466 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol.46. 



Guthrie ('03, p. 80) found vulgaris in Minnesota. His figures leave 

 no doubt as to what species he had in hand, and his specimens, which 

 I received for study, are vulgaris. Guthrie, however, put vulgaris as 

 a synonym of niger Bouri. 



Distribution. — T. vulgaris is common under loose bark, under logs 

 or boards on the ground, under stones or dead leaves, and among 

 decaying fruits or vegetables; it occurs in greenhouses also. 



Maine. — Brunswick, September 10, A. S. Packard, jr. (M. C. Z.). 

 Orono, April 22, October, F. L. Harvey. 



New Hampshire. — Franconia, Mrs. A. T. Slosson. 



Massachusetts. — Salem, A. S. Packard, jr. (M. C. Z.). Cambridge 

 or Arhngton, January 16, February 1, 25, 26, 28, March 1, 10, 11, 26, 

 27, 28, April 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 17, 22, 23, 30, May 7, 20, 23, June 1, 2, 

 6, 8, 10, July 10, 12, 16, 22, 30, August 20, 23, September 11, 15, 17, 

 21, 22, 25, October 2, 13, 19, 26, November 16, 27, December 3, 7, 10. 

 Wellesley, March 11, x4l. P. Morse. 



New Yorlc. — Ithaca, April 19, September 24, A D. MacGilli\Tay. 



Pennsylvania. — Hazleton, May 29, June, W. G. Dietz. 



Illinois. — Champaign, August 13. Urbana, March 27, April 7, 9, 

 11, 21, October 21. 



Colorado. — Fort Colhns, February 5, C. F. Baker. 



Minnesota. — Minneapolis, January 2, May 19, J. E. Guthrie (Univ. 

 Minn.). 



Washington. — L. Bremner. 



Canada. — Ontario Peninsula, September 25, October 25, G. S. 

 Miller, jr. 



TOMOCERUS MINOR Lubbock. 

 Plate 41, figs. 12-14. 



Macrotoma minor Lubbock, 1862. 



Macrotoma tridentifera Tullberg, 1872.— Uzel, 1890. — Reuter, 1890. 



Tomocerus plumbeus Lubbock, 1873. 



Tomocerus tridentiferus Brook, 1883. — Schott, 1894.— Reuter, 1895. — Carpen- 

 ter, 1895; 1904; 1907.— Sen affer, 1896.— Lie-Pettersen, 1897; 1898.— 

 PoppE and Schaffer, 1897. — Carl, 1899; 1901.— Carpenter and Evans, 

 1899.— Skorikow, 1900.— Willem, 1900; 1902.— Absolon, 1901.— Kraus- 

 bauer, 1901. 



Tomocerus norvegicus Lie-Pettersen, 1897. 



Tomocerus minor Schaffer, 1900a.— Borner, 1901.— Schott, 1902.— Agren, 

 1903.— (Axelson) Linnaniemi, 1906; 1907; 1911; 1912.— AVahlgren, 1906. 



Description. — The body, with scales, is lead colored, becoming 

 purphsh in large individuals. Denuded of scales, the body varies 

 from yellow to blackish; commonly the yeUow ground color is 

 thickly powdered ^vith blackish dorsally and laterally, and the sides 

 of the thorax and of the first two abdominal segments have con- 

 spicuous yeUow obHque spots. Occasionally the body color is red- 

 dish. Antennae shorter than the body; basal segment usually yel- 



