326 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 
/ C. aereum Newn. Clifton V, 30, bred from chestnut (Ch); Orange Mts., 
Newark, at light (Bf); New Brunswick (Sm). 
OEME Newn. 
O. rigida Say. Throughout the State VI, VII, not common; breeds in 
cedar and is sometimes found in the wash-up along shore. 
O. gracilis Lee. Orange VI (Ch). 
CH ION Newn. 
C. cinctus Dru. Throughout the State V, VI, not common; the larva in 
hickory, oak and plum (Ch). 
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EBURIA Serv. 
E. 4-qemin ata Say. Throughout the State VII, rarely; on oak and hick¬ 
ory’(W). 
ROMALEUM White. 
R. simplicicolle Hald. Lahaway (Sm); Atlantic County in pine woods 
VIII, IX (W); not rare in wash-up along shore VIII (div). 
R. atomarium Dru. DaCosta (Li); Bridgeton (GG); along shore in 
wash-up, under bark and at sugar VI, VIII, IX (div). 
R. rufujum Hald. Hudson Co. (LI); Newark Dist. (Bf); Camden, 
Gloucester Co. IV, VII, VIII on oak (W); Glassboro VIII, 17 (GG). 
ELAPHIDON Serv. 
E. mucronatum Fab. Throughout the State on trees of various kinds; 
also on grape; does not amputate twigs like “E. villosum.” 
E. incertum Newn. Orange Mts., rare (Bf). 
E. villosum Fab. (parallelum Newn.) 
Throughout the State IV-VII, 
more or less common. The larva 
is the common “oak-pruner”; but 
attacks also hickory, apple and 
other trees. It developes in the 
heart of a small shoot, and when 
full grown, girdles the shoot from 
within, so that it falls in the first 
high wind. Gather these fallen 
branches and burn them where 
shade or orchard trees are in¬ 
vested. 
E. subpubescens Lee. East Plains VII, 27 (Lg); g. d. rare (Li). 
E. aculeatum Lec. Brown’s Mills VIII, 4 (Dke); g. d. rare (W). 
E. unicolor Rand. Short Hills (Bt); Woodside (Bf); Westville (Li); 
Berlin VI, 25, Woodbury VII, 30, Anglesea VII, common on scrub oak 
(W); bred from red-bud (Lee) and plum (Ch). 
Fig. 131.—The “oak pruner”: a, larva; 
b, pupa in its burrow; c, beetle; 
k, k, cut ends of twig; d to i, 
structural details. 
