THE LONG-HORNED WOOD-BOM NG BEETLES. 



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Fig. 467. Oiicideres cin- 

 gulata Say. a, beetle; b, 



Tribe VI. ONCIDERINI. 



Front coxal cavities angulatecl on the outer side 

 and closed behind ; antennae longer than body in 

 male, as long as body in female, the scape stout, 

 without cicatrix; legs rather stout, equal; claws 

 slightly divergent. One genus of the tribe is rep- 

 resented in New York, Pennsylvania, Louisiana, 

 Texas and probably southern Indiana by the "hick- 

 ory girdler, " Oncideres cingulata Say, length 14- 

 17 mm., smoky or reddish-brown to clay-yellow in 

 hue, with the pubescence usually forming a broad 

 median band on elytra, thorax with or without a 

 spine on sides, the disk usually with three small 

 black facets. The female beetle deposits her eggs in j^ e . f a g d > d ;° ^^jg 

 twigs of trees and then cuts a girdle about the twig male - ( AfterRile y ) 

 below the eggs. (Fig. 467.) The twig dies and is broken off by the 

 wind, falling to the ground where the larvae mature. The beetle oc- 

 curs in August and September and not only girdles the young twigs 

 of hickory, but also those of pear, apple, plum, elm, linden, and 

 other trees. 



Tribe VII. HIPPOPSINI. 



Body very slender ; front long and innexed so that the mouth is 

 near the prosternum ; palpi not slender, the last joint almost conical 

 and pointed ; eyes coarsely granulated ; front coxae annulated • legs 

 rather short, equal; tarsi as long as the tibiae, first joint of hind 

 pair slightly elongated, last joint rather long, claws divergent. One 

 of the four genera is represented in the State. 



LXVII. Hippopsis Serv. 1825. (G-r., "horse + face.") 



This genus, sufficiently characterized above, is represented in the 

 eastern United States by a single species. 



2001 (6472). Hippopsis lemnisgata Fab., Syst. Eleut, II, 1801, 330. 



Elongate, very slender, cylindrical. Dark reddish-brown; thorax with 

 two whitish lines each side ; elytra each with three whitish lines ; antennae 

 pale brown, darker at base, more than twice as long as body, fringed with 

 hairs beneath. Thorax much longer than wide, cylindrical, rather coarsely 

 and densely punctured. Elytra with coarse, deep punctures arranged in 

 rows, the tips rather acute. Length 10-13 mm. 



Marion, Vigo and Orange counties: scarce. May 28-June 7. 

 Breeds in stems of ragweed (Ambrosia) ; also in those of tick weed 



