Vol. xxx] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 5 
Buprestis lineata Fab. Adults were reared from dead Virginia pine 
(Pinus virginiana) collected at Rockville, Pa. 
Buprestis consularis Gory. Remains of adults were found in the 
wood of a dead pitch pine (Pinus rigida) at Charter Oak, Pa. 
Buprestis fasciata Fab. Adults were found in abundance on freshly 
cut pine log at Endeavor, Pa., July 30. 
Buprestis striata Fab. Breeds in dead soft and pitch pines. Adults 
which appear in the spring transform in the fall and pass the winter in 
the pupal cells. 
Dicerca prolongata Lec. Was found breeding in the wood of a dead 
large-toothed aspen (Populus grandidentata) at Charter Oak, Pa. 
Dicerca divaricata Say. This species does not seem to prefer any 
particular host-plant, and can be found breeding in a great variety of 
forest trees. Adults were reared from the dead wood of the following 
trees, collected at Hummelstown, Pa.: black birch (Betula lenta), iron- 
wood (Osirya virginiana), linden (Tilia americana), white ash (Fraxinus 
americana), sugar maple (Acer saccharum), redbud (Cercis canadensis), 
black ash (Fraxinus nigra) and American elm (Ul/mus americana). 
Dicerca pugionata Germ. On July 19, adults of this species were 
reared from witch-hazel (Hamamelis virginiana) collected at Manada Gap, 
Pa. Many of the witch-hazels in this section have been killed by this 
insect. 
Dicerca obscura Fab. This species breeds in the dead wood of per- 
simmon (Diospyros virginiana), although adults were reared from the 
dead wood of staghorn sumach (Rhus typhina) collected at Hummels- 
town, Pa. 
Dicerca lurida Fab. The common host-plant of this insect is hickory, 
although it will breed in a great variety of dead trees. Adults were reared 
from dead blue beech (Carpinus caroliniana) and alder (Alnus rugosa) 
collected at Hummelstown, Pa. 
Dicerca lepida Lec. This beetle breeds in dead ironwood (Ostrya vir- 
giniana). From material collected at Hummelstown, Pa., adults emerged 
from July 11 to July 29. 
Dicerca scobina Chev. Breeds in the dead wood of sour gum (Nyssa 
sylvatica). Adults were reared August 5 from material collected at State 
College, Pa. The adults emerge late in the season and hibernate through 
the winter. On March 24 a living adult was taken under the loose bark 
of a sour gum at Hummelstown, Pa. 
Dicerca americana Hbst. Two living adults were found on Decem- 
ber 13 and January 9 at State College, Pa., hibernating under the loose 
bark of a dead pine. 
Dicerca punctulata Sch. Found breeding in pitch pine (Pinus rigida) 
at Hummelstown, Pa. 
Poecilonota cyanipes Say. An adult was reared June 6, from a Sa- 
perda concolor Lec. gall on a branch of large-toothed aspen (Populus 
grandidentata) collected at Milford, Pa., by Mr. H. B. Kirk. 
