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adults are said to feed on the tender buds of |)ine antl spruce. This insect, 

 accordinij^ to Ur Saunders, is a \-er\- handsome beetle from ^lo to "/,,, inch 

 lonof. of a coppery rt-d color, with a broail, bluish screen stripe on each w'ng 

 cover, which varies in brillianc\- in different specimens. There are four 

 raised, smooth lines on each win^' cover and a wide, shallow groove along 

 the- middle of the thorax. Hoth thorax antl wing covers are pitted with 

 minute dots. Dr LeConte records this species from the .Middle .States, 

 Canada and Lake .Superior. 



Dicerca punctulata .Schonherr 



An obscure, coppery or lilack lironze, flattened beetle about 

 J2 inch long, occurs on pitch pine. 



This buprestid was rare at Karner in 1901, only two 

 specimens being taken, one in June and the other in 

 .August. Dr iMtch states that this species ma\- be 

 recognized b\' the smooth, transverse elevation on its 

 front, extending from e)e to eye. The wing covers taper 

 to a rounded, nearl\' trimcate tij). 



Fig. 187 U i t c r I 

 punctulata, ( 

 larged (<)ri>;ilial ) 



Dicerca tuberculata Chev. 



A brassy, metallic flattened beetle about 5 3 inch in length, occurs in midsummer on 

 pine, arbor-vitae and probably some other evergreens. 



This species was taken on arbor-vitae Jidy 6, 1903, at Big Moose. It 

 is a brassy colored species, having coarse, rough, irregular marks. The 

 rows of coarse punctures on its wing covtrs are about equally distant from 

 each other instead of being in pairs. The intervening spaces have many 

 irref>-ular, elevated, black, polisheil s[)ots, and the elevated, transverse lines 

 upon the front are interrupted and not very prominent. LeConte states 

 that the terminal segment of the male is truncate, emarginate, with tibiae 

 simple, whili; iti the female the last segment is rounded a])ical!y. This 

 species has been recorded from Maine and, as stated above, occurs iii New 

 York. Pdanchard records it from Massachusetts. 



