1882. 
1884. 
1896. 
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Ketiicorr, D. S. Algeria pictipes G. & R. <Canadian Ent., London. 
Corsaro, Vol;-XIII, p.° ¥. 
Brief note. Common at Buffalo, N. Y., on old plums, doing grave injury 
in some instances. Also on cherry. At Hastings Center, N. Y., found on 
wild cherries. Adults in June and July. 
MARTEN, JOHN. Algeria pictipes, G. & R. <10th Rept. State Ent. on 
Noxious and Beneficial Insects of State of Illinois. (5th Ann. Rep. 
Cyrus Thomas), Springfield, pp. 106, 109. 
Under bark of plum. Brief description of larva and pupa. 
GROTE, AUGUSTUS RADCLIFFE. A/geria pictipes Grote & Robinson. <New 
check list of North American moths, p. 12. 
Aj. pictipes and the synonymic inusitata Hy. Edwards are listed separately. 
(Not seen. ) 
FERNALD, CHARLES H. Stand. Natl. History (Kingsley), Boston, Vol. II, 
p. 464. 3 
Mention ; attacks plum trees and is similar in habits to the peach borer. 
WEED, CLARENCE M. Plum Tree Borer (A/geria pictipes). <American 
Naturalist, Phila., Vol. XXTIf, p. 1108, Pl. XLIITI, fig. 7: 
Review of Kellicott (1891). Figure. 
BEUTENMULLER, WILLIAM. A/geria pictipes G. & R. <Annals N. Y. 
Acad. Sciences, N. Y., Vol. V (1889-1891), p. 204. 
Larva on plum; rare, 
SMITH, JOHN BERNHARD. Sesia pictipes Grt. & Rob. <Cat. of insects 
found in New Jersey. (Final Rep. State Geologist, Vol. II), Trenton, 
p. 289. 
Mentions the species as generally distributed, but not common. 
KeLuicottT, D. S. The Plum Tree Borer (geria pictipes). < Journal 
Columbus (Ohio) Hort. Soc., Vol. V (1890), pp. 16, 19, PI. I, fig. 7. 
Brief notes. Sexes similar and like male peach borer. Plum favorite food ; 
plentiful on wild black and red cherry; probably on cultivated cherry. 
Larva mainly infests trunk and branches; abundant at Columbus. Recom- 
mends knife. 
SMITH, JOHN BERNHARD. List Lep. Boreal America, Phila., p. 20. 
Listed as Sesia pictipes G. & R. 
BEUTENMULLER, WILLIAM. <AZgeria inusitata Hy. Edw. <Bul. American 
Mus. Naw ist.. N. Y., Vol. 1V, p, 172. (author’s edit., N. Y¥., Oct. 18; 
1892). 
Listed as type in Henry EHdwards’s collection. One male, Andover, Mass. 
. Ketuicotr, D. S. Notes on the Azgeriide@ of Central Ohio. <Canadian 
Hnt., London, Ontario. Vol. XXIV, p. 46. 
Few lines. Quite abundant at Columbus, Ohio. Seriously injuring wild 
and cultivated cherry, as well as plum. 
. BEUTENMULLER, WILLIAM. Algeria pictipes Grote & Robinson. < Bul. 
American Mus. Nat. Hist., N. Y., Vol. V, p. 25. 
Hstablishes inusitata Hy. Edwards (1881) as a synonym of pictipes. 
WEBSTER, FRANCIS MARION. Insects reared from Black Knot, Plowrightia 
morbosa. < Ent. News., Phila., Vol. IV, p. 267. 
Reared from the fungus on cherry and plum. 
BEUTENMULLER, WILLIAM. Sesia pictipes (Hy. Edwards). <Bul. Ameri- 
ean Mus. Nat. Hist., N. Y., Vol. VIII, pp. 134-135. 
Wrong author given. Synonymy; secondary sexual characters. Larva on 
plum, wild cherry, juneberry, beach plum. Canada, New Hampshire, Massa- 
chusetts, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, and California. 
WEBSTER, 'RANCIS MARION. Bul. No. G8, Ohio Agric. Exp. Sta., Columbus, 
p. 25 
Mention as “the peach borer, Sesia pictipes.” 
