74 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi.iv. 
Mallodon serrulatus Lee. —Breeds in hackberry ( Celtis ), and 
probably also oak. 
Orthosoma brunneum Forst. —Bores in decaying pine, hem¬ 
lock and probably other coniferous trees, also in hickory, walnut, oak 
and chestnut. 
Prionus laticollis Drury .—Lives in the trunks and roots of lin¬ 
den poplar, oak, chestnut, apple, pine and grapevine. 
Prionus californicus Mots. —Breeds in decaying stumps and 
roots of live-oak. 
Prionus pocularis Dalm. —Infests the roots and stumps of pine. 
Prionus imbricornis Linn .—Lives in roots of grapevine, pear 
trees and herbaceous plants. 
Homoaesthesis emarginatus Say. —Is supposed to live in trunk 
and roots of pine. 
Tragosoma harrisii Lee. —Breeds in stumps of decaying pine 
trees. 
Asemum moestum Hald. —Lives under and in the bark of oak, 
pine, spruce and other conifers and also in roots of grapevine. 
Asemum atrum Esch. —Bores in the trunk of pine trees. 
Criocephalus nubilus Lee. —Lives in the roots of pine, as does 
C. agrestis Kby., and probably also the other species of the genus. 
Smodicum cucujiforme Say .—Breeds under bark of oak, hack- 
berry and beech. 
Physocnemum brevilineum Say. —Lives in dry wood of elm 
trees. 
Hylotrupes bajulus Linn. —Inhabits fir, spruce, pine, hemlock 
and other coniferous trees. 
Hylotrupes li gneus Fab. —Bores under the bark of cedar {Juni¬ 
per US'). 
Phymatodes variabilis Fabr. —Lives under bark and in the 
branches of oak and hickory. 
Phymatodes varius Fabr. —This species like P. variabilis, also 
lives in oak and hickory. 
Phymatodes amcenus Say. —Bores in dead wood of grapevine. 
Phymatodes obscurus Lee. —Has been bred from branches of 
live-oak in California. 
