432 LucANiDAE — Passalidae — Cerambycidae 



SUBFAMILY AESALINAE 



Ceruchus MacLeay 



14058 C. piceus Weber. Common throughout the State. Mt. Marcy, Not; Cran- 

 berry L., Je, H ] Newport, Yg\ Peru, Je (CU) ; Gloversville, Sep 

 (NYS) ; Batavia, Je-Jl, Ds (Kngt) ; Buffalo, ^^/iw, Z&R; Ithaca, 

 Mar-Ap, Sep, Bish, Dt (CU) ; Freeville, Windsor, Je (Not) ; W. 

 Hebron, Je, Lg ; Coeymans, Ap (NYS); Slide Mt., Catskills, Je, Sep, 

 Ds, Shoe', Cooks Falls (Ang) ; North Branch, Schaiipp; Katonah, Lg; 

 Mosholu (AM); West Pt., Rohn; Yonkers, Oct (Ang); Nepara Pk., 

 Yonkers, Mar, Diven; NYC, Pelham Parkway; Van Cort. Pk., Nov 

 (Ang) ; Rattlesnake Cr., Ap (Ang) ; West Farms (AM) ; SI, Jl 

 (L&D) ; LI: Queens, Nov, Schott ; Bellport, Jl, Nic; Yaphank, Jl, 

 Ds; Orient, Sep, Lath; Montauk, Jl (Ang). 



The larva lives in the decayed wood of white birch, elm, oak, hem- 

 lock, maple, and butternut. Specimens recorded from northern or 

 mountainous parts of the State often exhibit considerable rugosity of 

 elytra, particularly noticeable in the females, and attain a greater size. 



NiCAGUS LeConte 



14062 N. obscurus Lee. Locally common. Usually considered a seashore species, 

 although occasionally found inland. Wm. T. Davis records this species 

 as found on the plant vegetation of the up-beach at Wading R., LI. 

 Keene Val., May (Not); Mt. Marcy, Not; Buffalo, Z&R; Westfield, 

 May (Not); LI: Wading R., May-Je, Diven; Montauk, Je, Schott. 



Family PASSALIDAE 



Passalus Fabricius 



14064 P. cornutus Fab. Common all over the State in the decaying, and generally 

 moist, wood of deciduous trees (Ang). Representative localities are: 

 Adirondacks (Felt) ; Batavia; Olcott, May, Aug, Nov (Dt) ; West 

 Pt. (Robn); SI (L&D). 



Family CERAMBYCIDAE so 



SUBFAMILY PRIONINAE 



Parandra Latreille 



14067 P. brunnea Fab. Parandra Borer. Adirondacks (Felt) ; Syracuse, Onon- 

 daga Hill (Blkm) ; Rochester (M&W) ; Buffalo (Z&R) ; E. Aurora, 

 Wild (Dnd) ; Olcott, Jl-Aug, Oct (Dt) ; Castile, Brad (Flet) ; Ithaca, 

 Jl-Sep (Dt), Spring L. Beach, Ithaca, Jl, under bark of Pinus rigida 

 (Chitt); West Pt. (Robn) ; SI, Aug-Sep (L&D) ; LI: Brooklyn, Aug 

 (Ds), in hollow trunks of Ailanthus (Linell) ; Greenport, Aug (Ds) ; 

 Prospect, Aug, Central Pk., Je (BM). Larva in nearly all kinds of 

 coniferous and hardwood trees (Fisher). 



^" W. S. Fisher has gone over this list, and has supplied many New York food-plant notes. 

 Dr. M. W. Blackman also has supplied records. 



