L')NG HORNED BEETLES. 



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injurious, not alone to forest trees, but to fruit-producing trees as 

 well. Members of this group of beetles have a roundel pro- 

 thorax, frequently armed with rather long thorns, but not always 

 so; their fore-tibise are grooved on the inner side, and the last 

 segment of the palpi is cylindrical and pointed. 



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Fig. 126. — Straagalia spec. — After Brehm. 



THE AMERICAN CURRANT-BORER. 



{Pscnoccrus supernotatus Sayj. 



It is not uncommon at all to find a small larva in the branches 

 and smaller shoots of our currant bushes, which in early spring 

 changes to a small, brown, and slightly flattened beetle, rarely ex- 

 ceeding one-quarter of an inch in length. It is beautifully marked, 

 although some specimens are almost unicolored. Bright-colored 

 specimens are clothed with white hair, which is grouped so as 

 to form two white spots towards the end of the wing-covers, 

 frequently so broad as to join at the suture, in which case they 

 are lunar in shape. In the center is another fine and wavy white 

 line, sloping from the sides back to the suture, and enclosing an al- 

 most black space. The scutellum is also white. 



