1903 



ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



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Alaus oculatus. 



81. Alaus oculatus, L. (Fig. 21.) This elater is found not uncom- 

 monly in many parts of the Dominion. It is a striking species. The 

 larvaj feed in decaying wood. 



82. Melanotns communis, Gyll. This common elater is recorded by 

 Townsend as occurring " under the bark." 



83. Elater ni<jricollis, Hbst. Mr. R. J. Crew, of Toronto, tells me 

 that he has found specimens of this beetle in a dead basswood stump, 

 Nov. 11, 1901. 



84. Paraudra hrunnea, Fabr. Townsend records having found 

 specimens of this insect under the loose bark of basswood. The larvte 

 breed in a variety of deciduous and coniferous trees. 



85. Ptionus brevicoruis, Fabr. This handsome cerambicid is said to 

 be a borer in the basswood. 



86. Neoclytus erythrocephalus, Fabr. This beetle is mentioned in Dr. E. P. Felt's report 

 as State Entomologist of New York for 1899, as having been observed ovipositing on a dying 

 ivee, Tilia americana. 



87. Cyrtophorus verrucosus, Oliv. is recorded by some writers as living on linden as well 

 as on the wood of some other trees. The species is common in Ontario. 



88. Uoplosia nubila, hec. In Packard's Forest Insects it is stated that "according to 

 Le Conte this longicjrn lives in the basswood." A specimen of this species was reared at 

 Ottawa from boughs of basswood brought into the office during the winter of 1900. The full 

 grown beetle, which is not unlike a diminutive specimen of Anthophylax attenuatus, Hald., 

 emerged the following spring. 



89. Saperda tridentata, Oliv., and 



90. Saperda lateralis. Fab., are both stated by Lugger to "occur upon a variety of forest 

 trees such as linden, poplar and others." Both these species are found in Canada. 



91. Xyletinus hujubris. L^3C. A single specimen of this small beetle was reared at Ottawa 

 from a dead basswood branch brought nito the office during the winter. 



92. Eupsalis minnta, Dru. This is a species which bores under the bark of several difl'er- 

 ent trees. Townsend records having found it in basswood, and the insect has also been 

 collected ac Ottawa. 



93. Stenoscelis brevis^ Boh. This insect has been included among those which have been 

 found in the decaying wood. We have reared the species from dead boughs brought into the 

 office in winter. Mr. Harrington has bred it from oak, hickory, maple and poplar. 



Okder Lepidoptera. 



94. The Leopard Moth, Zeuzera pyrina, L. This is an introduced insect which occurs 

 destructively in some of the eastern cities and their immediate vicinity, ni the United States, 

 particularly New York and Jersey City. I do not know of any specimens having been found in 

 Canada. This borer is a very general feeder, having been known to attack basswood, niaple^ 

 elm, hickor and other trees. 



