SYXOPSIS OF TITK I-AMT[>M-:. 131 



not reacliing the suture is u broad ])lotc;h with several angles, behind 

 which are one or two smaller spots on the margin. The larva was 

 found boring under the bark of Celtis texana on injured trees, by 

 Mr. Schwarz.] " Ilaiii." 



ii. f'asciaiuM DM. 1775 (Cerambyx), Mem. v, 114, pi. 14; Lee, Jour. Ac. Nat. 

 Siti. ser. 2d, ii, 175; miztus Fab., Ent. Syst. Suppl. p. 144; petisylvanicus 

 Gniel. ed. Linn, i, 4, p. 1863 ; de.ipediis Lee. Agass. Lake Superior, p. 234 : 

 pntiiUm i Lee, Jour. Ac. Nat. Sci. ser. 2d, ii, 175; Fitch, Eep. v (An. Rep. 

 N. Y. State Ag. Soc. 1858, p. 794) ; separat. p. 14. 

 Length 8-14 mm. = .32-.56 inch. Habitat. — C'aiiada, Maine, New Hanijjshire, 

 Vermont, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, 

 West Virginia, Florida, Louisiana, Kansas, Lake Superior, Michigan, 

 Wisconsin. 

 [Surface color w'hitish testaceous, last ventral in 9 prolonged and 

 deeply cleft at ti]), anterior and middle tarsi of $ broader than in 

 9 and ciliate at the sides, antennre and legs annulate ; thorax bi- 

 lineate with black, surface of elytra sprinkled with small dark dots 

 and blotches, the latter forming an irregular fascia in front of mid- 

 dle and another more conspicuous in front of the declivity, both 

 frequently obscure or wanting. Tlie name despectm {piisillus %) 

 was applied to small individuals without the band. An abundant 

 species. Breeds in the bark of recently felled or deadened biennial 

 oaks ( Quereus tinctoria, etc.) ; also in that of maple {Acer), Packard.] 

 "Ham." 



CERATOCiKAPIIIS Gahan. 



C bigiittaia Lee, 1852 (Liopa.i), Jour. Ac. Nat. Sci. ser. 2d, ii, 172. 



Length 9 mm. = .36 inch. Habitat. — Canada, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, 

 New .Jersey, Pennsylvania, Lake Sui)erior, Michigan. Rather rare. 



[Form elongate, scarcely depressed, testaceous, pubescence In-own- 

 ish ; elytra indistinctly mottled, each with an oblitjuc black band 

 behind the middle.] " Ham." 



ACA5JTHO<"INUS Steph. 



Tiie following synopsis is l)y Dr. Horn, Trans. Am. I^Int. Hoc. viii, 

 180: 



Elytra jiuncturcd beyond the middle; antennje of % not nodose. 



Elytra not distinctly costulate ohsolotuM. 



Elyti-a distinctly tricostulate obliquuK. 



Elytra scarcely at all punctured behind middle; antennse % nodose. 



Elytra scarcely punc^tured at base, surface with three dark oblique bands. 



spcctabilis. 



Elytra feebly punctured at base, surface with linear and arrow-shaped vi^lvety 



sjjaces iio<10!«tis. 



TRANS. AM. KNT. SOC. XXIII. MAY, 1896. 



