April— June [SS5.I 



PSYCHE. 



283 



authors maj be mentioned. Harris (Rept. 

 ins. injur, veg. , 1S41, p. 219, and Entoni. 

 corresp., 1S69, p. 280) describes the larva of 

 this species, adding Uliniis as food-plant; 

 later (Treatise on ins. injur, veg., 1S62, p. 

 296-29S) he figures and describes larva, pupa, 

 and imago. Packard (Guide study ins., 1S69, 

 p. 25S) and Saunders (Can. entom., April 

 1S69. V. I, p. 75) describe the larva. 



Papilio tiirnus Linn. (Mantissa, 1767, v. i, 

 p. 536). Harris (Treatise on ins. injur, veg., 

 1862, p. 268-269) describes and figures the 

 larva and imago of this species, which is 

 stated to feed on wild cherry. Morris (Svnop. 

 lepid. N. A., 1S62, p. 2) describes larva and 

 imago, giving for food-plant "various species 

 of Pruutis." Saunders (Can. entom., Feb. 

 1869, v. I, p. 53-54) describes egg and voung 

 larva, and later {op. cit., Apr. 1S69, v. i, p. 

 74) describes adult larva. Scudder (Amer. 

 nat., Aug. 1S69, V. 3, p. 330) gives as food- 

 plants : apple, Crataegus^ Prtiiius virgin- 

 iana. culti\'ated cherry, Alnus^ Liriodendron 

 titlipifera, Fraxiniis stnnbucifolia, Betiihi, 

 Tilia and ^ueixus, and later (Can. entom., 

 May 1S72, v. 4, p. 84), on authority of Abbot, 

 gives Fraxinus irifoliata and F. fplatycarpa. 

 Saunders (Can. entom., Jan. 1874, v. 6, p. 

 2-5) describes and figures larva and imago, 

 and {op. cit., Nov. 18S3, v. 15, p. 204) adds 

 Miii^uoUa acuminata to the recorded food- 

 plants. Gruber (Papilio, Ma_v 1SS4, v. 4, p. 

 86-S7) gives notes on the five stages of the 

 larva. 



COLEOPTERA. 



Chlamys plicata Fabr. (Entom. syst., 

 Suppl.. 1794, p. III). This species is some- 

 times found feeding, as imago, on Bctitla alba. 

 The larvae feed on ^uerciis, Platanus, Riibiis 

 and Comptonia asplenifolia. Riley (6th. ann. 

 rept. state entom. Mo., 1874. p. 12S-129) de- 

 scribes egg, larva and pupa ; and Packard 

 (Guide study insects, 1869, p. 510) describes 

 and figures the larva and its case. 



Goniocteua pallida Linn. (Syst. nat., 1758, 

 ed. 10, p. 370). Cornelius (Entom. zeit. . . . 

 zu Stettin. 1850, jahrg. 11, p. 19-20) describes 



the larva of this species, which, according to 

 Gyllenhal, among other plants, feeds upon 

 Bctitla alba. 



Syiieta tripla Say (Journ. Acad. nat. sci. 

 Pliil., 1S27, V. 5, p. 2S1) eats leaves of Sf/w/ff, 

 according to Fitch (Ann. rept. N. Y. state 

 agric. soc, 1858, v. 18. p. 853). Packard 

 (Bull. 7, U. S. entom. comm., iSSi, p. 128) 

 briefly describes this beetle. 



Tylouotiisbimaciilatiis\\a\d. (Trans. Amer. 

 philos. soc, 1S47, V. 10, p. 38) is said by 

 Packard (Bull. 7, U. S. entom. comm., iSSi, 

 p. 129) on authority of G : Hunt, to be found 

 "Under bark of white or paper birch, north- 

 ern New York." 



Gracilia miniita Fabr. (Spec, ins., 1781, v. 

 '' P- -3.5)- Lugger (Psyche, Aug.-Sept. 1SS4, 

 V. 4, p. 204) mentions breeding this species 

 from a band of wood {Bctiila leitta) around a 

 gin-barrel. 



Bellamira scalaris Say (Journ. acad. nat 

 sci., 1S27, V. 5, p. 278-279). Packard (Bull. 7, 

 U. S. entom. comm., 1881, p. 129) writes, on 

 authority of G : Hunt, " Beetle and pupa 

 found under the bark of the yellow birch in 

 July, northern New York." 



Clytus? Packard (3rd rept. U. S. entom. 

 comm., 1SS3, p. 259; pi. 12, fig. 3) mentions 

 and figures the mouth-parts of a larva from 

 "black birch, " nearly allied if not identical 

 with Xylotrcckiis coloiius." 



Apkras/us taoiiatiis Gyll. (Schonh., Sy- 

 non. insectorum, Gen. et spec, curcul., 1834, 

 t. 2, p. 460). Good description in Le Conte 

 and Horn's Rh\'nchophora of Amer. north of 

 Mex. (Proc. Amer. philos. soc, 1S76, v. 15), 

 p. 99. This species is not rare in Cambridge. 

 Mass., on Betula alba. 



Dendroides coiicolor'Hewm. (Entom. mag., 

 1838, V. 5, p. 375). G : Dimmock has a speci- 

 men in his collection, which he reared from 

 the bark of Betula papyracca at the White 

 Mts., N. H., the beetle emerging 8 July 1S74. 



Dciidroides canadensis Latreille (Consid. 

 gener., 1810, p. 212). Schaupp (Bull. Brook- 

 lyn entom. soc, July iSSi, v. 4, p. 23) writes 

 of this species, " Pupae in birch July 19, in 

 beech Julv 23." G: Dimmock found a pupa 



