TITE LONG-IK )RNKn WOOD-BOIJING I'.KETLES. 



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Tribe VI. oN('n>ErnNr. 



Front ('iix;il (Mxitit-s aiiuuhilcd (Hi the oiiUu" side: 

 ;iiul closed licliiiid ; ;inlciin;i' lonji'cr tluin ])ody in 

 male, a.s loiiii; as Itody in i'ouiale, the seape stout, * 

 without eicatrix ; lei^s rather stout', ecfual; chiws 

 sliji'htly diverii'( lit. One ii-eiuis oL' tlu> tribe is rej)- 

 resented in New York, Pennsylvania, Louisiana. 

 'I'(>xas and ju-oliably southern Tndiaua by the "hick- 

 ory <iir(!h'r. " OncidGve-'i cuuiulata Say, length 14- 

 17 mill., smoky or reddish-brown to clay-yellow in 

 hue, with the |)ui)e.sceuce usually forming a broad 

 median l)and on elytra, thorax with or without a 

 spine on sides, the disk usually with three small ^^]2 s'v 't iSt 

 black facets. The female beetle deposits her eggs in '^. ^^^^J^ ^^^yt- 

 twigs of trees and then cuts a gii^lle about the twig male. '(After luiey.) 

 below the eggs. (Pig. 467.) The twig dies and is broken oif by the 

 wind, falling to the ground where the larvaa mature. The beetle oc- 

 curs in August and September and not only girdles the young twigs 

 of hickory, but also those of ])oar, apple, plum, elm, linden, and 

 other trees. 



Tribe YII. IIirrorSINI. 



Body very slender ; front long and intlexed so that the mouth is 

 near the prosternum; palpi not slender, the last joint almost conical 

 and pointed; eyes coarsely granulated; front coxas annulated; legs 

 rather short, equal; tarsi as long as the tibic^, first joint of hind 

 pair slightly, elongated, last joint rather long, claws divergent. One 

 of the four genera is represent(>d in the State. 



LXVII. Tlippopsis Serv. 1825. (Cr., "horse + face.") 



This genus, sufficiently characterized above, is rejiresentcnl in the 

 eastern Tnited States by a singh- species. 



2001 ((*.4T2). lliri'oi'sis i.km.mscata Kab.. Syst. Elent., IT, ISOl. ."..".0. 



Eloiii,Mte, very slenaer. cylindrical. Dark I'cddisb-browii ; thorax with 

 two whitish lines each side; elytra each with three whitish lines; antenn:e 

 l>ale brown. d:irker at base, more than twice as long as Ixxly, fringed with 

 hairs beneath. 'I'horax nnich longer than wide, cylindrical, rather coarsely 

 ;md densely imnctnred. Elytra with coarse. de(>i) i)miet.nres arranged in 

 rows, the tips rjither acnte. Length 10 1.". nun. 



^lai'ion, Vigo and Orange comities; scarce. May 28-June 7. 

 I>i'eeds in stems of ragweed {Amhrosia) ; also in those of tickweed 



