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Dogwood, Oak, Chestnut Conopia scitula. 



Alder Conopia americana. 



Cherry, Plum, Juneberry Conopia pictipes. 



Pine and Spruce • Parharmonia pini. 



Under bark at base of trunk or main roots : 



Peach, Cherry, Plum, Apricot, etc Conopia exitiosa. 



In solid wood of trunks and branches : 



Ash Podosesia syringes. 



Oak Memythrus simulans. 



Poplar ' Memythrus dollii. 



Willow and Poplar Memythrus tricinctus. 



Willow Conopia bolteri. 



Willow Conopia albicornis. 



In solid wood at base of trunks and roots of trees : 



Persimmon Sannina uroceriformis. 



Willow and Poplar Mgeria apiformis. 



Willow Mgeria tibialis. 



Boring in shrubs. 

 In solid wood: 



Lilac Podosesia syringa. 



Rhododendron Conopia rhododendri. 



In pith of stems : 



Currant, Gooseberry Conopia tipuliformis.' 



In roots : 



Blackberry and Raspberry Conopia rutilans. 



Blackberry and Raspberry Bembecia marginata. 



Boring in vines and creeping plants. 

 In the stems : 



Squash, Pumpkin, and other Cucurbs Melittia satyriniformis. 



In roots : 



Grapevine Memythrus polistiformis. 



Clematis Alcathoe caudata. 



Herbaceous perennial plants. 

 In roots: 



Strawberry . ." Conopia rutilans: 



' Heliopsis Conopia ithacce. 



In borings of other insects : 



Oak-gall ( Andricus comigerus ) Conopia scitula. 



Oak-gall (Andricus comigerus) Conopia rubristigma. 



Gall of Saperda concolor Conopia albicornis. 



Gall of Saperda concolor ■. .Memythrus tricinctus. 



1. MEMYTHRUS Newman 



(Sciapteron Staudinger; Paranthrene Hiibner, in part; Tarsa Walker; 

 Fatua Henry Edwards; Albuna Henry Edwards) 



Palpi upturned, normally with long hair below. Antennae fusiform, normally 

 lupectinate in male, the pectinations clavate. Tongue weak. Hind tibiae with a 

 little longer hair, but not tufted. Abdomen with a bunch-like anal tuft, and short 

 spreading side tufts, or four pencils. Fore wing with R, sometimes shortly stalked, 

 closure of cell oblique, hind wing with mdcv more oblique and longer than ldcv, 

 and M 2 arising below middle of cell. 



The two known American larva have brown-mottled heads with a black band 

 across the face. 



