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1858 Fitch, Asa. Noxious and Other Ins. N. Y. 5th Rep't, p.60-61 (Habits 

 and varieties); same in N. Y. Agric. Soc. Trans. 18:840-41 



1869 Walsh, B. D. & Riley, C. V. Am. Ent. April, 1:168 (Attacks elm) 



1874 Henshaw, Samuel. Psyche, 1:23 (Taken June 12 at Cliftondale 

 Mass.) 



1877 Provancher, L'abbe, L. Faune Ent. Can. 1 Coleopt. p.633, 635 (De- 

 scription) 



1880 Zesch, Frank & Reinecke, Ottoman List of Coleoptera of Buffalo 



and Vicinity, p. 10 (Listed) 



1881 Packard, A. S. U. S. Ent. Com. Bui. 7, p.59 (In elm), p.141 (In 



alder) 

 1884 Dimmock, George. Stand. Nat. Hist. 2:326 (On elm) 



1889 Tolman, Adams. Insect Life, 1:343 (On hickory) 



1890 Harrington, W. H. Ent. Soc. Ont. 20th Rep't, 1889, p. 52 (Attacks 



elm) 

 1890 Packard, A. S. U. S. Ent. Com. 5th Rep't, p.226 (In elm), p.636 (In 

 alder) 



1890 Smith, J. B. Cat. Ins. N. J. p. 212 (On hickory, common) 



1891 Caulfield, F. B. Ent. Soc. Ont. 21st Rep't, 1890, p. 74 (Attacks elm) 

 1895 Hamilton, John. Cat. Coleopt. Southwest. Pa. Am. Ent. Soc. Trans. 



22:370 (Not rare on elm and hickory) 



1895 Harrington, W. H. Ent. Soc. Ont. 25th Rep't, 1894, p.48 (Taken 



June 24 near Hull) 



1896 Beutenmuller, William. N. Y. Ent. Soc. Jour. 4:80 (In hickory) 

 1896 Leng, C. W. & Hamilton, John. Am. Ent. Soc. Trans. 23:147, 150-51 



(Systematic account) 



1898 Wickham, H. F. Can. Ent. 30:41, 42 (Description, food plants) 



1899 Kemp, S. T. Ent. News, 10:108 (Follows Elaphidion in hickory 



shoots) 

 1902 Dury, Charles. Cin. Soc. Nat. Hist. Jour. 22:163 (Listed, on hickory) 



Saperda fayi Bland. 



Thorn limb borer 

 This species breeds in the small limbs and stems of wild thorn 

 (Crataegus crus-galli and C. tomentosa), creating 

 gall-like, gnarly swellings and weakening the branches so that 

 they sometimes break off in the wind. This insect is widely 

 distributed in New York State, though quite local. It displays 

 a marked fondness for certain trees, in which it will breed year 

 after year while others near by will be practically unaffected. 

 Should this species, like its allies, acquire a taste for our culti- 

 vated fruit trees, it would never prove as dangerous an enemy 



