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End of tlu- abdomen terminates in a singular ruftlelike expansion, armed 

 on the edges with stout spines. Hind tarsi reaching to the middle of the 

 fifth abdominal segment. The body considerably curved. Maxillary palpi 

 extended well beyond the end of the mandibles. Prothorax with a broad- 

 based spine on the side. The projecting parts of the abdominal segments 

 with fine spines, and segments 3 to 5 with a pair of transverse, thin, dark 

 brown chitinous patches. Length 30 mm. 



Anthophilax attenuatus Hald. 



\n olive gray, mottled beetle with black head and thorax, and about 5s inch long, 

 occurs in early sjiring on i)artly dec ayed beech stumps. 



This Lepturid has the characteristic form of this subfamily, and has 

 been taken in earl)- May on dead or decayed beech at Newport N. Y. b\- 

 Mr D. B. Young. The beetles were observed by him, ovipositing in the 

 galleries made by P t i 1 i n u s r u f i c o r n i s, and the process has l)ecn 

 described by him as follows : 



The beetle crawled along with an odd jerky motion and carefully 

 examined every hole and crevice which it crossed. The crevices were aban- 

 doned almost immediately ; the galleries were examined 

 with more care and evidently those selected were a year 

 old ; the beetles invariably oviposited with the head 

 turned nearl)- or wholly down. One of the galleries 

 removed after the beetle had oviposited and flown 

 containeil 16 eggs. Nothing had been placed in the 

 gallery to prevent parasites from entering. The eggs 

 were placed ^ inch from the outside in four lots of 

 four each, with their ends slightly tapering, just filling 

 the diameter of the gallery. The eggs were cylindrical, 

 rounded at both ends, polished, and waxy white; they 

 were gummed together with a yellowish secretion, and 

 were 1I/2 to nearly 2 mm in length. 



Beetle. Length 5 ^ inch ; antennae, legs and wing 

 covers olive, mottled with grayish white; head anil 

 ten,,., „s, enlarged. ,.ri:,iM.,i, thoraxblack aud clothed with a short, sparse golden 



pubescence. This form may be recognized, according to Mr Wickham, 

 by its elytra being testaceous and irregularly marked with piceous spots. 

 The surface is coarsely and sparsely punctate and with small spaces which 

 are distinctly jnibescent. Median line of thorax distinctl)- impressed. 



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