 

 lose beneath, middle tarsi less dilated, first joint hairy beneath, the next three 

 squamulose. Anal segment bisetose each side. 



Female. — Tarsi slender. Anal segment with three or four setfe each side. 

 Occurs from Pennsylvania to Texas and California. 



P. amaildns Newm. — Resembles in form that next described (dorsalis), but 

 is somewhat larger and narrower. It differs more especially in the mode of elytral 

 coloration. There is a common sutural pieeous stripe occupying the inner three 

 intervals and a small oval pieeous spot near each side margin a little behind the 

 middle. Length .28 inch ; 7 mm. 



I have seen but one specimen, a female, not differing in sexual 

 characters from dorsalis, taken in Florida. 



P. dorsalis n. sp.— Bright rufo-testaceous, elytra pieeous with the narrow 

 side margin and large discal space rufo-testaceous. Head sparsely obsoletely 

 punctulate, front each side impressed. Antennse pale. Thorax transverse, broadest 

 at middle, base broader than apex, sides arcuate in front, oblique behind the 

 middle, hind angles rectangular but not prominent, lateral margin wide broader 

 posteriorly, disc moderately convex, median line entire, surface transversely 

 wrinkled. Elytra striate, striae very obsoletely punctulate, intervals slightly 

 convex with distant minute punctures. Body beneath and legs bright rufo- 

 testaceous, abdomen smooth. Length .26 — .2S inch; 6.5 — 7 mm. 



Male. — Anterior tarsi with four joints moderately dilated and biseriately squamu- 

 lose beneath, middle tarsi less dilated the first joint setose the next three squamu- 

 lose. Anal segment bisetose each side. 



Female. — Tarsi slender. Anal segment with three or four setfe each side. 

 This species has very closely the form of tlmldus Hald., but differs 

 in color. The oval rufo-testaceous spot on the elytra extends to the 

 fifth stria on each side and varies very slightly in form in all the 

 specimens I have seen. 



Collected by Mr. H. G. Hubbard in Florida. 



PINACODERA Schaura. 



The species here included were separated by Schaum from Cymindis 



from which it differs in having the tarsal joints not hairy above, and by 



the middle tarsi of the male being dilated. The terminal joints of both 



palpi are similar and not securiform, but more or less truncate at tip. 



