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We have bred it from stems of \'irginia creeper gathered in 

 and around Xew York city and also at Fort Lee X. T. It was 

 described from Cambridge ]\Iass. as 5. t r i g e m i n a t a by 

 Randall. 



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Compsidea puncticollis^) 



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Rhus radicans June) 



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Saperda populnea Linn. 



This European species is found on the Pacific coast, and the 

 examples from dilterent localities noAv before us can not be 

 distinguished in any particular from European specimens. With 

 this species we include as subspecies the S. m o e s t a of LeConte 

 and a new form that ditlers from either, under the name t u 1 a r i . 



Thev differ from populnea as well as from each other in 

 the punctures on the elytra as well as in the punctulations on 



