INSECTS AFl-ECTIXC PARK AM) WOODLAND TKEES 26 1 



Bior Moose, Jul\- 6, 1903, on hemlock where it was probably aljout to 

 oviposit. 



Associated species. .Several other beetles were bred from the hickory 

 trunk infested by this species. Xeoclytus e r \- 1 h r o c e ]) h a 1 u s b'abr., 

 was obtained in small numbers, the beetles appearin^^' at the sann; time as 

 Xylotrechus. .\ lew specimens of T o m o .\ i a bi den tat a -Say, were 

 reared from the more deca)ed portions of the tree and appeared in early 

 June. The common Hat headed borer of the apple, C h r y s o b o t h r i s 

 fe mo rata I-'abn, was also bred in small numbers, the beetles emero-inir 

 from the wood in early June. A cucujid, C a t o y e n u s rufus Fabr., 

 was obtained in small numbers the latter part of May and early in June. 

 This species undoubtedl)- occurred under the deatl bark and in no way 

 assisted in the destruction of the tree. A horn tail, probably the pigeon 

 treme.x, Tremex columba Linn., was at work in some of the more 

 decayed portions of the trunk, accompanied by its parasite, the lunate long 

 sting, Thalessa lunator Fabr. 



Parasites. This species was rather extensively parasitized by the com- 

 mon enemy of many wood borers, Melanobracon simplex Cress., 

 most of which emerged in the month of Mav. A few specimens of a large 

 Ichneumon, A rotes decor us Say, were bred out in early June. 



Bibliography 

 1888 Lintner, J. A. Ins. N. Y. 4th Rep't, p. 93-94 (Brief notice) 



1890 Packard, A. S. U. S. Ent. Com. 5th Rep't, p. 77-79 (Brief notice with detailed 

 descriptions of different stages) 



Northern brenthian 



Eupsalis ))iiiiuta Drury 



A slender grub 34 inch long and not quite '/iu inch thick, bores in the solid wood of 

 white oak, changing to a weevil with a rather prolonged, thick snout. 



This is one of the most peculiar beetles found in New York State. 

 The female is remarkable not only on account of her slender proportions, 

 but because the beak is prolonged into a long snout which, unlike that of 



