BIRCH BEETLES. 511 



84. Chlamys plicataFahT. 



Chlamys plicata Fabr. (Entora, Syst., Suppl., 1794, p. 111). This species is some- 

 times found feeding, as imago, on Betula alba. The larvje feed on Quercus, Platanus, 

 Ruhus, and Comptonia asplenifolia. Riley (6tb Ann. Rept. StateEntom. Mo., 1874, p. 

 128-129) describes egg, larva, and pupa; and Packard (Guide to the Study of Insects, 

 1869, p. 510) describes and figures the larva and its case. 



85. Telephorus hilineatus Say. 



Telephorus hilineatus Say (.lourn. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., 1823, v. 3, p. 182). Packard 

 (1st Ann. Rept. Inj. and Benefic. Ins. Mass., 1871, p. 26-28, pi. 1, fig. 7-8) describes and 

 figures larva and imago and writes that the pupa of this species "early in May 

 becomes a beetle, when it eats the newly expanded leaves of the birch." Riley (4th 

 Ann. Rept. State Entom. Mo., 1872, p. 29-30) describes and figures the larva and imago, 

 stating that the larva has been found to eat larvie of Carpocapsa pomonella. 



86. Aphrastus tceniakis Gyll. 



Aphraatus tceniaiua Gyll. (Schonh., Synon. Insectorum, Gen. et Spec, Curcul., 

 1834, t, 2, p. 460). Good description in Le Conte and Horn's Rhynchophora of Anier. 

 north of Mex. (Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc, 1876, v. 15), p. 99. This species is not rare 

 in Cambridge, Mass., on Betula alba. 



87. The rose chafer. 



Macrodaclylus subspinosua Fabr. (Syst. Entom., 1775, p. 39). This beetle devours 

 the leaves of Betula alba. Its metamorphoses were described by Harris (Mass. Agric. 

 Repos. and Journ., 1827, v. 10, p. 1-12). and many subsequent descriptions and figures 

 have been given, among which may be mentioned Fitch (1st and 2nd Rept. Ins. N. 

 Y., 1856, p. 245-252), Packard (Guide Study Ins., 1869, p. 454), Riley (.5th Ann. Rept. 

 StateEntom. Mo., 1873, p. 108-110), Thomas (6th Rept. StateEntom. 111., 1877, p. 103) 

 and Lintner (Ist Ann. Rept. State Entom. N. Y., 1882, p. 227-232). 



88. Dichelonycha elongatula Schonh. 



Dichelonycha elongatula Schonh. (Synon. insectorum, 1817, t. 1, theil 3, p. 210). 

 Packard (Guide Study Ins., 1869, p. 454) says this species "is found in June on the 

 leaves of the birch." 



89. Lonchcea f polita Say. 



Reared in Cambridge, Mass., from decaying Polyporus betulinus, a fungus parasitic 

 on dead trunks of Betula alba (Mrs. Diramock, Psyche iv, p. 241). 



90. The triple-rowed syneta. 



Syneta tripla Say. 



Order Coleoptera; family Chrysomelid^. 



In May and the forepart of June, eating the leaves of this and various other trees, 

 an oblong chestnut-brown and closely punctured beetle, with wing-covers usually 

 pale dull yellowish except on their suture, and their punctures forming about three 

 rows between each of the three raised lines ; its length 0.25 and about a third as wide. 

 A common insect in New York. (Fitch.) 



