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Steniidius xanthoxyli (Shimer), boring in dead 

 wood of Prickly Ash (Shimer, Trans. Am. 

 Ent. Soc. 1868, pp. 7-8). 



Liopus crassulus (Lee), boring in dead twigs 

 of Celtis texana (E. A. Schwarz). 



Liopus quercus Fitch. Fitch feels assured that 

 it lives at the expense of the Red and White 

 Oak (5 Rep., p. 16). 



Hyperplatys aspersus (Say), boring in dry twigs of 

 Populus tnonilifera at Columbus, Texas ; per- 

 fect insect to be found throughout spring 

 and summer ^Schwarz). 



Hyperplatys maculalus {}r{2L\A.), "in apple twigs, 

 Ithaca, N. Y." (Riley) ; in dry twigs oi Popu- 

 lus tremiiloides, Marquette, Mich. (Schwarz). 



Urographis tnangulifera (Hald.), boring under 

 bark of Celtis texana, but only of trees al- 

 ready injured by other causes. Columbus, 

 Texas (Schwarz). 



Urographis fasciata (De G.), "feeding on and 

 destroying the inner bark of the Black Oak, 

 Quercus tinctoria, of newly-felled trees, form- 

 ing large tracks therein, which are filled 

 with worm dust," the perfect insect appear- 

 ingin June (Fitch, 5th Rep., p. 14) ; from hick- 

 ory stump (marginal noteb}^ B. D. W.); larva 

 found in a rotten oak stump (C. V. Riley). 



Acanthoeinus tiodosHs (Fabr.), "found under the 

 bark of Pine from June to September" 

 (Bland, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. I., p. 97); 

 larva mining under the bark of felled Yel- 

 low Pine, near Tampa, Fla. , the perfect in- 

 sect appearing in April (E. A. Schwarz). 



Hoplosia nubila Lee. Larva boring in dry 

 Beech twigs, Detroit, Mich. (E. A. Schwarz). 



Eupogonius tomentosus Hald., larva mining the 

 wood of the Pine ; imago appearing in July 

 (Fitch, 4th Rep., p. 26); larva boring in tender 

 twigs of felled Yellow Pine (E. A. Schwarz). 



Eupogonius vestitus (Say), bred from Hickory (C. 

 V. Riley). 



Oncideres putator Thoms. , girdling Mesquite 

 twigs and larva boring in the twigs. From 

 Arizona (C. V. Riley). 



Oncideres cingulatus (Say). The " Twig-girdler" 

 often referred to in the books. Its habits 

 were first described by Haldeman {Pentisyl- 

 vania Farm Journal, vol. I., p. 34, and Tr. 

 Am. Phil., X., 52, 1847). Breeds in the 

 Hickory, Apple and Pear tree. 



Ataxia crypta (Say), boring in dry cotton stalks, 

 Texas (^Riley); boring in dry twigs of Box 

 Elder and Hackberry, Columbus, Texas 

 (E. A. Schwarz). 



Hippopsis lemniscata (Fabr.), the perfect insect, 

 together with full-grown larva, found in cane 

 ol Ambrosia, in June, in Missouri (C.V.Riley). 



Saperda calcarata Sa3\ the larvae of this species 

 "with those of the broad-necked Prionus 

 have almost entirely destroyed the Lombardy 

 Poplar in this vicinity. They live also in the 

 trunks of our American Poplars" (Harris, 

 p. 107); Am. Linden (H. G. Hubbard). 



Saperda Candida Fabr. The well-known Apple- 

 tree borer. "The trees and shrubs princi- 

 pally attacked by this borer are the Apple 

 tree, the Quince, Mountain Ash, Hawthorn 

 and other thorn bushes, the June-berry or 

 Shad Bush, and other kinds of A??ielanchier 

 and Aronia " (Harris, p. 108, followed by a 

 full account of the habits of the larva) ; at- 



tacks not only the wild and cultivated Apple 

 (Pyrus) but also the Thorn (Crata-gus), the 

 Mountain Ash (Pyrus americand), the com- 

 mon Quince {Cydonia vulgaiis) and the orna- 

 mental sorts {C. japonica, etc.). 



Saperda Fayi Bland, lives in the Hawthorn and 

 appears to prefer the low growing bushes. 

 The grubs cause the branches to become 

 gnarled and covered with knot-like excres- 

 cences. Tune and July (Dr. F. Hadge, Buf- 

 falo, N. v., teste A. S. Fuller); "Attacks 

 the limbs and skin of the wild thorn {Cratce- 

 gus crus-galli and C. tomentosa) creating a 

 gall-like, gnarly swelling" (C. D. Zimmer- 

 mann. Can. Entom. 1878, p. 220). 



Saperda vestita Say, very injurious to the Europ- 

 ean linden in Cambridge, Mass. and Phila- 

 delphia, Pa. (Harris, p. no); boring at the 

 base of young European Linden and goug- 

 ing two parellel rings around the trunk 

 which form annular swellings (C. V. Riley). 



Saperda discoidea Fabr., larva bores in Hickory in 

 company with Cyllene pictus (CV . Riley); bor- 

 ing in Hickory trunks (Fitch, 3d Rep., p. 122). 



Saperda tridentata Oliv., greatly injurious to Elm 

 in Boston, Mass.; "Very rarely did they [the 

 larvae] seem to have penetrated far into the 

 wood itself, but their operations were mostly 

 confined to the inner layers of the bark, 

 which thereby became loosened from the 

 wood beneath" (Harris, pp. 112-113); "con- 

 suming the inner bark of the Slippery Elm 

 [Ulmtis fulva) in decaying and dead trees" 

 (Fitch, 5th Rep., pp. 59-60). 



Saperda puncticallis Say, found on Poison Ivy, 

 Rhus toxicodendron {C D. Zimmermann, Can. 

 Ent, 1878, p. 220). 



Saperda lateralis Fabr., " mining the inner bark 

 of dead trees and logs of the common Elm 

 (Fitch, 5 Rep. pp. 60-61). 



Saperda moesta Lee, bores the Poplar, selecting 

 the smaller branches (Dr. F. Hadge, Buffalo, 

 N. Y., teste A. S. Fuller). 



Mecas inornata (Say), bores in the roots and lower 

 part of the stems oi Hcleniu/n tenuifolium, the 

 perfect insect appearing from May till July 

 (Columbus, Texas, E. A. Schwarz). 



Oberea bimnculata (Oliv.) (tripunctata, Fabr.), the 

 larva burrowing in the stems of the Black- 

 berry and Raspberry (Harris, p, 114). Pu- 

 pates in the root, beneath the surface of the 

 ground. 



Oberea schaumii {'Lee), \2iXV2.hor\ng in the twigs 

 of Cotton wood making a very smooth cylin- 

 drical burrow, the perfect insect appearing 

 in the middle of June. St. Louis, Mo (C. 

 V. Riley). 



Oberea mandarina (Fabr.), larva boring in the thin 

 twigs of Populus monitifera at St. Louis, Mo., 

 the imago issuing in the middle of April (C. 

 V. Riley). 



Tetraopes tettaophthalmus (Forst.), larva boring 

 in the root and lower part of the stem of 

 Milkweeds (^.fc/^/Zt/j), upon which plants all 

 the species of the genus are found (Schwarz ; 

 Riley) ; larva in the soil near the roots of 

 Asclepias cornuta (W. L. Devereaux, Can. 

 Ent., 1878, p. 143). 



Dysphaga tenuipes (Hald.), in dead limbs and 

 twigs of Hickory, the beetle appearing in 

 May (Fitch, 3 Rep., p. 123) ; in Carya twigs 

 (Haldemann, Proc. Phil. Ac. Nat. Sc, 3, 126). 



