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NEW YOKK ST \TF. MT'SEUM 



llatlcncel beetle may be 

 It is about Vx inch long, 



occurs in early spring under (.le.ul elm bark. It is about y^ inch long with 

 conspicuous blackish moniliform antennae, tht- head antl thorax are strongly 

 flattened, irregularl\- and coarsely punctured, the latter with a series of 

 minute denticulations along its lateral margins ; wing covers finely punc- 

 tured and apparently hollowetl. The humeral angles are continued as 

 consiMcuous ridges along their entire length. 



Laemophloeus biguttatus Say. This small, 

 found under dead maple bark in .\\)v\\ and Ma)'. 

 the head and thora.x are hnely though irregularly punctured, mostly dark 

 brown, while the wing covers are finely striate with series of confluent punc- 

 tures and are mosth' dark brown with a middle, somewhat broken band of 

 pale \ellowisli 



Laemophloeus testaceus I'abr. This minute, slemler, llattened beetle is 

 not uncommon under thi- ileatl bark of uiaple ami bec-ch stumps in early 

 spring. It is about -' ;j i'lch long, the slender antennae are nearly as long 

 as the body. The ))rown head and thorax are rather finely and sparsely 

 punctured, the latter with, distinct sublateral ritlges anil with the lateral mar- 

 gins jjrolonged, toothed posteriorly ; wing covers finel\- striate with series 

 of minute punctures ; lateral margins jjroduced. 



Dendrophagus cygnaei Mann. This flattened, brownish s|)ecies occurs 

 under elm bark in March and April. The dark brown head and thorax are 

 ornamented with irregular, coarse piuictures and the brown wing covers are 

 striated with series of rather large, almost confiueni punctures; humeral 

 angle pronounced anil continued as a distinct ridge along the entire length 

 of the winu- covers. The legs are light Ijrown with strongly swollen femora. 



Uliota dubius I""abr. This flattened, 

 brownish or black beetle occurs imder 

 tlead elm, beech, maph; and butternut 

 bark in earl\- spi-ing. h is <d)out i^. inch 

 long, tlark brow'n or blackish. The red- 

 dish brown antennae are as long as the 

 bod\\ antl just anteriorly there- is on each 

 side a consjjicuous curved, hornlike pro- 

 cess ajjparently peculiar to the male. 

 The tlark l)rown head is coarsely punc- 

 tured with two deeply impressed lines ; 

 the prothorax is also coarsely punctured, 

 with lateral margins serrate, the anterior 

 angles being prolonged into conspicuous 

 processes. The winyf covers are coarsely 

 striate with a conspicuous humeral ridge 

 their entire length and the interspaces ornamented with numerous con- 

 tinent coarse punctures. 



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