12C uKDi.K ' •'! »( rim* 



KllAoIlM I.IMATIM (OIIV). 



AnlcniiiT jihort. Th<>nn nairow, ryllmlrifal Udittt niul l>rhln«! : niUldlc ..f tlio th "rnx is 

 furnlithr<l with n piliitr«! wnrt «>n mch sldr. Kljtrn wlili- at llir shouMrrs, and iii\tfr- 

 Ing, n»nvi'X abovr, with puiirtiirf^ Ix-twoeii tin* »ni<N.tli «-IrvaU-<l Iluc8,BmI ornaDiriilwl 

 wilh Mark ntui rr.lillsh jixh colors, tlip f irmrr nrriingo«l in transvtrw lands. Tiidrr- 

 siilr varii-gutrd witli iliill rr<l, gray aii<l I'lurk. 

 Tho griil>s of iUh Ixrtlf l.»rr<>w luulir \hv hark oj ihe i>ltch i iiir ; in c< umijui iirr of 

 whirh, it is ItK.M-tH'il, and falls off, when the tree <lifs. The grul»s urc ■•fl«-n iiuuirrous : 

 when about to iHTuine pupa*, each one forms for Itself an oval ring < f w<- tiy fihrt-s. The 

 boetlc Is matured l)oforc the close of winter, Imt nmains till il.. -t .,•,-, i . i s , iitvi... 

 IrvJurioui Iusrtt> of Ma-S-vaeliusetts, pp. !i'2 - M). 



I hiiw found the larva under the Imrk of the yell- w pine aii<i wi \> pi:i< . «ii' u ii i« 

 readily recognized l-y forniiuKi "^ t'»' l'«'rio«l of Its tnin^forniation, an oval cavil), the 

 lx>rder tif which is nia«le of woody fibres. The habits of the KurujHan Hhogivm it.dcgdir 

 ( Kahr.), are similar. This in«cl is u>ually aU.ut S4V<nt« nths of an im h long, ultliuugh 

 it l9 sometimes found n<> longer than four tenths. Its color is gray, nuirked with black : 

 the surface is somewhat downy ; the antenna? are short ; the elytra wide at the base, and 

 having s«'veral rai.->e<l lines ; and the prothorax has a tubercle on each side. The perfect 

 insect ai>j>oar» in May ( H.m.dkman, MS. Xotcs). 



Piunuicr-Ms mMr.RAi.is ( Kab.). ( Plate xvi, fig. 4.) 



Hlack. Klytra marktxl with a rightangled triangular scarlet spot situated ui-on the base of 

 the rl>tron, tlie hyix'thenust» passing by the side of the scutcl. Thorax, neck sculp- 

 tured and rugoM', and furnishe*! with a lateral |Kiinted lulxrcle and two elevaUd 

 n»ughened ridges or emiiu-nres on the metliau line. Linglh variable : female, six- 

 Unths of an inch ; male, less Ih.m half an inch. 

 This inst-ct se«'ms to be rare in the vicinity of Ali>any, as n<t more than three or four 

 sf>ecimens have i-een t.iken in the la.st three or four year?. 



Gr..\ts LKPTIRA. 

 Anteonic elongate, l>nsal joint robust, second minute; eyes narrow* d alx>ve. Head ex- 

 9erte<l : Uiorax convex, unarme<I. In-ecl narrowed Ix-hind from the base of the eljtrm 

 to the extremity of the aUbimen : I< gs elongate. "-IcnfUT 



LtrrtBA \iTTATA (Oliv.). ( Plate viii, flg. 13 ) 



Color black or very dark brown : head, th- rax an»l legs black : elytra puncturetl black, 



and marke<l with a ruf ms stripe extending from their ba?e to two-thirds of their 



length, and occupying the middle of the elytrum. Beneath, the insect is clothed with 



short gray appressed hairs. 



