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NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



Description. The adult beetle is about ^ inch long, with the head, 

 antennae, legs and wing covers jet-black. The reddish yellow thorax is 



marked by a median, large black spot. This beetle 

 is remarkable on account of the very large termi- 

 nal antennal segment, which equals in length the 

 remainder of that organ. The head and wing covers 

 are coarsely punctured, eyes coarsely granulate. The 

 abdomen is reddish, with the terminal segment black. 

 This species has been bred abundantly by Dr Ham- 

 . ilton from grapevines infested by Phymatodes 



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n a t u s, enlarged (original) amoenus Say, on which it preys, and Dr Hop- 

 kins records finding it with Sinoxylon basilare Say, Agrilus 

 otiosus Say, and Chramesus hicoriae Lec. in dead hickory 

 branches, while Dr Smith states that he has found it on trees infested 

 with Scolytus and Bostrichus, adding that it is not uncommon. 



Distribution. This species probably has a wide distribution in the 

 United States, since it occurs in New York, and has been recorded from 

 Ohio, New Jersey, District of Columbia and West Virginia. 



Orange-banded clerid 



Clerics ichneumoneus Fabr. 



This very striking black and red marked insect preys on developing broods of the 

 hickory bark beetle, Scolytus quadrispinosus Say, and wherever abundant is 

 undoubtedly of considerable service in checking that destructive bark beetle. 



This beneficial species is about 5/ l6 inch in length, bright red, with a 

 small interrupted black band just behind the shoulders, and a broader 

 continuous one at the posterior third of the wing covers, which latter are 

 gray apically. This species has been recorded by Messrs Ulke and Dury 

 from Washington D. C. and the vicinity of Cincinnati O. respectively, and 

 we have received specimens from Kansas through the kindness of Dr Snow. 



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