IN SIX IS AlFECTING PARK AND WOODLAND TKEES 605 



Neomysia pullata Sa\' 



This, one of our nuidiuni sized to lari.;;e lady beetles, 

 was tak<-n in small luiinbers on hard ])ine al Karncr 

 ill 1901. ( )ne specimen was captured Juik- 4 and 

 another |iil\' S. Tlu; sjxtcies may I)e recognizetl b\' 

 its head being- nearl)' black, or with very few light 

 markings on it and more specially by the nearly iini- n^. i;<, Nr„mysia ,.„ii.... 



, n ■ 1 I 11-11 ' • ' enlarged (origin:.!! 



torm N'ellowish yi''\ or yellowish hrown wing co\'ers. 



Hyperaspis binotata Say 

 A minute, black, red-spotteil lad\' beetle less than Vh inch in length, 

 was met with on scrul) oak .it Karner, Ma\' 14, \qo2. It was bred in some 

 numbers October 3, iqo2 from a branch of scrub oak badix' infested with a 

 species of Lecanium found at North Chatham X. ^ . ful\' 6. It probabl)' 

 preys on such soft-bodied insects as it can overcome as well as on scale 

 insects. The species appears to Ik; ran? in this State. It has been 

 recorded ijy Case\" from Xew naini)shire. I'ennsyK'ania, Mar\'land, Indi.ina, 

 \\ isconsin, and I )r Smith lists it from Xew Ierse\', where it occurs on jjine 

 trees in spring and on willows in summer. It probably ajipears in I )r 

 Hamilton's list of southwestern Peiinsyhania, Dury's list of Cincinnati 

 species, and in Ulke s list of forms occurring in the District of Columbia, 

 under the name of H. si gnat a 01i\-. 



Limonius quercinus Say. This beetle was beaten in June from scrub 

 oak at Karner. 



Hydnocera verticalis Say 



A slfiidt-r, Vfllow-headed, blackisli and \cllo«isli lieetle occurs in early spring on 

 low shrubs antl trees. 



This species was reared from a larva found in an oak gall at 



Normanskill near Albany, May to, 1902. 



