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8. Neoclytus caprcece Say. 
This insect was found in all stages in the fall of 1875 in felled 
trunks of elm and hickory by George Waite, of Emporia, Kans. ( Riley's 
MS. notes.) 
9. Magdalis armicollis Say. 
Order Coleoptera ; family Curculiontdje. 
According to LeBaron (Fourth Rep. Ins. Illinois, 139) this weevil, 
which is allied to the Magdalinus of the oak (Fig. 29), inhabits the elm, 
living under the bark. Mr. H. G. Hubbard has also found it boring in 
the elm, and has bred from the larvae four species of parasites. (Psyche 
ii, 40.) 
The burrows were about an inch and a half long, running generally 
with the grain, and in the cambium layer throughout their entire 
length. From the cell at the end an exit pierced the bark as far as the 
thin outer layer. The beetles usually attacked the upper branches, but 
several small elms were found with the bark of the trunk undermined 
nearly to the ground. Occasional specimens were found associated 
with Saperda tridentata and Synchroa punctata in the thick bark of full- 
grown trunks. Of the three parasites the more common one was a 
Chalcid, probably belonging to the genus Storthygacerus of Ratzburg, 
which preys upon the larvae of Magdalinus, completing its transforma- 
tions in advance of the beetle. 
The beetle. — Body reddish, punctured; head punctured, an obsolete impression be- 
tween the eyes ; a dilated, impressed, abbreviated line over the insertion of the 
antennae, sometimes obsolete or wanting ; thorax with much dilated confluent 
punctures ; a polished longitudinal line near the middle ; anterior angles with small, 
erect spines, of which the anterior one is largest ; posterior angles slightly excurved, 
anterior and lateral margins dull rufous ; elytra light rufous, profoundly striated ; 
striae with approximate punctures ; thighs, with a robust spine beneath, near the 
tips. Length from the eyes to tip of the wing-covers one-fifth of an inch. Var. 
a. Thorax and beneath, excepting the feet, black. (Say.) 
10. Buprestis (Anthaxia) viridicornis Say. 
Order Coleoptera; family Bupresteele. 
This buprestid is reported by Mr. H. G. Hub 
bard as infesting the elm. (Psyche, ii, 40.) 
The beetle. — Head and thorax coppery red ; antennae 
green; eyes rather large; thorax transversely indented _ 
each side behind the middle ; reddish coppery, surface 
reticulated ; posterior edge rectilinear ; scutel triangu- 
lar; wing-covers obscure or slightly brassy, slightly ru- 
gose, destitute of striae, rounded at tip, entire or obso- 
letely serrated ; beneath dark, brassy, brilliant ; tail 
rounded, entire. Length rather more than one-fifth of Fte.74.~- Anthaxia viridicornis 
an inch. (Say.) Smith and Marx del. 
11. Synchroa punctata Newman. 
Order Coleoptera; family Melaxdryid^e. 
This insect has been found "exceedingly abundant" by Mr. H. G. 
Hubbard in the bark of the elm. (Psyche, ii, 40.) 
