THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 295 



A. otiosus Say. Throughout the State, sometimes common; breeds in 

 hickory, oak, locust, etc. The variety "defectus" Lee. occurs with 

 the type. 



A. arcuatus Say. Westville (Li) ; DaCosta VII, 28, Lacy VII, 14 (Dke) ; 



So. Jersey (W) ; not common; found on and probably breeds in hazel. 

 A. vittaticollis Rand. Hewitt VI, Newfoundland VII, Lakehurst VII 



(Jl), Buena Vista (Li); Clementon V, 30 (GG) ; Sea Isle VI (Brn) ; 



breeds in Kalmia and chestnut. 



A. bilineatus Web. Throughout the State VI, 1-VII, 10, not rare; the 

 larva is injurious to chestnuts and also attacks oaks (Ch). 



A. granulatus Say. Boonton VII, 4 (GG) ; Staten Island (Lg) ; Cramer 

 Hill VI, 19, Gloucester VII, 1 (Brn) ; So. Jersey (W) ; never common. 



A. anxius Gory. The bronze birch borer; appeared as an injurious spe- 

 cies on cut-leafed birch in Essex County cities and towns in 1908-09. 

 Up to that time recorded as "rare in So. Jersey" (W). 



A. acutipennis Mann. Newfoundland VII, 6, Hewitt VI, 12, Lakehurst 

 VII, 12 (Jl); Woodside (Bf); Woodbury, Malaga, Brown's Mills VI 

 (Dke), Atco, DaCosta VI (Brn). 



A. politus Say. Boonton VII, 4 (GG); Madison VI, 10 (Pr) ; Hudson Co. 

 (LI); Newark (Soc); So. Jersey (W) ; breeds in willow and oak. 



A. sinuatus Oliv. Local in Essex, Union and Middlesex Counties; breeds 

 in the sap wood of pear. An introduced species that is being grad- 

 ually worked out and now occurs only in a very few trees so far as 

 known. It also breeds in "Crateegus," and a few specimens are 

 found on such stock annually. 



A. fallax Say. Camden and Gloucester Co., several localities V. 20-VI, 

 15, always rare (div). 



A. obsoletoguttatus Gory. Throughout the State V, VI, on oak. 



A. subcinctus Gory. Madison (Pr) ; Camden III, 22 (Brn); Westville 



(Li) ; So. Jersey (W) ; not common. 



A. lecontei Sauncl. Hudson Co. (LI); South Jersey (W). 

 A. imbellis Cr. West Berlin VI, 25, Atco VI, 17, DaCosta VII, 5 (Brn). 



A. egenus Gory. Throughout the State late May and all June; found on 



and probably breeds in willow and locust. 

 A. pusillus Say. South Jersey, not common (W). 



RH/CBOSCELIS Chev. 



R. tenuis Lee. Greenwood Lake V, 17, Lakehurst V, 29, VII, 12, IX, 3 

 (Jl) ; Gloucester VII, 1 (Brn); Anglesea VII, on low plants in swampy 

 glades (W). 



TAPHROCERUS Sol. 



T. gracilis Say. Throughout the State IV-VIII, locally not rare; found 

 beating in swampy meadows. 



