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denly behind, as if obliquely cut off, the outer edge of the cut portion armed with 
three little teeth on each wing-cover, and on the base or shoulders a large red spot 
0.20 inch in length. (Harris.) 
The following Coleoptera are also said by Dr. J. L. Leconte to affect 
the trunks and branches of the common hickory (Carya tomentosa).* 
15. Lyctus striatus Melsheimer. Family BITOMID A. 
16. Anthaxia viridifrons Gory. Appeared April 10. Family BUPRES- 
TID 2. 
17. Agrilus egenus. April 21. Family BUPRESTID &. 
18. probably n. sp. April 8. Family BUPRESTID &. 
19. Phyllobenus dislocatus. Family CLERID A. 
20. Chariessa pilosa. April16. Family CLERID &. 
Sinoxylon basilare. Family PTINIDa. (See p. 74.) 
21. Heterachthes quadrimaculatus. Family CERAMBYCID &. 
22. Phyton pallidum. May 20. Family CERAMBYCID &. 
23. Molorchus bimaculatus. Family CERAMBYCID &. 
Cyllene picta. (Seep. 70.) Family CERAMBYCID A. 
Neoclytus erythrocephalus. Family CERAMBYCID &. 
24. Tillomorpha geminata. Family CERAMBYCID &. 
25. Acanthoderes quadrigibbus. Family CERAMBYCID&. 
26. Liopus cinereus. April 24. Family CERAMBYCID &. 
27. Hcyrus dasycerus. April 21. Family CERAMBYCID&. 
‘ WSaperda discoidea. (See p. 70.) Family CERAMBYOID &. 
Oncideres cingulatus. (See p. 71.) Family CERAMBYCID &. 
28. Tribolium, n. sp. March. Family TENEBRIONIDZ&. 
29. Lemosaccus plagiatus. Apriland August. Family CURCULIONID &. 
30. Xyleborus celsus. Family SCOLYTID A. 
31. Thysanoés fimbricornis. Apriland May. Family ScOLYTID&. 
32. Chramesus hicorie. Apriland May. Family SCOLYTID&. 
33. Hupogonius vestitus Say. Bred from hickory. (Riley.) 
AFFECTING THE BARK. 
34. THE HICKORY-BARK LOUSE. 
Lecanium carye (Fitch). 
Order HEMIPTERA; family CoccID&. 
Fixed to the bark of the small limbs, a large, very convex oval scale of a black 
color fading to chestnut brown, in May dusted over with a white powder. Length 
often 0.40 by 0.25 inch in width. (Fitch.) 
. 35. THE HICKORY BLIGHT. 
Eriosoma carye (Fitch). 
Order HeMIPTERA; family APHID. 
Forming a flocculent down coating the under side of the limbs, especially of bushes 
and young trees in shaded situations, multitudes of wooly plant lice. 
The winged individuals are black, with the head, scutel, and abdomen covered with 
* See American Entomologist, vol. iii, p. 236. 
