TItE LOXG-HORNED WOOD-BORING BEETLES. 



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Tribe VI. ONCIDERINI. 



Front coxal cavities augulated on tlie outer side 

 and closed behind; antenna longer than body in / 

 male, as long as body in female, the scape stout, ( 

 \\-ithout cicatrix; legs rather stout, equal; claws \V 

 slightly divergent. One genus of the tribe is rep- ^ 

 resented in Xe\v York, Pennsylvania, Louisiana, 

 Texas and probably southern Indiana by the "hick- 

 ory girdler," Onciderex ciiigulata Say, length 1-1- 

 17 mm., smoln- or reddish-brown to clay-yellow in 

 hue, -with the pubescence usually forming a broad 

 juedian band on elytra, thorax vrith or without a 

 spine on sides, the disk usually with three small ^J^ g^ ""'bStief t 

 black facets. The female beetle deposits her eggs in ^. "^e° cutT'fe? 

 twigs of trees and then cuts a girdle about the twig "^'' (Alter Eifey.) 

 below the eegs. (Pig. 467.) The twig dies and is broken off by the 

 wind, falling to the ground where the larva; mature. The beetle oc- 

 curs in August and September and not only girdles the young twigs 

 of hickory, but also those of pear, apple, plum, elm, linden, and 

 other trees. 



Tribe VII. HIPPOPSINI. 



Body very slender; front long and inflexed so that the mouth is 

 near the prosternmn ; palpi not slender, the last joint almost conical 

 and pointed ; eyes coarsely granulated ; front coxeb annulated ; legs 

 rather short, equal; tarsi as long as the tibiee, first joint of hind 

 pair slightly elongated, last joint rather long, claws divergent. One 

 of the four genera is represented in the State. 



LXVII. IIiPPOPSi.^ Sorv. 182.5. (Gr., "horse -f- face.") 



This genus, sufficiently characterized above, is represented in the 

 eastern United States by a single species. 



:J001 (0172). Heppopsi.s lemxiscata Fab., Syst. Eleut. II, ISOl, 330. 



Elongate, very slender, cylindrical. Dark reddish-brown; thorax with 

 two whitish lines each side; elytra each with three whitish lines; antennae 

 pale brown, darker at base, more than twice as long as body, fringed with 

 hairs beneath. Thorax much longer than wide, cylindrical, rather coarsely 

 and densely punctured. Elytra with coarse, deep punctures arranged in 

 rows, the tips rather acute. Length 10-13 mm. 



Clarion, Vigo and Orange counties: scarce, ilay 28— Tune 7. 

 Breeds in stems of ragweed (Ambrosia) ; also in those of tickweed 



