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pupae. The latter are found naked in Moss. It was yellow when found 

 and not white as described by Dr. Packard. 



Mr. Angell stated that he had recently for the first time heard Poly- 

 phylla stridulate. Mr. Dimmock said that Cerixa sometimes makes quite 

 a loud stridulating noise. 



Some general remarks and questions concerning captures at Sandy 

 Hook followed, and the Club then adjourned for the session to meet 

 again at 9 A. M. of the first day of the next meeting of the A. A. A. S. 



John B. Smith, Secretary. 



Cryptorynchus lapathi, Linn. 



By Wm. Ji'elich. 



Early in June this year I found on one of my excursions near West 

 Bergen in this vicinity, a large branch of a Willow tree, blown down 

 by a recent storm. Examining it closely 1 found it full of holes, with 

 fresh borings at the ends. Thinking this the work of Saperda concolot 

 which I often found on similar occasions, I did not take the trouble to 

 examine the larvae but merely took a small piece of the branch about two 

 feet long and an inch thick along, and placed it in a box to satisfy my- 

 self about the inhabitant. To my surprise, I found 2 fine specimens of 

 the European Cryplorhynchus lapathi Linne emerging on the 3d of July 

 and succeeded in getting about 10 more since, from pieces of willow, ob- 

 tained from the same locality — the large branch "full of them'' having 

 disappeared in the meanwhile. 



Five years ago I took a fine specimen of this same species on Wil- 

 low near Williamsbridge, at least 12 miles distant from above locality, 

 and last Year, Mr. Ottomar Dietz showed me another one, taken on 

 Staten Island. The breeding of this beautiful Cryplorhynchus — the only 

 one found in Europe — on Willow here, is the more interesting, as it is 

 known to occur to breed on Elder over there. I am afraid it will become 

 a great scourge to the Willow, from what I have seen of it and there is 

 no doubt now, that Cryptorynchus lapathi, Linne is not more an acciden- 

 tal importation, but should have a place in our catalogue. 



Fortunately it appears to have found its enemy already to check its 

 loo rapid progress, for I found 3 active Ichneumon flies emerging from 

 the same Willow branches, about a fortnight after the last beetles made 

 their appearnace. No other larva? or insects had lived in the branches 

 as I found by cutting them open. Mr. E. T. Cresson has kindly identi- 

 fied the Ichneumon as a small variety of Ephialtes irrita/or, Fab. 



