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A brownish, flattened beetle about ^ inch long, occurs on chestnut, the larvae mining the 



inner bark C a 1 1 i d i u m a e r e u m, p. 450 



A beautiful, black, golden-marked beetle about y% inch long, occurs on various trees in 



June , Leptura zebra, p. 450 



A blue black, clearwing moth about ^ inch long, with yellow-banded legs and abdomen, 



bores as a larva under chestnut and dogwood bark Sesia s c i t u 1 a, p. 451 



A minute, brownish, rather stout beetle about '/ IO inch long, runs transverse galleries in 



the inner. bark of peach, plum and cherry 



Peach bark beetle, Phloeotribus 1 i m i n a r i s, p. 452 

 A blue black, clearwing moth having a wing spread of an inch and with narrow, yellow 



bands on the abdomen and legs, lives as a larva under the bark of plum and several 



related trees Sesia p i c t i p e s, p. 453 



A red-horned, red-legged, black, .brilliant greenish beetle about inch long, occurs on 



butternut, oak and birch Gau rotes c y a n i p e n n i s, p. 454 



A flattened, jet-black snout beetle about ^ inch long, bores in butternut, poplar and other 



woods Cossonus platalea, p. 455 



A slender, light brown beetle about 1 inch long, bores in butternut and beech 



Centrodera decolor at a, p. 456 

 A purplish, black, yellow-marked, red-tailed, clearwing moth with a wing spread of about 



inch, bores as a larva in maple Sesia c o r n i, p. 456 



A flat brassy beetle with divergent wing covers, works in peach, cherry, beech, maple and 



other deciduous trees Divaricated buprestis, Dicerca divaricata, p. 457 



A brilliant green, golden yellow, flat beetle about inch long, bores in maple 



Banded buprestid, Buprestis fasciata, p. 458 

 A slender blackish, wasplike insect bores as a larva in diseased maple 



White-horned maple borer, Xyphidria albicornis, p. 459 

 Dark brown or black beetles about ' 32 inch long, make longitudinal burrows in partly 



decayed sugar maple limbs Xylocleptes species, p. 460 



Small worms similar to young apple borers sometimes occur in multitudes under the bark 



of apple and maple trees . . Prickly Leptostylus, Leptostylus a c u 1 i f e r u s, p. 46 ; 

 A stout, black beetle ^ inch long, with brownish wing covers ornamented with three lines, 



occurs on elm Physocnemum brevilineum, p. 462 



A light brown beetle about % inch long, at the base and about the middle of each wing 



cover, pairs of ivorylike, oval elevations, bores as a larva in ash, hickory and honey 



locust 4-marked ash borer, E b u r i a quadrigeminata, p. 462 



Slender, flattened, tortuous galleries in ash, }8 to '/a inch in width, cutting the wood 



largely, may be the work of this species Obrium rubni m,p. 463 



