1086 



FAMILY LII. CERAMBYCJU.E. 



pubesceuce; anteiinip shorter than body, annuhite with gray and black. 

 Thorax and elytra ratlier coarsely and s])arsely pnnctate, the imnctures 

 showing as bare round dots. Length 9-15 nnn. 



Kosciusko and .Marshall counties; scarce. June 5-August 17. 

 Beaten from foliage of hlack oak. Occurs near lakes and possibly 

 l)reeds in willow. 



2003 (6489). Sapkrda concolor Lee, Joiirn. I'hil. Acad. Nat. Sci., II. 1852. 

 1G3. 

 P'jiongate, slender, cyHndrical. P.lack. everywhere densely an<l evenly 

 ch)thiMl with line, prdstrate. gray puln'sceni-e : anienn.-e annulate. Thorax 

 and elytra rallier hnely and sparsely inuictured, Ihe hitter with tips 

 rounded. Length 10-12 nnn. 



Lake County; rare. -June Ki. Hr(>e«ls in the stems of willow 

 {Sali.r lovgifoliHm ]\Iidil.), and in the l)ase of sapling i)Oplars. 

 Probaljiv occurs throughout the State. 



2004 ((1478). Sapeuua calcarata Say, Journ. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., Ill, 

 1824, 408: ibid, II. 190. 



Elongate, robust, sul>eylindrieal. Reddish- 

 l)r(iwn, densely (■h)thed with prostrate gray and 

 yellow i)ubeseence. Front of head, three stripes 

 on thorax, scutellum and numerous lines and 

 lildtihes (in elytra, orange yellow. Thorax sparse- 

 ly, elytra more closely, marked with small, 

 Tdund, black, bare dots or punctures. Length 

 21 .•;o nnn. (Fig. 409.) 



Lake. Porter, Marion and Vigo coun- 

 ties, frequent; in-o])al)ly throughout the 

 State. I\Iay 31-July 16. This beetle, 

 known as the "poplar borer," is our largest 

 member of Sa/x rda. It breeds in cotton- 

 wood, rptaking ash, lombardy poplar and 

 other member.s of Po pit I us, to which it often 

 does great damage. Three years are prob- 

 V ) ' / ^^ al)ly required to complete its life changes. 



'^""^ Where trees are badly infested the most 



ol)vious si^ns ai-e the numerous blackened, 

 swollen scars along the surface of the 

 trunks and limbs. Sometimes these are open, and in early summer 

 large quantities of borings two expellcMl from the inhabited gal-" 

 leries, and frecpiently occur in considerable piles abcmt the base of 

 the trees. It is im])ossible to attempt to control this insect on other 

 than valuable shade or pai'k trees. In such situations, digging out 



Fig, 469. (After Smith in Fifth'Rep. 

 U. S. Ent. Coram.) 



