1056 General Notes. [ December, 
been no sound of life from the other tunnel, but he had closed it 
in the same manner. Upon hearing this I removed the cork from 
the tunnel where the sound had been heard, and in a moment 
dragged out by its antennz a beetle, similar to those whose finding I 
have already described. This beetle is Eburia quadrigeminata Say. 
Mr. Thomas, in the “Sixth Report of the Illinois State En- 
tomologist” describes the imago as follows: Æburia quadrigem- 
enata, “ Body, entirely pale yellowish-brown; antennz hardly 
more obviously hairy on the basal joints than on the others; 
thorax, with two black tubercles above, rather before the middle, 
placed transversely, and a short spine each side on the middle of 
the length of the thorax; elytra, rather paler than thorax, each 
with two double, somewhat elevated, bright-yellow, abbreviated 
very short lines; the two members of the basal spot equal, the 
other spot is placed on the middle, the inner member is shorter 
than the exterior one; tip, two spined, the exterior spine the 
longest; intermediate and posterior thighs, two spined at tip, the 
inner spine rather longest.” Mr. Thomas also states that the in- 
sect is from three-fourths to an inch in length, and that its larva 
lives and bores in the honey locust (Gleditschia triacanthus Linn), 
and from this fact it gets its name of the honey locust borer. 
A closer examination of the tunnels in Dr. Boyd’s doorstep 
showed that the external openings were in the middle of the 
length and breadth of an ash door-sill and about four inches dis- 
tant from each other. The size of the tunnels increased rapidly 
within until the diameter was three or more times as great as at 
the exit. They extended downward and backward respectively 
three and four inches. The sill was of painted ash and it, as we 
as the whole building, rested directly upon a solid brick founda- 
tion. After having completed the above observations, I did not 
hesitate long in coming to the conclusion that the eggs which 
had produced this beetle and its fellow, that had made good its 
escape, were laid in the green wood in the tree. In response to 
my questions, Dr. Boyd made the statement that the building was 
erected in the Spring of 1867. This would make these insects 
not less than nineteen, and probably twenty or more, years old, 
_ Since the timber was dry when put into the house. Upon investi- 
gation I find that Professor Packard in his “ Insects Injurious te 
Forest and Shade Trees,” makes no mention of this beetle, but 
at he has recorded two cases of unusual longevity in beetles 
which will be of interest. in this connection. In both instances 
these beetles have belonged to the family Cerambycide or io 
gicorns. The first mentioned case was that of a specimen 0 
_ Monohammus confusor Kirby, the common longicorn pine-borer, 
which Mr. A. C. Goodell, of Salem, Mass., presented to the 
Peabody Academy of Science. Mr. Goodell took the insect from 
a bureau that had been in the house for fifteen years and was new 
when bought. 
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