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meters) in length. Its elongate-cylindrical form and most character- 
istic features are shown in the accompanying illustration. (Fig. 1, a.) 
The ground color is dull bronze black on the lower surface, the head 
is bronze red, and the wing-covers are a beautiful velvety black. 
The entire upper surface, as seen under a magnifying glass, is finely 
and beautifully sculptured. The antenne (feelers) and legs are 
short and slender, the former saw-toothed and the latter ending in 
a pair of claws divided at the tips. This species is quite distinct 
from the two-spotted rasp- 
berry cane-borer? which 
belongs to the long-horned 
borers.? 
THE LARVA. 
The larva “fig,” 1) Gs 
fig. 2) is one of the flat- 
headed borers and is a 
singular looking object. 
The body is elongate and 
flattened, and the first 
thoracic segment, which 
is apt to be mistaken for 
the head—as the latter can 
be withdrawn into it—is 
prominent, being much 
flattened and widened at 
the sides, whereas the last 
segment of the abdomen 
terminates in a pair of 
slender, dark brown, 
Fic, 2,—Larve of the red-necked cane-borer, ventral toothed, forcepslike proc- 
view. Much enlarged. (Photographed by Gentner.) esses. The general color 
is milk white, the first thoracic segment being pale yellow and the 
mouth parts dark brown turning to black. The illustrations (fig. 1, 
6; fig. 2) show the ventral or lower surface, and it will be noted that 
there are no legs; hence the dorsal and ventral surfaces are quite 
similar. The length of the larva is between five-eighths and three- 
fourths of an inch, 
THE PUPA. 
The pupa (fig. 1, ¢) is of about the same length as the beetle, and 
shows in retracted form many of its characters. 
2 Oberea bimaculata Oliv. 
° Family Cerambycidae. 
