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Buffalo. l)r Smith states tliat this sijecies occurs throuL^'^hout New Jersey 

 during' June ami |ul}- on hickor\", having been noted 1)\' all recorders. 



Liopus punctatus Lee. 



A brownish gray beetle about \ ,a inch long anil with \ery long, slender antennae 

 occurs on oak. 



This ver)' small tlainty longicorn with enornioush' develo])ed, slender 

 antennae, is a rare species. Only two examples were taken June 26, igoi on 

 scrub oak at Karner. This little beetle is alxnit :- n, inch haig, of brownish 

 .gray color, inconspicuoush' and somewhat varialjly marked with lilack and 

 white. It mav be sejiarate-d from the other species ol the genus, according 

 to Mr W'ickham, b\- the coUN'ex front, the slightly retracted mouth, the 

 lateral prothoracic spine being somewhat distinct from the base and by the 

 elytra lacking distinct tufts of erect scales, and ha\ing a feebly marked 

 post median band of whitish pubescence in [>\dce of the angulate line. 



This species has been recorded b)- Ur .Smith from several New Jersey 



localities and he gives Corn us f 1 o r i tl u s and plimi as food plants. 



Messrs Leng and Hamilton record this species from Wisconsin and 



Canada. 



Hyperplatys maculatus Hald. 



A small, gra\isli, lilac k-spotled beetle about _'4 inch long, may be bred from dead 

 twigs of oak and other trees. 



This, one of the prettiest of oiu' longdiorned beetles, is noteworthy 



because of its extremely slender, black antennae, 

 which are longer than the body. The thorax is 

 broader than long, dark brown, covered with a 

 grayish pul)escence, with a ])air of large black 

 spots on the anterior third, and ornainented with 

 conspicuous lateral s[)ines near the posterior third. 



The wing covers are thickly clothed with a gray- 

 Fig. 94 H y p e r p 1 :i t y s III .T c u I .1 1 11 s 



i"i-iKi":iii ish i^ubescence, bear numerous rather large, cir- 



cular, black spots and are terminated by a pair of blunt spines. The fetnora 

 are distinctly clubbed. 



