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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



E. villosum Fabr. Throughout the State: 



the larva in oak, hickory, apple, 



and a variety of other forest and 



fruit trees. It is known as the 



" oak pruner " and sometimes does 



notable injury to isolated shade 



trees. The only thing to do is to 



pick up systematically and burn all 



the fallen twigs and branches after 



every blow, thus destroying the 



contained larvse. 

 B. parallelum Newn. Atco, Camden, IV, 2, 10 (W): with the preceding, 



with similar habits, and may be the same species. 

 B. pumilum Newn. Staten Island (Lg). 

 E. subpubescens Lee. G. d., rare (Li)- 

 E. aculeatum Lee. G. d , rare (W). 

 E. unicolor Rand. Berlin, VI, 25, Woodbury, VII, 30, Anglesea, common on 



scrub oak, VII (W), Short Hills (Bt), Woodside (Bf), Westville (Li): 



bred from red-bud (Leconte) and plum (Ch). 

 E. cinerascens Lee. Chester (Dkn). 



ig. 126. — The " oak primer " : a, larva; b, 



pupa in it^ burrow; c, beetle ; k, k, cue 



ends of twig ; dx.o /structural details. 



TYLONOTTJS Hald. 



T. bimaculatus Hald. Camden, Gloucester Co., under bark of ash (W), 

 Westville (Li), Ft. Lee (Joutel), Newark, New Brunswick. 



HETERACHTHES Newn. 



H. quadrimaculatus Newn. Orange Mts. (Bf), Palisades, VI (Lv), Fort 

 Lee (Bt), Hudson County (LI), Gloucester, Camden, g d. (W, Li) ; all 

 collectors report it on hickory. 



H. ebenus Newn. Newark at light (Bf), Ft. Lee (Bt), Westville (Li), 

 Somers Point, Brigantine, Camden, Woodbury, VI, 5, 8, 13, 26, Anglesea 

 in numbers, washed up (W), VI, 20 (Sm), New Brunswick, VI. 



CURITJS Newn. 

 C dentatus Newn. Anglesea, rare on oak ( W). 



PHYTON Newn. 



P. pallidum Say. Orange Mts., VII, 8 (Bf), Ft. Lee (Sf), Camden, VII, 6, 

 Anglesea (W) ; breeds in hickory and red-bud (Ch). 



OBRIUM Serv. 



O. rubrum Newn. Woodbury, VIII, 7, on ash (W), Newark on oak (Bf), 



Orange, VI (Ch), Ft. Lee (Sf). 

 O. rubidum Lee. Orange Mts., on ash (Bf), Philadelphia Neck (W). 



