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



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



22:369 (Not rare on Hnden) 



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

 1896 Leng, C. W. & Hamilton, John. Am. Ent. Soc. Trans. 23:147, 149 



(Systematic account) 

 1896 Lintner, J. A. Injurious and Other Ins. N. Y. nth Rep't, 1895, 



p. 269 (On apple) 

 1896 Zabriskie, J. L. N. Y. Ent. Soc. Jour. 4:96 (Dug from an appletree) 



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



1899 Lugger, Otto. Minn. Agric. Exp. Sta. Bui. 66, December, p. 215 



(Mention); same Ent. State Exp. Sta. 5th Rep't, p. 131 



1899 Smith, J. B. Cat. Ins. N. J. State Bd Agric. 27th Rep't, sup. p.297 



(Lindens often seriously injured, beetles in July) 



1900 Ehrmann, G. A. Ent. News, 11:621 (Feeding on linden foliage, 



Pittsburg Pa.) 



1901 Webster, F. M. Ent. Soc. Ont. 31st Rep't, 1900, p. 81-83, fig. 42-43 



(Injuries, nursery stock affected) 



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



Saperda imitans n. sp. 



This interesting species resembles our common elm borer, 

 S. tridentata, with which it has frequently been confused. 

 The junior author bred this insect some years ago from wood 

 collected near the city of New York, but he did not notice that 

 it was distinct from our common elm borer till too late to 

 examine its workings. He had no elm in the breeding cage at 

 the time, and so presumes that it lived in hickory, of which he 

 had a quantity. 



Description [pi. 3, fig. 4]. Black, densely covered with a gray 

 pubescence, whiter below. Thorax: twin black spots below a 

 lateral orange red band, extending on the head to the eyes, 

 where it joins the line of the opposite side ; median line light. 

 Elytra: submarginal band of orange red running to the apex, 

 from which arise three crossbars of the same color, each obliquely 

 inclined toward the suture, the middle band usually not con- 

 nected to the submarginal, the apical band usually rudimentary 

 and then only transverse; apex rounded. 



Types in collection of L. H. Joutel and New York State collection. 



This insect is often mistaken for tridentata, but can be 

 easily separated by the following characters, which show it to be 



