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A brownish, flattened beetle about '2 inch hing, occurs on chestnut, the hir\ae mining the 



inner bark ( ' a I 1 i d i u m a e r e u m, p. 450 



A beautiful, black, golden-marked beetle aliout ^ a ini h lung, o< curs on various trees in 



June I, e ]) t u r a zebra, p. 450 



A blue blac k, ( learwing moth about I4 inch long, with yellow-banded legs and abdomen, 



bores as a larva Linder chestnut and tlogwood bark Sesia s c i t u 1 a, p. 45 t 



A minute, brownish, rather stout beetle about ',',0 inch long, runs transverse galleries in 

 the inner bark of peach, i)luni and cherry 



Peach bark beetle, P h 1 o e o t r i b u s 1 i m i n a r i s, p. 452 



A blue bku k, clearwing moth having a wing spread of an in< h and with narrow, yellow 



bands on the abdomen and legs, lives as a larva under the bark of plum and several 



related trees S e s i a p i < t i p e s, p. 453 



A red-horned, red-legged, black, brilliant greenish beetle about '_> inch long, occurs on 



butternut, oak and birc h ( 1 a u r o t e s c y a n i p e n n i s, p. 454 



A flattened, jet-black snout beetle about f^ inch long, bores in butternut, poplar and other 



woods C o s s (I n u s p 1 a t a 1 e a, p. 455 



A slender, light brown beetle about i inch long, bores in butternut and beech 



C e n t r o d era d e c o 1 o r a t a, p. 456 

 A purplish, black, yellow-marked, red-tailed, clearwing moth with a wing spread of about 



3,-4 inch, bores as a larva in majfle Sesia c o r n i, p. 456 



A flat brassy lieetle with divergent wing covers, wqrks in pea< h, cherry, beech, maple and 



other deciduous trees Divarii ated buprestis, 1) i c e r c a d i v a r i c a t a, p. 457 



A brilliant green, golden yellow, flat beetle about 5.8 inch long, bores in maple 



Banded buprestid, Buprestis f a s c i a t a, p. 458 

 A slender blacki.sh, wasjjlike insect bores as a larva in diseased maple 



^Vhite-horncll ma])le borer, X y p h i d r i a a 1 1) i c o r n i s, p. 459 

 Dark brown or black beetles about ' ^, inch long, make longitudinal burrows in partly 



decayed sugar maple limbs X y 1 o c 1 e p t e s species, p. 460 



Small worms similar to young apjile borers sometimes occur in multitudes under the bark 



of apple and maple trees. .Pri< kly Leptostylus, L e ]) t o s t y 1 u s ac u 1 i f e r u s, p. 46: 



A stout, black beetle Sg inch long, with brownish wing covers ornamented with three lines, 



occurs on elm P h y s o c n e m u m b r e v i li n e u m, p. 462 



A light brown beetle about ^4 inch hnig. at the base and about the middle of each wing 

 cover, pairs of ivorylike, oval elevations, bores as a larva in ash, hickory and honey 



locust 4-marked ash borer, E b u r i a 4 u a d r i gem i n a t a, p. 462 



Slender, flattened, tortuous galleries in ash, }3 to '/,„ inch in width, cutting the wood 

 largely, may be the work of this species O b r i u m r u b r u m, p. 463 



