1875.] 381 [Sprague. 



"Length more than one tenth of an inch. 



" Inhabits Hallowell, May. 



" Closely allied to the M. flavilabris of Say." 



Tomicus gulosus Rand. (Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist., Vol. n, 

 p. 25.) 



11 T. corpore brevi, sub-cylindrico, subtus nigro; antennis fulvis; thorace sub- 

 globoso, granulato; elytris testaceis, leviter striatis, striis punctulatis, apice 

 uni-sulcatis, interdum bi-sulcatis, margine suturaque nigris, apice integro. 



"Body short, thick, cylindrical, beneath black; labrum polished: 

 antennas fulvous : thorax sub-globose, densely and minutely granu- 

 lated: elytra slightly striated : striae punctured; above the apex, near 

 and parallel to the suture is a sulcus, and sometimes near it an ad- 

 ditional 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 saccharinuni) , April. " 



Dircsea decolorata Rand. (Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist., Vol. n, 

 p. 22.) 



" D. corpore elongato; capite thoraceque nigris et punctulatis; elytris leviter 

 punctulatis, sericeis, nigris, basi piceis aut rufo-piceis; pedibus piceis. 



" Body elongated, head much depressed : front flattened, minutely 

 punctured: palpi testaceous, last joint of the maxillary ones some- 

 what short, tri-angular : thorax black, finely punctured, about as 

 broad as long, a good deal lowered upon the sides, before : elytra 

 finely punctured, black, basal half more or less piceous or rufo-pic- 

 eous : feet piceous. 



" Length from two tenths to three tenths of an inch. 



" Not very infrequent in the mountainous parts of Maine. 



"Nearly allied to an apparently undescribed species from New 

 Hampshire, which has the body wholly black, and rather less elonga- 

 ted than in the present." 



Lixus rubellus Rand. (Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist., Vol. it, p. 41.) 



" L. corpore elongato, sub-brunneo, pilis minutis ferrugineis et griseis dense 

 tecto; rostro leviter arcuato, carinato; thorace angustato, inequaliter punctu- 

 lata; elytris striato-punctatis, apice oblique sub-trurcato, producto. 



" Body elongate, brownish, densely covered with small reddish-fer- 

 ruginous and grayish hairs; beneath with yellowish-ferruginous and 

 cinereous hairs: club of the antennae canescent, somewhat elongate 



