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above, there is a broad, transverse band of yellowish gray pubescence across 

 the anterior portion of the wing covers, broken by two long reniform spots 

 near the median line and a large quadrate one laterally. There is also a 

 patch of yellowish gray, with a central black spot at the extremity of each 

 wing cover. The slender antennae are nearly twice the length of the body, 

 with the tips of the segments slightly darker. 



Life history and habits. This species was met with by Dr Fitch on 

 red and white oaks. It has been recorded as common on hickory by 

 Dr Hamilton, and l)r .Smith states that it has been bred from oak, hickory 

 and redbud in New Jersey, while Mr Chittenden has reared it in addition 

 from limbs of butternut. 



Distribution. This beetle has been recorded by Messrs Leng and 

 Hamilton from Canada, Michigan, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, 

 Ohio, and it has been listed liy Mr Ulke from the District of Columbia. 

 It also appears in local lists of insects taken in the vicinit)' of Buffalo N. Y., 

 Cincinnati O., and is reported as occurring abundantly in southwestern 

 Pennsylvania, while Dr Smith states that it is found throughout New 

 Jersey. 



Leptura vagans Oliv. 



A black beetle about -'8 inrh long, variably marked with 

 dark orange red occurs on scrub oak. 



A single specimen of this small longicorn was 



taken on scrub oak at Karner in igoi. The adult 



beetle is about .^ s i'''ch long, with the head, thorax 



and a variable portion of the wing covers coal-black, 



the remainder dark orange red. In one specimen 



the black portion is represented by a somewhat 



lenticular, median spot on the side of the elytra, 



while on another there is only a rather narrow 



orange colored line on the humeral ridge of each wing cover. The head, 



thorax and wing covers are coarsely jjunctured. 



This species has been recorded from a number of New Jersey localities 



Fig. g? Leptura vagans. en- 

 larged (origin.il> 



