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Natural enemies. There are no records of any, but the species 

 appears to be a favorite with some woodpeckers, since we have 

 found a number of empty galls showing the characteristic work 

 of these useful birds [pi. 13, hg. i]. We have no clue to the identit}' 

 of the species. 



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1863 Bland, J. H. B. Enit. Soc. Phila. Proc. 2:320-21 (Origmal descrip- 

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1878 Zimmerman, C. D. Can. Ent. 10:220 (On wild thorn, Crataegus 

 c r 11 s - g a 1 1 i , C. t o m e n t o s a^ 



1S80 Zesch, Frank & Reinecke, Ottomar. List of Coleoptera of Buffalo 

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thorn) 



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usually rare at Hamilton) 



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of transformations) 



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Saperda puncticollis Say 



JVoodbiiie borer 



This is one of the smallest and also the prettiest species belonging 

 to this important genus. It is a rare form in most collections in spite 

 of the fact that the insect lives in the dead branches of the common 

 ^'irginia creeper, pupating in the wood. The manner in which the 

 lar^^a works just under the bark is shown on plate 6. figure 6. The 

 entrance to the pupal chamber is stopped with a plug of borings 



