270 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE 



A. bicaudatus Say. The "apple twig borer," found throughout the State 



more or less commonly. The adult bores into apple twigs at a bud and 

 makes galleries varying in length for food and shelter only : the larva 

 lives in the roots of the green or "cat" briar and in dead grape vines : 

 remedial measures are, therefore, to destroy these breeding places. 



BOSTRICHTJS Geoff. 



B. bicornis Web. Throughout the State, V, VI, VII, often at light ; bores 



into dead twigs and branches. 

 B. truncaticollis Lee. Newark, Orange Mts., VI, 16 (Bf). 

 B. capucinus Linn. Newark, in imported sweet wood, at a licorice factory. 



The species has spread from its original point of importation and seems 



to have maintained itself for several years : it is therefore listed as a 



warning. 



DINODERTJS Steph. 



D. porcatus Lee. Newark, at light (Bf), seashore (Li). 

 D. cribratus Lee. Newark district (Bf), g. d. (Li). 



LYCTUS Fabr. 



L. unipunctatus Hbst.= striatus Mels. Hudson Co. (LI), Newark (Soc) ; 

 occurs in dry wood, often when manufactured in furniture or trimming ; 

 on Jersey City Heights a mantel frame, &c, was completely riddled by 

 the insects that escaped through the varnished and polished surface. 



L. opaculus Lee. Ft. Lee (Bt), Hudson Co. (LI), Orange Mts., common 

 (Bf) : larva breeds in grape stems and adults attack wood used in manu- 

 facturing implements (Ch). 



Family CUPESIDiE. 



Contains only two species of very long, somewhat flattened and very roughly- 

 sculptured beetles. The head and thorax narrower than the wing covers and 

 the eyes prominent. They are brown in color, the sculpture of the elytra con- 

 sists of deep grooves, separated by elevated ridges, the punctures very beauti- 

 fully impressed when seen under the microscope, and the surface clothed with 

 scales. They are found on dead wood or under bark, and are not in any way 

 injurious — nor on the other hand appreciably useful. 



CUPES Fabr. 



C. concolor Westw. Madison, VIII, 14 (Pr), Ft. Lee, VI (Bt), Palisades, VI, 



on dead oak (Lv), Orange Mts. (Bf), Gloucester (W) ; never common. 

 C. capitatus Fabr. Ft. Lee, VI (Bt), Caldwell (Cr), " New Jersey " (Ll). 



