i'i^ nRPF.H t Ol LOfTRkA. 



l,A>ii\ ( rial*' xwi, fifi. f>.) 



Culor ipiiy,iui<l ban<Ufi. Tliorax >|>inrtl nt ihr s'drA : fare BiarktHl with au iDi(>ni«K<l llnr, 



drjirrsM'il l>ctwrvii the snli-nna- ; nrili-ntur tt-n-J<>lntr<l. first JiJiit nairnWMl at \>»f*, 



!trr.rul joint Klishtlv loiiKr?"!, lln- tipjxT hiilf i>f mrh very l>lack. tlu- li.w«-r half fny. 



i'ruiit of llir tliorux it ninrkt-d !•} a lilack trall^\l■rM> linv, in lli<- riiir of w)iU)i thrr<« 



arc two Miiall Mark s|MitM : |>4*!it« rii>r )>nrt of tin- thorax i> |>uiiriurid uilli hlnck, 



esiHTially iJir truii!«v«T>4' groovr. KI\lra lhirk)> and cxarvly {'iiruliiri tl with l>hirk, 



ami Irnvrrx-d )•} four Indts, the two front oiii-s liic<>mpltftv : thtr) urv zig7Jig in form, 



and int('rru|*ti-d hy gray !iparf<i. AlHloiut-n mirrowtd »<inu-wbnt l>«-liind,and lemiinated 



hy a bliirk ovi]H>»iiur. Keuiora (hirkcni'd, and riavatc at thi- tihiai rnd, gray : tihlK 



niarkitl l>y Idai-k rings; tnr>i hlark. l^>^t i^f-rtus dic^'Iy f niarginuli< untl gioy. 



The f irr'^oiiii^ is n ran- ^]K■ril>s in (his vicinity. U» ovl|>o!«itor Miuws that its tggs are 



iie|iositrd in wuud, nnd hrncc it is an injurious iuM-rt to liiuler. Length, ituluding the 



ovi}M>»i|or, M'Viu eighths uf an inch. 



'l'».rR.\opjj ii:ini>rnTn.M..MA ( Forsirr). M. tcmafor (Vh\>.) ( IM. r, fig. 11.) 



Color hrirk rrd. Thora\ marked with four black dots arranged in th<- form of a .square. 



Klytra marked with fovir Mark dot.s ; two mar the basal angles, and two plarrd 



longitudinally u]>on the middle. Antennie black : Unly l>rneath ond legs blnrk. 



This inject is common on the silkwced {.hclcpiai lyriaca) in June and July, and is 



extensively distributed, extending from Mas-sarhusctts to Condina ( Haldkmak'b Mat. 



Hist. I.ong. Am. Phil. Soc. x, 53). It is a harmless ins«ct in its mature state. 



Ki.APiiiPioN vii.ix>si M ( Kab.). K. putator ( Peek). ( Plate xvl, fig. 8.) 



CVjlor iT'wn, gray or hoary from pntchi-s and i»trii»es of grayish ilown : thorax morv 

 vlllos*' than the elytra. Antennir «|«inous : the second joint armed with a spine as 

 long. i>r marly as lone ns the thinl joint -, the spine of the thin! joint, one third n* 

 Ions; a.s the fourth joint : on the f iirth joint, the spine is shorter still. Klytra punc- 

 tun'd, and apex spined. Riiniith, the same cdor as above : legs villous; himUegs 

 arme«I with a short »pine. 

 .\lthough about a dozen sp< cies of this genus have l>een disrovered In the T'nitetl State*, 

 the habits of this one only are known. The laiva feeds upon the wo«mI of whiteoak or 

 lilmkonk.and more rarely of hickory and « he^nut ; an«l on t-ne occasion I reare*! a speci- 

 men, appanntly of this species, from a lar\a taken fmm the dead trunk ofn small sprufe 

 tree. The insect is halfan inch or m<re in linc;th.and may U- disIinKuishe*! by it.s chcsnut 

 r dor, viirie.I with jellowi.sb sjK.tsof down : the »in:ill sj.jnf ujMin s-nie of the joints of the 

 antennir, and two nm>n the ti|> of each elytron ; ami by the smooth raiM-d medial line, 

 and tidH-rcIe, upon each siile of the pronotum alove. 



