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this insect, which have not been stated in any of the accounts 
since published. 
Remedies. —To repel the beetle from depositing its eggs upon 
the bark, the tree should be rubbed with soft soap or some other 
alkaline preparation, the latter part of May. Although the insect 
has been found changed from its pupa to its perfect form in April, 
I suppose such individuals would remain dormant in their cells 
until the season became more advanced and warm; and we have 
no knowledge of its appearing abroad until the beginning ot 
June. We are yet in want of exact observations as to the date ol 
its depositing its eggs. If preventive measures have been neg¬ 
lected and these worms have established themselves at the root of 
the tree, they should immediately be ferreted out and destroyed. 
This can be done much more easily when they are young anil 
small, as they are then lying directly under the bark. Young 
trees should therefore be inspected every autumn or early in the 
spring; and if any particles of powder, like new sawdust, are found 
upon the ground around the root, the dead blackish bark at that 
point, and at other places where such bark occurs, should be cut 
away, until the worm beneath is discovered. A little experience 
will render one expert in detecting the lurking places of these 
pests. And they should never be allowed to remain until the 
second summer, to finish their injury by boring in the solid wood 
of the tree. 
3. Apple Buprestis, Chrysobothrisfemorata, Fabriclus. (Colcoptera Bupres- 
tidao.) [Plate I, fig 3.] 
A pale yellow footless grub, its anterior end enormously large, 
round and flattened. Excavating a cavity under the bark and 
in the solid wood analogous to that of the preceding species, but 
much smaller. 
The insect a flattish oblong, shining black beetle, its under side 
appearing like burnished copper, its wing covers with three 
raised lines, the outer two interrupted by two impressed spots. 
Length 0.50. Basking in the sunshine, upon apple trees, in June 
and July. See Trans. N. Y. State Agricultural Society, 1854, p. 
729. 
