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We have bred it from stems of Virginia creeper gathered in 

 and around New York city and also at Fort Lee N. J. It was 

 described from Cambridge Mass. as S. trigeminata by 

 Randall. 



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Saperda populnea Linn. 



This European species is found on the Pacific coast, and the 

 examples from different localities now before us can not be 

 distinguished in any particular from European specimens. With 

 this species we include as subspecies the S. moesta of LeConte 

 and a new form that differs from either, under the name t u 1 a r i . 



They differ from populnea as well as from each other in 

 the punctures on the elytra as well as in the punctulations on 



