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PSYCHE. 



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the latest October twenty-eight. I 

 think it survives the winter in the adult 

 State as I feel confident I have seen on 

 warm days in the middle of winter. 

 Scudder's observations concerning the 

 rounded tegmina of specimens from 

 Texas applies equally well to the 

 Arkansas form. There is also a 

 marked variation in the length of the 

 tegmina which are decidedly shorter or 

 somewhat longer than the pronotum. 



Nine males, twenty-two females. 



Plifli'taliotcs iiebrasccnsis Bruiier. — 

 This species has not actually been 



captured within the borders of the State 

 but I have two males and one female 

 which were taken a few miles within 

 the Indian Territory and as the species 

 occurs in Kansas and Texas and as far 

 East as Indiana and Illinois, I have 

 no hesitation in including it. The 

 specimens referred to are much larger 

 than those from Cordova, Illinois, and 

 West Point, Nebraska, in my collection. 

 The female measures 31 mm. the males 

 22 mm. and they are proportionately 

 robust. 



(End.) 



CRYPTORHYNCHUS LAPATHI (L.) IN MASSACHUSETTS. 



BY A. H. KIRKLAND, MAI. DEN, MASS. 



A striking example of serious insect 

 damage resulting from favorable local 

 conditions is found in the occurrence of 

 Cryptorhyiichiis lapathi (L.) in certain 

 parts of Eastern Massachusetts. In 

 Europe this beetle has gained much 

 notoriety as a borer in alders and wil- 

 lows, but in Massachusetts its attack is 

 largely directed against the balm of 

 Gilead poplar. This leads us to a men- 

 tion of a very interesting — from an 

 entomological standpoint — state of 

 affairs now existing in Winthrop, Revere 

 and some other shore towns. The land 

 being somewhat marshy and the balm of 

 Gilead the indigenous tree that thrives 

 best there, the streets and yards in the 

 past have been largely planted with 

 this tree. By far the majority of all 



shade trees on this low land are of this 

 species of poplar. The weevil gained a 

 foothold here some time ago and having 

 an apparent preference for this tree 

 finds here nearly perfect conditions for 

 multiplication and gives evidence of its 

 intention to replenish at least this 

 particular section of the earth. The 

 branches or young stems, as the case 

 may be, weakened by the boring of the 

 larvae are easily broken down by 

 ice storms or high gales. At the present 

 time there is hardly a sound balm of 

 Gilead in the localities mentioned and 

 it would seem probable that this weevil 

 in the future may become a considerable 

 pest in places where this tree is largely 

 grown. The weevil breeds in nearly all 

 species of poplars and in willows. Mr. 



