32 MISCELLANEOUS FOREST INSECTS. 



SYNOPSIS OF ADULT CHARACTERS, WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW 



SPECIES." 



Elytral iiit.ornpac^es 3 and 5 broader or more elevated than 2 and 4. 



Division I, pages 32, 43. 

 Elytral inlorsjiaces 3 and 5 not broader or more elevated than 2 and 4. 



Division II, j)aj^es 3(), CA. 

 DIVISION I. 



Elytra always wilh distinct spots of densely jtlaeed scales on the anterior lateral area 

 and always with spots or bands of scales situated near the vertex of the declivity. 



Subdivision A, pages 32, 44. 

 Elytra usually without distinct spots on the anterior lateral area and with small spots 

 situated between the vertex of the declivity and middle of elytra. 



Subdivision B, pages 35, 56. 

 Subdivision A. 



Elytra with distinct spots near vertex of declivity Section al, pages 32, 44. 



Elytra with transverse band of white and yellow scales near vertex of declivity. 



Section a2, pages 34, 55. 

 Section al. 



Beak moderately stout, shorter than prothorax; pronotum with basal angles sub- 

 obtuse; elytra with interspaces 3 and 5 strongly elevated and rugose. 



Subsection bl, pages 32, 44. 

 Beak slender, shorter or longer than prothorax; pronotum with basal angles rectan- 

 gular; elytral interspaces 3 and 5 moderately to strongly elevated. 



Subsection b2, pages 33, 46. 

 ' Subsection hi . 



Elytra with distinct anterior spots and very large posterior ones; pronotum distinctly 



narrower than elytra, punctures indistinct, irregular Series cl, page 32. 



Elytra with indistinct anterior spots and small transverse posterior ones; pronotum 

 not distinctly narrower than elytra, punctures distinct and regular. 



Series c2, page 32. 

 Series cl. 



Length 3.7 to 4 mm.; brown; pronotal and elytral punctures moderately coarse; pos- 

 terior spot of elytra with distinct dark border. Maine and high mountains of 

 North Carolina, probably in Abies fraseri, and New Hampshire in Abies balsamea. 

 Species index, ^57-962 1. similis n. sp., page 44. 



Length 3.9 mm.; dark brown; pronotal and elytral punctures coarse; posterior spot 

 of elytra without distinct dark border, third and fifth interspaces with acute 

 rugosities, spots prominent. Park City, Utah, and Bear Lake, British Columbia. 

 Species index, ,J 63- 9 64 2. utahensis n. sp., page 45. 



Series c2. 



Length 5 to 5.5 mm.; black; pronotal and elytral punctures .very coarse; elytra with 

 interspaces 3 and 5 broad and prominent. Humboldt, Cal., Astoria, Oregon, 

 and Tenino, Wash. Species index, ^ 62- 9 65 3. barheri n. sp., page 45. 



« The divisional, subdivisional, sectional, subsectional, serial, and species characters 

 constitute a complete description of each species; e. g., I, A, al, bl, cl, and species 1. 



