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The adult was described by Fabricius in 1801 (Syst. Eleut. 

 I, 15) from American specimens. Walsh (Proc. Bost. Soc. 

 Nat. His., IX, 287) briefly noted the larva in 1863 and again 

 in 1868 (Am. Ent. I, 60). In 1873 Glover recorded the find- 

 ing of great numbers of beetles injuring the roots of young 

 ash trees at Babylon, Long Island (Kept. U. S. Dept. Agric., 

 1873, 152). and noted larvae as having been taken on the roots 

 of liquidambar in Maryland. In Insect Life (Vol. III. p. 358) 

 under the heading "General Notes" is a statement to the effect 

 that the adults and larvae were common in the vicinity of 

 Washington, D. C., 'among grass roots in pastures and de- 

 serted fields, and that they were found in the decaying roots of 

 ash trees. 



HoAvard (Bull. 22, n. s. Div. Ent. U. S. Dept. Agric.. 1900, 

 p. 105), quoting a correspondent, records Xyloryetes satynis 

 as attacking ash in the vicinity of the University of Virginia 

 and after boring a hole under the surface of the ground to a 

 depth of one or two inches, "seemed to destroy the bark all 

 around the tree." Blatchley (Col. Ind., p. 992) states that it 

 probably occurs sparingly over the southern two-thirds of In- 

 diana, June 3 to September 8, the adults being found in the 

 vicinity of ash trees. In the U. S. Department of Agriculture 

 Yearbook for 1906, p. 516, lilac bushes at Stony Brook. New 

 York, were reported as being badly damaged by this scarabaeid. 

 Smith (Ins. N. J., p. 321) records it from Et. Lee and Newark 

 and throughout South Jersey. July, never common, larva in 

 roots of ash. In Insects of Quebec (Part III. Col., p. 229) 

 Chagnon records it from Rouville County in May. 



Xyloryetes satynts Eabricius belongs to the Scarabaeid tribe 

 Dynastini. I. C. Schiodte in his conspectus systematicus of 

 the larvae of the series Lamellicornia has characterized the 

 larvae of this tribe,* and his statement, translated ( from Latin) 

 and in a few places slightly modified, may be presented as 



follows : 



CHARACTERIZATION OF THE TRIBE DYNASTINI. 



I. Stridulating instrument formed by a dentate carina on the dorsal 

 side of the maxillary stipes, nihhinij against a file-like area on the 



* ]. C. Schiodte : De metamorphosi Eleutheratorum observations; 

 Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift, series 3, vol. 9, 1874, pp. 227-376, pi. xi-xix. 



