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bore in all directions through the tree. Osten Sacken de* 

 scribes the larva of C. jiictus Drury, the Hickory-tree borer 

 (Fig. 485; a, larva; &, pupa), as being "six to seven-tenths 

 of an inch in length, being rather long, somewhat flattened 

 club-shaped, the thoracic segments being cousideral)h' broader 

 than the abdominal ones, but at 

 the same time distinctly flattened 

 above and below." The pupa has a 

 numerous pointed granulations 

 on the prothorax, and similar 

 sharp spines on the abdominal 

 segments, " On the penultimate rig. 4S5. 



segments, these projections are larger and recurved anteriorly 

 at the tip ; there are six in a row near the posterior margin, 

 and two others more anteriorly. The last segment has four 

 similar projections in a row." The male of the 

 Locust tree borer, C. robinice Forster (Fig. 486, 

 ^), according to Walsh, differs from that of C. 

 pictus "in having much longer and stouter an- 

 tennae and in having its body tapered behind to 

 a blunt point," while the females "are not dis- 

 tinguishable at all." It does great injury to the 

 Locust tree, and appears in the beetle state in September, 

 while C. pictus^ the Hickory tree borer, appears in June. G. 

 araneiformis Oliv. (Fig. 487) has been detected on a -wharf in 

 Philadelphia ; it was fii-st described as coming from 

 St. Domingo. 



The Long-handed Acrocinus, A. longimanus Fabr. 

 (Fig. 488, larva, natural size), is a gigantic insect, 

 allied to Prionus, but with enormously' developed fore 

 legs, the whole body, including the fore legs, when out- 

 stretched measui'ing ten inches ; it is brown, beautifully 

 banded with red and buff. M. Salle has found the larva ^'^' 

 at Cordova, Mexico, under the bark of a Ficus. It grows 

 larger in Brazil. Leiopus is a diminutive ally of Lamia. Dr. 

 Shimer has detected the larva of L. xantlwxyli Shimer, under- 

 mining the bark of the prickly-ash, when the wood has recently 

 died. It is a footless borer, "of whitish and pink orange 

 colors, about one-fourth of an inch long." In the burrows 

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Fig, 486. 



