6 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Jan., *2O 



Cinyra gracilipes Melsh. Adults were reared from dead white oak 

 (Quercus alba), swamp white oak (Quercus bicolor) and ironwood (Ostrya 

 virginiana) collected at Hummelstown, Pa. Mr. A. B. Champlain in- 

 forms me that he has reared this species from dead ash collected at Harris- 

 burg, Pa. 



Melanophila fulvoguttata Harr. At Hummelstown, Pa., this insect 

 was found breeding in the bark of dead and dying hemlocks (Tsuga cana- 

 densis). The work was confined entirely to the bark, and none of the 

 larvae had entered the sapwood. 



Anthaxia viridifrons Lap. Was reared during June from the sapwood 

 of dead American elm (Vim us americana) and hickory branches. 



Anthaxia quercata Fab. Anthaxia cyanella Gory can well be united 

 with this species, as both forms are often reared from the same stick of 

 wood. Adults were reared May 30, from the sapwood of dead redbud 

 (Cercis canadensis) branches collected at Hummelstown, Pa.; also on 

 May 29, from the sapwood of dead (Crataegus coccinea) branches collected 

 at Harrisburg, Pa., and from the sapwood of a dead white pine (Finn* 

 strobus) branch collected at Manada Gap, Pa. 



Anthaxia flavimana Gory. Breeds in white oak. 



Chrysobothris femorata Fab. Breeds in the bark and sapwood of a 

 great variety of dead and dying fruit and forest trees. In Pennsylvania 

 it seems to be largely secondary in its attack. 



Chrysobothris dentipes Germ. Was reared from the bark of a dead 

 white pine (Pinus strobus) collected at Dauphin, Pa. 



Chrysobothris blanchardi Horn. A number of adults were reared 

 June n, from the bark of a dead pitch pine (Pinus rigida) collected at 

 Hogestown, Pa. 



Chrysobothris scabripennis Lap. & Gory. Adults chopped from the 

 sapwood of dead white pine at Charter Oak, Pa., in June. 



Chrysobothris pusilla Lap. & Gory. Reared May 15 from the sap- 

 wood of a dead pitch pine (Pinus rigida) branch collected at Hummels- 

 town, Pa. 



Chrysobothris sexsignata Say. From material collected at Hum- 

 melstown, Pa., adults were reared as follows: On May 29, from the sap- 

 wood of dead hemlock (Tsuga canadensis); on July 12, from the bark of 

 dead black ash (Fraxinus nigra); on June n, from the sapwood of dead 

 white ash (Fraxinus americana); on July 3, from the sapwood of a dead 

 red maple (Acer rubrum); on July 17, from the sapwood of a dead swamp 

 white oak (Quercus bic.olor) branch. It also breeds in the sapwood of 

 dead walnut (Juglans nigra) and in the injuries made by the larvae of 

 Agrilus jnglandis in the bark of living butternut (Jnglaus cincrcd], the 

 eggs being laid in the emergence holes of the Agrilus adults. 



Chrysobothris azurea Lee. Breeds in the sapwood of dead alder 

 (A/iius rugosa) and swamp white oak (Quercus bicolor) in the vicinity of 

 I lummelstown, Pa. 



