INSECTS AFFECTING PARK AND WOODLAND TREES 



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by Dr Smith, who states that it has been bred from butternut, hickory 



and birch. 



Tomoxia bidentata Say 



A narrow, triangular, grayish beetle from 3» to y> inch long, occurs on hickory in 

 June. 



This species was obtained in some numbers June 8, from dccayinjj 

 hickor\- at Albany. It has a very close resemblance to T. 1 i n e e 1 1 a Lee, 

 thouii-h the grayish, linear markings arc not so distinct. 

 It may be recognized, according to Dr .Smith, by the long, 

 triangular last joint of the ma.Killary palpi, and b\- the base 

 of the thorax being rounded at the middle. The elytra are 

 marked with broad bands not extending behind the middle, 

 and with the posterior fascia /t^^ 



composed of spots, a cinerc- vf^'^^^A^^^^S^Ii^ \ 

 ous apical margin and a rhom- 

 boidal dark spot each side, 

 near the base. This species 

 was collected Jime 29 on dying ■■''«■ "^ ■i'"'""''-' '' ' " "^ " ' 'J^;;;;;"!; "'"^ ''°"'' """"• "'"s"^" 

 hickory by Dr Hopkins, and 



Dr Smith records it from various New Jersey localities on dead trees, but 

 nowhere common. Dr lohii Hamilton states that it is not common in 

 southwestern Pennsylvania about old trees. It was tlescribed 

 by Say from Missouri, and Dr Smith lists it from the Middle 

 and Western States. 



Tomoxia lineella Lee. 



A narrow, triangular, brownish, gray-marked beetle about V,6 to s/,^ 

 inch long, occurs on decaying hickory in early June. 



This rare species was obtained in some numbers from 



a decaying hickory at Poughkeepsie, June 4, 1903. It has 



^'uTcJuZ""'"- somewhat variable linear grayish markings on the heatl and 



largcd (original) ^j^^j.^^^ jj^id has becH fecordcd by Like as occurring on old 



twigs in the District of Columbia, and Dr Smith reports it from dead trees. 



