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and may be recognized by the large reddish orange 

 markings on each wing cover in the center of which 

 is a jet-black, nearly circular spot. 



Ips quadriguttatus Fabr. 



A shining black beetle about )^ inch long with four 

 irregular, orange markings on the wing covers. 



This shining black beetle with four irregular 



orange markings on the wing covers, is from 3/ l6 to 5/ [6 



inch long and occurs in the galleries of various wood 



Fig. 212 Ipssanguino- • 1 1 • • 1 



1 en t us, enlarged (original) borers, particularly those moist with exuding sap. It 

 feeds on decaying fruit, -corn on the ear, seed after 

 it has been planted and has been taken in the fall on 

 oak and hard pine at Karner. 



Corymbites propola Lec. 



A small, snapping beetle less than inch long with a light 

 head and light yellowish elytra marked with dark brown. 



This little snapping beetle is less than 3/g inch in 

 length and may be recognized by its light head and 

 the light yellowish elytra marked with dark brown. 



Fig. 213. Ips quadrigut- 



This species was met with in small numbers on hard latus - enlarged (original) 



pine at Karner, one specimen being taken June 4 and 

 two June 13, 1 90 1. It has been recorded from Lake 

 Superior, Eagle Harbor, and is also found in western 

 New York as stated by Dr LeConte. 



Corymbites hieroglyphicus Say 



A small, snapping beetle about }4 inch long with its yellowish 

 wing covers marked with curved, dark brown or black lines. 



Fig. 214 corymi.ites This peculiar snapping beetle, about ]/ 2 inch long 



hieroglyphicus, en- _ . , 



Urged (original) with dark brown head and thorax and yellowish wing 



covers marked with curved, dark brcwn or black lines, occurs on hard 



