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Big Moose, July 6, 1903, on hemlock where it was proljably about to 

 o\iposit. 



Associated species. Several other beetles were bred from the hickory 

 trunk infesteil by this species. N e o c 1 y t u s (? r y t h r o c e p h a 1 u s Fabr., 

 was obtained in small numbers, thi- beetles appearing at the same time as 

 Xylotrechus. A few specimens ol Tomoxia I) i tie n tat a .Sa\', were 

 reared from the mcn-e deca\ed portions of the tree and appeared in early 

 June. The common Hat headed borer ot the ajsple, C h r y s o b o t h r i s 

 fe mo rata Pabr., was also bred in small numbers, the beetles emerging 

 from the wood in early June. A cucujid, Catogenus rufus Fabr., 

 was obtained in small numbers the latter part of May and early in June. 

 This species undoubtedK' occiu'red under the dead bark and in no way 

 assisted in the destruction of the tree. A horn tail, probably the pigeon 

 tremex, Tremex columba Linn., was at work in some of the more 

 decayed portions of the trunk, accompanied by its parasite, the lunate long 

 sting, Thalessa lunator Fabr. 



Parasites. This species was rather extensively parasitized b)' the com- 

 mon enemy of many wood borers, Mela n o 1) r a c o n s i m p 1 e x Cress., 

 most of which emerged in the month of May. A few specimens of a large 

 Ichneumon, A rotes d e c o r u s Say, were bred out in early J une. 



Bibliography 

 1888 Lintner, J. A. Ins. N. Y. 4tli Rep't. ]>. 93-94 (Brief notice) 



1890 Packard, A. S. U. S. Km. Com. 5th Rej/t, [j. 77-79 (Brief notice with detailed 

 descriptions of different stages) 



Northern brenthian 



Eupsah's uiiunta Drury 



A slender grub V\ inch long and not quite '/^o inch tiiick, liores in the solid wood of 

 white oak, changing to a wee\il with a rather prolonged, thick snout. 



This is one of the most peculiar beetles found in New York State. 

 The female is remarkable not only on account of her slender jiroportions, 

 but because the beak is prolonged into a long snout which, unlike that of 



