158 Cincinnati Society of Natural History. 
Guide to the Study of Insects, etc. The largest: beetle occurring 
here belongs to this family. It is called Dynastes tityus. A fine 
male was taken on Eastern avenue, this city, July I, 1900. 
SPONDYIIDYE: 
PARANDRA. 
P. brunnea Fab. P. polita Say. 
P. brunnea is common, occurring late in summer and in fall, 
polita is very rare. I chopped three out of the heart of a large 
dead beech tree, 1878, August. 
CERAMBYCID. 
The “‘long-horned beetles.” 
A family that is numerously represented by many fine species. 
Some of them are very destructive to trees. The species I have 
seen from here are 
ORTHOSOMA. 
QO. brunneum Forst. 
PRIONUS. 
P. laticollis Drury. 
SPHENOSTETHUS. 
S. taslei Bates. 
ASEMUM. 
A. meestum Hald. 
SMODICUM. 
S. cucujiforme Say. 
PHYSOCNEMUM. 
P. brevilineum Say. 
RHOPALOPUS. 
R. sanguinicollis Horn. 
HYLOTRUPES. 
H. ligneus Fab. 
PHY MATODES. 
P. variabilis Fab. P. varius fab. 
P. amcenus Say. 
CALLIDIUM. . 
C. antennatum Newm.  . C. ianthinum Lec. 
