112 ORDCK I OIXOPTFJtA. 



tvuTiiti ilf)\vn the pipe iiKnin. Tin- oirn \vi-c\il is iiniiu-d SifophUus trryzir frr>ni hnviiiK Km 

 first <liMN.v«T«<l ill rlco, a vi-ui-tntilr whirh it s<-4iii!< t<> lime ii<ri>tii|xinic<l |l><li^tallt iw>rtion!) 

 of thf gJoUv Inffittsl Rriiin tuny \x' <i«tr«tt«l \i\ Us ]•>*« nf «i-iglit, whirh rctuli-rt it f«.tj- 

 to M']>ariit(' niul Ix.il or griiul ik U-*d ii|h«ii the fnrni. Mills niul l»nrns •«• >iii<-tinuit swaru with 

 theflo insrctii ; anil in thi<« riiM' niiiltituilc!) may U* mlltH-trd ami di-j>tniyr<l l>y AWFrping 

 thorn fmni thi< iH>sts, walls ami fltM>n». 



' PhyllMus lirniiilus may U« taken as an exam])!*' of a li-af-inhahitinit rhyurophumiu 

 in!H'«-t. S<-iiii.Mit.Hn, the grrnt authority ni>oii thr-e iii«^rls, removes it into a new geniu vt 

 which it is the only representative. It is fi>nml ujM.n the leaves f>f the .Jnona /rt/o&o, or 

 pai>aw, ami is jHrfectly harmlossi.' 



Si'(»lylltl;i'. 



Thk Soolytidj: are small o|>scim> insects, inhabiting wood : they have a sliort rustriuu ; 

 the bead is globular, and is concealed in the thorax ; the body is oblong or rylindric : 

 their colors are dull. Among these destructive wotKl-eatcm is the 



(O.M8 HYURIUS ( Lat.). 



Boiiy cylindrical, obtuse before ami Uhind : head conceale<l in the thorax ; antcnne 

 terminattnl in a clubform mass, consisting of three or four joints : the tibicc are armed 

 with a tootli. 



IIVLI HGIS TKIIKBHANS (OHv.). 



Pubescent : head rounded, and sunk in the thorax ; antennsc short. 



Genvs TOMICrS ( Lat.). Bostriciu s ( Erichs.). 

 Kiuiiculus five-jointed ; club four-jointed, tunicate; labium triangular. 



Of this genus, s«'Veral sjn'cies have l>een descril>eil by Mr. Sav an<l Pr. Harhis. They 

 are small brownish beetles, with the elytra t-H.thed at their apices, apj>earing as if a pl»-ce 

 was bitten out. 



ToMicuii EXEsrs. 

 Color dark rhe«lnut l)n)wn, and .somewhat hairy : thorax ovate, n.ueh l««fore ; elytra 

 stn'ngly I'unrturetl in n>ws; apices ixcaviited. the e<le«'s toothi-tl on the outer side 

 Length Ixtween one fourth and one-fifth of nn inch. 

 This small and obscur*' insect is found timier the l>ark of the pitch pine tree, where it 

 excavatefl numerous zigzag and parallel roads. It greatly injures forests in this way ; cut- 

 ting off the circulation of the sap, which ultimately causes the l>ark to |iect>me loosened, 

 when the tree dies 



