THE LESSER PEACH BORER. 47 



Kellicott. D. S. J^fjcria pirtipes G. & R. <Caiia<liiiii Ent., London. 

 Ontiirio. Vol. XIIL p. 7. 



Brief note. Common at liuffalo, \. V., on old plums, doing gi'ave injury 



In some instances. Also on clierry. .\t Hastings Center, N. Y.. found on 



wild cherries. Adults in June and .luly. 



Marten, .Tohx. .T.ijcrhi pirtipes, G. »& R. <10th Rept. Stuto Ent. on 



Noxious and Reneficial Insects of State of Illinois. (.1th Ann. Rep. 



Cyrus Thomas), Springfield, pp. l6«i, 109. 



T'nder bark of plum. Brief description of larva and pupa. 

 1882. Gkote, Augustus Radcliffe. J^geria pictipes Grote & Robinson. <New 

 check list of North American moths, p. 12. 



-E. i)icti])es and the synonymic iiiiisitato Hy. Edwards are listed separately. 

 (Not seen.) 

 1884. Fernald, Charles II. Stand. Natl. History (Kingsley), Boston, Vol. II, 

 p. 4(;4. 



Mention : attac'ks plum trees and is similar in lial>its to the peach borer. 



1889. Weed. Clarence M. I'lnin Tree Borer {JEijcria pictipes). < American 



Naturalist, Phila., Vol. XXIII, p. 1U)8. PI. XLIII, fig. 7. 

 Review of Kellicott (1891). Figure. 



1890. Beutenmuller, William. Mgeria pictipes G. & R. <Annals N. Y. 



Acad. Sciences, N. Y.. Vol. V (1889-1891), p. 2(i4. 



Larva on plum ; rare. 

 Smith, .Iohn Berniiard. ^esia pictipes Grt. & Rob. <Cat. of insects 

 found ill New .lersey. (Final Rep. State Geologist. Vol. II), Trenton, 

 p. 2S9. 



Mentions the species as generally distributed, but not common. 



1891. Kellicott. D. S. The Plum Tree Borer {JEgeria pictipes). < Journal 



Columbus (Ohio) Hort. Soc, Vol. V (1890), pp. 16, 19, PI. I, fig. 7. 



Brief notes. Sexes similar and like male peach borer. Plum favorite food ; 

 plentiful on wild black and rod cherry : probably on cultivated cherry. 

 Larva mainly infests trunk and branches : abundant at Columbus. Recom- 

 mends knife. 



Smith, John Bernhard. List Lep. Boreal America, Phila., p. 20. 

 Listed as Sesia pictipes 6. & R. 



1892. Beutenmuller. AVilliam. JEgeria iiiusitata Hy. Edw. <Bul. American 



Mus. Nat. Hist.. N. Y., Vol. IV. ]). 172 (author's edit.. N. Y., Oct. 18, 

 1892). 



Listed as type in Henry Edwards's collection. One male. Andover, ^Llss. 



1892. Kellicott. D. S. Notes on the ^l^geriidw of Central Ohio. <Canadian 



Ent., London, Ontario. Vol. XXIV, p. 40. 



Few lines. Quite abundant at Coliiml)us, Ohio. Seriously injuring wild 

 and cultivated cherry, as well as plum. 



1893. Beutenmuller, William. Mgeria pictipes Grote & Robinson. <Rul. 



American Mus. Nat. Hist., N. Y.. Vol. V. j). 2.1. 



Establishes inusitatd Hy. Edwards (ISSl) as a synonym of iiictiiiis. 

 Webster, Francis Marion. Insects reared from Black Knot, I'loirrigJifia 

 iiiorhosa. < Ent. News., I'hila.. Vol. IV, p. '2iu. 

 Reared from the fungus on cherry and plum. 

 1890. BeutenmCller, William. »S:p.s'/fl picti/tcs (Hy. Edwards). <Bul. Ameri- 

 can Mus. Xat. Hist.. N. Y., Vol. VIII, pp. i:'.4-i:r>. 



Wrong author given. Synonymy ; secondary sexual characters. Larva on 

 plum, wild cherry, juneberry, beach plum. Canada. New Hampshire, Massa- 

 chusetts, New York, New .Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Hlinois, and California. 

 Wehster, Francis Marion. Bui. No. OS, Ohio .\gric. Exp. Sta., Columbus, 

 p. 2.-,, 



Mention as " the peach borer, Hcsia pictipes." 



