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A. quercata Fab. (cyanella Gory.) Throughout the State V-VII; larva 



in grape and chestnut (Ch). 

 A. flavimana Gory. Riverton V, 20 (GG) ; g. d. (W ,Li). 



XENORHIPIS Lee. 



X. brendeli Lee. Fort Lee, 1 specimen, bred from wood (Jl). 



CHRYSOBOTHRIS Esch. 



C. femorata Fab. Common throughout the 

 State V-VII, in many local varieties. The 

 larva is the "flat-head apple-borer," which 

 attacks also fruit and many forest trees, 

 sometimes becoming injurious. It favors 

 trees low in vitality, hence keeping trees 

 in good condition is protective. When 

 they actually get into the wood they can 

 be cut out, their location being usually- 

 discernible by a slight discoloration of the 

 bark. 



C. floricola Gory. Hudson Co. (LI) ; Landis- 

 ville, DaCosta (Li) ; Cape May C. H. V, 28 

 and g. d. (W) ; breeds in pine. 



C. dentipes Germ. With the preceding and 

 also breeds in pine. 



C. pusilla Lap. & Gory. Newark (Bf) ; Landisville, DaCosta (Li); New- 

 tonville VI, lona VI, Sea Isle VI (Brn) ; Lakehurst V, VII (Jl) ; At- 

 lantic Co., Cape May C. H., Anglesea V, 28 (W) ; breeds on pine. 



C. sexsignata Say. Ft. Lee VII, 10, Jamesburg VI, 29 (Jl) ; Hudson Co. 

 (LI) ; Orange Mts. (Bf) ; Camden, Gloucester Co. (W) ; on beech, 

 birch and chestnut. 



C. azurea Lee. Throughout the State in June; bred from white birch 

 (Jl), has been taken on sumac (Bf), and once abundant on "Cornus 

 paniculata" (Lg). 



C. scitula Gory. Landisville, DaCosta (Li); g. d. (W) ; rare; said to 

 breed in deciduous trees. 



Fig. iii. Chrysobothris 



femorata: a, larva; 



b, pupa; c, adult. 



ACTENODES Lac. 



A. acornis Say. Newark, Orange Mts., rare (Bf) ; Atlantic Co., on pine 

 (W) ; common in the wash-up, Brigantine to Cape May V-IX. 



ACM/EODERA Esch. 

 A. ornata Fab. Generally distributed, on flowers (W). 



A. pulchella Hbst. Newtonville, DaCosta VII, 9-30 (Brn); Atco (Li); 



Atlantic Co. (W) ; resting on wild sun-flower VII, 19 (Dke). 

 A. culta Web. Throughout the State V, VI, locally not rare. 



