280 NEW YORK STATE MLSEUM 



siirroundL-d by three very narrow yellow lines, one at each end and one in 

 the middle; scute! yellow; winjj cases crossed by three yellow bands; first, 

 a semicircular band from the scutel runninjr backwards and round up to 

 each shoulder ; then another of similar shape about the middle, with the 

 circle reversed ; then a strai.t,dit band, and a stron<j spine at the tip of each ; 

 length, !< inch ; widlii, \'- inch. 



It is sei)aratcil, accordini.^ to Professor W'ickham, trom allied forms, by 

 the fctmora not beinL,^ spinose, its falciform antennae and the many strongly 

 elevated, ihoui^h more or less confust'd transverse ridt^cs on the thorax, in 

 connection with its ai)ically rounded elytra and the yellowish, transverse 

 bands formini,^ an oval ht^urc at the Ijase of each, l)ehind which are two 

 slightly oblique fasciae. This species is reported as rare in New Jersey. 

 It has been listed from the District of Columbia, where the adults were 

 found on flowers and trees, and 1 )r ll()i)kins has taken it in West X'irginia. 

 The latter reports it as very injurious to dying trees and sawlogs of black 

 ash, the larvae making numerous holes in the wood. Mr Beutenmidler, in 

 addition to llic food |ilants given al)ove, records it also from the limbs and 

 trunk of elm and hickor\-. 



Two-lined chestnut borer 

 .lori/iis bilijtcatiis \\'ci)er 



This white, flat headed urul> makes very lorliious interlacing burrows under chestniU 

 and oak bark. 



This species was brought to the writer's attention in November iqoi 

 because of severe injury to oaks at (ieneseo. .Several large trees had been 

 killed 1)\- the work of this borer and examination of the infested bark 

 showed that the inner la)'ers were very badly riddled l)\- the interlacing 

 galleries of this insect. 



Early history. This species is (i)m])aratively imknown to economic 

 entomologists. It was recorded 1)\- Dr Packard as occurring under the 

 bark of an oaktree at Providence R. I. lie found |)ui)ae May 30, and 

 beetles were cominon on the leaves. Mr Adains Tollman of Concord 

 Mass., reports taking over too specimens of this beetle on white oak June 

 15, 1885, and Dr A. 1 ). llo])klns, writing of this insect in 1 894, states that 



