Coleopterous Insects of Maine. 25 
Nearly allied to the P. affinis described above, but is 
less than half as large. The spots are cinereous, in- 
stead of yellow, and the body, owing to the distribution 
and color of the hairs, is of a more pruinose aspect. 
Length from two tenths to nearly three tenths of an 
inch. 
In similar situations with the above. Several speci- 
mens also occurred upon a wharf in Boston, during the 
year 1831, upon pine wood, brought from Maine. 
39. Tomicus GuLosus. 
T. corpore brevi, sub-cylindrico, subtus nigro; antennis fulvis; 
thorace sub-globoso, granulato ; elytris testaceis, leviter striatis, striis 
punctulatis, apice uni-sulcatis, interdum bi-sulcatisymargine suturaque 
nigris, apice integro. 
Body short; thick, cylindrical, beneath black ; labrum 
polished : antenne fulvous : thorax sub-globose, ecd 
and minutely granulated: elytra slightly striated: 
punctured ; above the apex, near, and parallel to ioe? su- 
ture is a sulcus, and sometimes near it an additional one ; 
color testaceous ; margin on each side of suture, black ; 
apex entire: legs black. 
Length not three twentieths of an inch. 
Occurred plentifully in Hallowell, about the sap of 
newly cut maple trees (Acer saccharinum), April. 
40. Tomicus THORACICUS. 
T. corpore cylindrico, nigro ; piceis; thorace sub- 
globoso, indistincté punctulato ; cem E vix striatis, apice 
integro. 
Body cylindrical, a little rough, black: antenne pitehy 
