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A brownish, flattened beetle about J2 inch long, occurs on chestnut, the larvae mining the 



inner bark C a 1 1 i d i u m a e r e u m, p. 450 



A beautiful, black, golden-marked beetle about ^i inch long, occurs on various trees in 



June L e ]i t u r a zebra, p. 450 



A blue black, clearwing moth about }^ inch long, with yellow-banded legs and abdomen, 



bores as a larva under chestnut and dogwood bark Sesia scitula, p. 451 



A minute, brownish, rather stout beetle about '/m inch long, runs transverse galleries in 



the inner bark of peach, plum and cherry 



Peach bark beetle, P h 1 o e o t r i b u s 1 i m i n a r i s, p. 45 2 

 A blue black, clearwing moth having a wing spread of an incli and with narrow, yellow 



bands on the abdomen and legs, lives as a larva under the l)ark of plum and several 



related trees Sesia p i c t i p e s, p. 453 



A red-horned, red-legged, black, brilliant greenish beetle about '3 inch long, occurs on 



butternut, oak and birch ( ". a u r o t e s c y a n i p e n n i s, p. 454 



A flattened, jet-black snout beetle about 3/4 inch long, bores in butternut, poplar and otlier 



woods C o s s o n u s p 1 a t a 1 e a, p. 455 



A slender, light brown beetle about i inch long, bores in butternut and beech 



Centrodera decolorata, p. 456 

 A purplish, black, yellow-marked, red-tailed, clearwing moth with a wing spread of about 



^ inch, bores as a larva in maple Sesia c o r n i, p. 456 



A flat brassy beetle with divergent wing covers, works in peac h, cherry, beech, maple and 



other deciduous trees Divaricated buprestis, I) i c e r c a d i v a r i c a t a, p. 457 



A brilliant green, golden yellow, flat beetle about 5 8 inch long, bores in maple 



Banded buprestid, Buprestis f a s c i a t a, p. 458 

 A slender blackish, wasplike insect bores as a larva in diseased maple 



White-horned maple borer, X y p h i d r i a a 1 b i c o r n i s, p. 459 

 Dark brown or black beetles about ' ,, inch long, make longitudinal burrows in partly 



decayed sugar maple limbs X y 1 o c 1 e p t e s species, p. 460 



Small worms similar to young apple borers sometimes occur in multitudes under the bark 



of apple and maple trees. . Prickly Leptostylus, L e p t o s t y 1 u s a c u 1 i f e r u s, p. 46. 

 A stout, black beetle ^ inch long, with brownish wing covers ornamented with three lines, 



occurs on elm P h y s o c n e m u m b r e v i 1 i n e u m, p. 462 



A light brown beetle about ^ inch long, at the base and about the middle of each wing 



cover, pairs of ivorylike, oval elevations, bores as a lar\a in ash, hickory and honey 



locust 4-marked ash borer, E b u r i a q u a d r i g e m i n a t a, p. 462 



Slender, flattened, tortuous galleries in ash, }i to '/,6 inch in width, cutting the wood 



largely, may be the work of this species O b r i u m r u b r u m, p. 463 



