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It is also said to infest elm (Hubbard), persimmon, maple, 

 willow, and peach (Hopkins). 



In the dogwood great numbers of Braconid cocoons were 

 noticed in the larval galleries of this Cerambycid. Such of these 

 as were gathered and carried to maturity produced Bracon eury- 

 gaster Br., previously recorded by me as a probable parasite of 

 Elaphidion vilJosum Fab. The large Clerid beetle Chariessa 

 pilosa Forst. was reared from pupae taken under similar con 

 ditions, and probably preys on the Neoclytus larvae. 



Cyrtophorus verrucosus Ol. I have reared this species from 

 a chestnut limb, the imago issuing in confinement, March 18, 

 Ithaca, N. Y., and have found the beetle in its pupal cell in a 

 decaying and badly bored beech {Fagus atropuniced] at the 

 same place, March 29. At South Woodstock, Conn., the imago 

 was again taken from its pupal cell in recently dead, hard wood 

 of European linden ( Tilia europcea} . Specimens also occurred 

 at Ithaca in April on dying locust, and it probably infests this 

 tree. It has also been obtained by Dr. J. Hamilton and others 

 from the rough bark of oak, by Dr. F. Hadge from quince and 

 by J. G. Jack from Prunus pennsylvanica. 



This is one of the exceptional longicorns which sometimes 

 mature in the fall and remain in the pupal chamber till spring. 

 It is an early spring arrival, frequenting the flowers of the dog 

 woods from the date of their blooming, and continuing till late 

 in June. 



Euderces picipes Fab. A specimen was bred from a dead 

 chestnut twig at Ithaca, N. Y., July 20. Larvaa, without doubt 

 of this species, were observed under bark of this twig March 22, 

 over two years previous to this rearing, and this individual had 

 therefore consumed at least three years in completing its trans 

 formations a retardation in development undoubtedly due to the 

 unnatural dryness caused by indoor breeding. The imago fre 

 quents the flowers of dogwood, elder, wild parsnip and carrot, 

 and others, occurring in June and throughout July. 



In spite of the abundance of the Lepturini, both in individuals 

 and species, particularly in our northern states, very little is 

 known of their larval food-habits further than a few records of 

 some of the more common species. Several are known to pass 

 their larval existence in old and decaying wood, and it is not 

 probable that they are very discriminating in taste. Hence it 

 would not be surprising to find some species in the group that 

 breed indifferently in both deciduous and coniferous trees. 



Leptura vagans Ol. Larvae, together with the dead imago 

 in its pupal chamber, were cut from old and decomposing, wood 

 of bitter-nut hickory, Hicoria minima ( Carya amara) , at 

 Ithaca, N. Y., in December. About this time Dr. A. E. Brunn 



