Vol. XXX l] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 5 



Buprestis lineata Fab. Adults were reared from dead Virginia pine 

 (Pinus virginiana) collected at Rockville, Pa. 



Buprestis consularis Gory. Remains of adults were found in the 

 wood of a dead pitch pine (Pinus rigida) at Charter Oak, Pa. 



Buprestis fasciata Fab. Adults were found in abundance on freshly 

 cut pine log at Endeavor, Pa., July 30. 



Buprestis striata Fab. Breeds in dead soft and pitch pines. Adults 

 which appear in the spring transform in the fall and pass the winter in 

 the pupal cells. 



Dicerca prolongata Lee. Was found breeding in the wood of a dead 

 large-toothed aspen (Populus grandidentata) at Charter Oak, Pa. 



Dicerca divaricata Say. This species does not seem to prefer any 

 particular host-plant, and can be found breeding in a great variety of 

 forest trees. Adults were reared from the dead wood of the following 

 trees, collected at Hummelstown, Pa.: black birch (Betula lento), iron- 

 wood (Ostrya virginiana), linden (Tilia americana), white ash (Fraxinns 

 americana), sugar maple (Acer saccharum), redbud (Cercis canadensis), 

 black ash (Fraxinus nigra) and American elm (Ulmus americana). 



Dicerca pugionata Germ. On July 19, adults of this species were 

 reared from witch-hazel (Hamamelis virginiana) collected at Manada Gap, 

 Pa. Many of the witch-hazels in this section have been killed by this 

 insect. 



Dicerca obscura Fab. This species breeds in the dead wood of per- 

 simmon (Diospyros virginiana), although adults were reared from the 

 dead wood of staghorn sumach (Rhus typhina) collected at Hummels- 

 town, Pa. 



Dicerca lurida Fab. The^ommon host-plant of this insect is hickory, 

 although it will breed in a great variety of dead trees. Adults were reared 

 from dead blue beech (Carpinus caroliniana) and alder (Alnus rugosa) 

 collected at Hummelstown, Pa. 



Dicerca lepida Lee. This beetle breeds in dead ironwood (Ostrya vir- 

 giniana). From material collected at Hummelstown, Pa., adults emerged 

 from July n to July 29. 



Dicerca scobina Chev. Breeds in the dead wood of sour gum (Nyssa 

 sylvatica). Adults were reared August 5 from material collected at State 

 College, Pa. The adults emerge late in the season and hibernate through 

 the winter. On March 24 a living adult was taken under the loose bark 

 of a sour gum at Hummelstown, Pa. 



Dicerca americana Hbst. Two living adults were found on Decem- 

 ber 13 and January 9 at State College, Pa., hibernating under the loose 

 bark of a dead pine. 



Dicerca punctulata Sch. Found breeding in pitch pine (Pinus ri"i<lii ) 

 at Hummelstown, Pa. 



Poecilonota cyanipes Say. An adult was reared June (>, from a Sa- 

 I'fnln concolor Lee. gall on a branch of large-toothed aspen i/ 

 collected at Milford, Pa., by Mr. H. H. Kirk. 



