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sides and dorsum of the head are jet-black, coarsely and irregularly punc- 

 tured. The thorax is dark brown, slightly swollen, and with an indistinct, 

 darker area on each side. The dark bluish wing covers are rather finely 

 and irregularly punctured and with a distinct ridge extending from the 

 humeral angle and reaching about the middle of the wing cover at the 

 posterior fourth. Femora, apically much dilated, black ; basal portion 

 reddish, the tibiae and tarsi the same color. This species is generally 

 recognized as an oak borer. It also infests hickory and Dr Smith states 

 that it occurs in great numbers in oak cord wood. 



Dusty oak borer 



Romalciim atoniarium Drury 



A stout, brownish, gray-spotted, long-horned beetle about i inch in length, may be 

 bred from oak, walnut, hackberry and the dry leaf stems of palmetto. 



This species is a typical, long-horned beetle a little over an inch long. 

 The slender antennae are longer than the body and rise between the eyes, 

 ■which latter are deeply excavated and rather coarsely granulate. The 

 prothorax is rounded laterally and ornamented dorsally with three distinct 

 tubercles arranged in a triangle, the posterior one being median and clothed 

 with a thick, yellowish pubescence. The brownish wing covers are also 

 thickly clothed in spots with a yellowish pubescence, giving the insect a 

 dusty appearance. Dr Hopkins states that the larvae occur in stumps and 

 logs of recently dead oak, and it has also been recorded from walnut and 

 hackberry and the dry leaf stems of palmetto. 



Urographis fasciatus DeGeer 



A stout, brown, grayish-mottled, long-horned beetle occurs in midsummer on oaks 

 and various trees ; the larva is an oak and pine bor£r. 



A specimen of this insect was obtained from hard pine bark brought 

 from Karner, June i8, 1902. This beetle was early brought to the notice 

 of Dr F"itch, who bestowed on it the common name of Quercitron bark- 

 borer. 



Description. Beetle, rather stout, about ^ inch in length, the female 



