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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Cyllene 
  pictus 
  Drury 
  

  

  Hickory 
  borer 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  not 
  often 
  that 
  this 
  beautiful 
  insect 
  is 
  the 
  cause 
  of 
  trouble 
  within 
  

   a 
  dwelling 
  house, 
  though 
  it 
  might 
  occasionally 
  be 
  introduced 
  in 
  its 
  

   larval 
  stage 
  while 
  within 
  pieces 
  of 
  black 
  walnut 
  furniture. 
  It 
  was 
  of 
  

   interest, 
  therefore, 
  when 
  examples 
  of 
  this 
  beetle 
  were 
  received 
  from 
  Miss 
  

   M. 
  L. 
  Williams, 
  of 
  Brooklyn, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  under 
  date 
  of 
  March 
  12, 
  1897, 
  with 
  

   the 
  following 
  statement: 
  'During 
  the 
  last 
  week 
  we 
  ^ave 
  been 
  quite 
  

   troubled 
  by 
  these 
  beetles. 
  With 
  doors 
  and 
  windows 
  still 
  closed 
  we 
  are 
  

   at 
  loss 
  to 
  know 
  where 
  they 
  come 
  from.' 
  

  

  In 
  giving 
  the 
  identification 
  of 
  the 
  beetle, 
  it 
  was 
  suggested 
  that 
  they 
  

   must 
  have 
  been 
  brought 
  into 
  the 
  house 
  within 
  some 
  wood 
  in 
  which 
  they 
  

   were 
  boring, 
  probably 
  in 
  fire 
  wood. 
  In 
  reply 
  Miss 
  Williams 
  stated 
  that 
  

   the 
  surmise 
  was 
  correct, 
  as 
  the 
  beetles, 
  soon 
  after, 
  had 
  been 
  seen 
  emerg- 
  

   ing 
  from 
  some 
  hickory 
  logs, 
  lying 
  in 
  the 
  fireplace 
  at 
  the 
  time, 
  in 
  which 
  a 
  

   number 
  of 
  open 
  burrows 
  were 
  already 
  to 
  be 
  seen. 
  

  

  The 
  above 
  occurrence 
  is 
  of 
  interest 
  as 
  it 
  adds 
  one 
  more 
  to 
  the 
  list 
  of 
  

   insects 
  that 
  may 
  be 
  the 
  occasion 
  of 
  trouble 
  to 
  the 
  housewife. 
  It 
  would 
  

   have 
  been 
  of 
  interest 
  could 
  the 
  locality 
  where 
  the 
  infested 
  hickory 
  was 
  

   cut 
  have 
  been 
  ascertained, 
  but 
  this 
  could 
  not 
  be 
  learned. 
  As 
  a 
  rule, 
  this 
  

   species 
  is 
  commonly 
  more 
  rare 
  than 
  the 
  closely 
  allied 
  locust 
  borer, 
  Cyllene 
  

   robiniae. 
  Figures 
  of 
  Cyllene 
  pictus 
  in 
  its 
  different 
  stages, 
  together 
  witha 
  

   brief 
  notice 
  of 
  it 
  were 
  given 
  in 
  the 
  Zth 
  report 
  o?7 
  the 
  insects 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  

  

  1893- 
  P- 
  175-76. 
  

  

  Galerucella 
  luteola 
  Midler 
  

  

  Elm-leaf 
  beetle 
  

  

  This 
  very 
  injurious 
  insect 
  has 
  repeatedly 
  been 
  noticed 
  in 
  preceding 
  

   reports, 
  particularly 
  in 
  the 
  nth 
  and 
  12th" 
  of 
  this 
  series, 
  in 
  consideration 
  

   of 
  the 
  severity 
  of 
  its 
  ravages 
  brought 
  directly 
  to 
  my 
  notice 
  during 
  its 
  

   presence 
  in 
  Albany 
  and 
  vicinit5^ 
  It 
  has 
  also 
  aroused 
  more 
  interest 
  

   on 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  development 
  of 
  three 
  generations 
  annually 
  in 
  this 
  

   latitude, 
  as 
  recorded 
  in 
  the 
  preceding 
  report, 
  while 
  in 
  northern 
  New 
  

   Jersey 
  only 
  one 
  annual 
  brood 
  is 
  assigned 
  to 
  it. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  fragmentary 
  observations 
  are 
  put 
  on 
  record 
  as 
  confirm- 
  

   ing 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  preceding 
  year, 
  and 
  also 
  as 
  adding 
  to 
  our 
  knowledge 
  of 
  

   the 
  habits 
  of 
  this 
  insect. 
  

  

  July 
  3, 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  year, 
  the 
  larvae 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  brood 
  were 
  observed 
  

   descending 
  the 
  trunks 
  of 
  the 
  trees 
  in 
  large 
  numbers, 
  and 
  six 
  days 
  later 
  

  

  «lU/i 
  Rep't. 
  Insects 
  oj 
  Neiv 
  York. 
  1896. 
  p. 
  189^-96; 
  12th 
  Rep't. 
  1897. 
  p. 
  253-64. 
  

  

  