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records it from the Middle and Southern States, while Schwarz foiiiid it 

 abundant at Biscayne l)ay, I'lorida. l)r Smith states that it occurs com- 

 monly throut;hout New [ersey, and we have met it in the vicinit)- of 

 Albany. It has also been reported from Newport antl Buffalo. 



Food plants. We have reared this insect in numbers from sumac, 

 while lJ)r .Smith states that it occurs on sumac berries of the previous year. 

 Mr Beutenmuller records apple as a food plant in addition to that given 

 above, while Dr Hopkins states that it infests yellow locust twigs on dead 

 trees in West Virginia. 



Natural enemies. .\ single parasite was reared from infestetl twigs, 

 presumably from this species. It has been kindly determined by Dr 

 Ashmead as T e m e 1 u c h a f u s i f o r m i s Prov. 



Pityogenes consimilis Lee. 



A minute, dark brown or black, cyUndric beetle about '/j, inch long, makes the 

 famiHar obUciue galleries under the bark of decaying sumac twigs, grooving the wood in a 

 very rharat teristic fashion. 



The work of this species is exceedingly common, easily recognized and 

 of little importance e.Kcept when the carved branches are sometimes 

 employed in rustic structures. 



Spotted leptostylus 



Lcptostyhis )iiaiula .Say 



A small, thick, long-horneil. I)r(nvn or ( hestnut-colored beetle, about ]i inch long, 

 with ash gray markings, may be bred from the dead twigs ami wood of a nund)er of 

 trees. 



This is one of our common borers having very similar habits to its 

 ally, L i o ]) us a 1 p h a Say. It breeds in a wide variet) ol twigs, having 

 been taken from sumac, witch-hazel, chestnut, oak, walnut and apple. Dr 

 Fitch states that old butternut trees are sometimes filled with the grubs of 

 this little beetle. 



