54 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



New Jersey, Louisiana, Kansas, Nebraska, Illinois, Michigan 



[Leng-Hamilton] . 



Natural enemies. ]\Ir Harrington has observed a species of 



Arotes ovipositing in infested hickories and it is possibly a parasite 



of this borer. 



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1798 Fabricius, J. C. Ent. Sj'st. sup. p. 147 (Original description) 



1801 Syst. Eleu, 2:322 (Description, habitat) 



1826 Say, Thomas. Acad. Nat. Sci. Jour. 5:273 (Described as S. fus- 

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1853 Haldeman, S. S. Am. Phil. Soc. Trans, n. s. 10:56 (As Steno- 



stola fuscipes var. d o r s a 1 i s) 

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p. 122 

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and Vicinity, p. 10 (Listed) 

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1885 Hamilton, John. Can. Ent. 17:47 (In diseased or dead hickory or 



walnut, pupate in bark, beetles in May) 

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18S9 Ent. Soc. Ont. 20th Rep't, p. 52 (Attacks hickory) 



1890 Smith, J. B. Cat. Ins. N. J. p. 212 (Not rare on hickory) 



1B91 Harrington, W. H. Ent. Soc. Ont. 21st Rep't, 1890, p. 68 (Arotes 



ovipositing in infested hickories) 



1895 Hamilton, John. List Coleopt. Southwest. Pa. etc. Am. Ent. Soc. 



Trans. 22:369 (Common on hickory and walnut) 



1896 Beutenmuller, William. N. Y. Ent. Soc. Jour. 4:80 (In hickor}^ 

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(Systematic account) 



1898 "Wickham, H. F. Can. Ent. 30:41, 42 (Specific characters, food 



plants) 



1899 Lugger, Otto. Minn. Agric. Exp. Sta. Bui. 66, December, p. 213 



(On hickory); sam^e in Ent. State Exp. Sta. 5th Rep't, p. 131 

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(Throughout the state, locally not rare in hickory) 

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Saperda vestita Say 

 Linden borer 



This species is a serious enemy of lindens in this countr}^ and 

 is therefore one of considerable economic importance. 



Early history. Dr Harris has recorded extensive depredations 

 on linden trees in Philadelphia by an insect supposed to belong 



