. Annual report - Entomological Society of Ontario. Entomological Society of Ontario; Insect pests; Insects. 48 No. 26. Goes occulatus Lec. is a much smaller species, of the habits of which I have not been able to find any mention. The beetle is rare, and I have only taken two speci- mens. These were a pair captured on hickory in the end of June, and which were cop- ulating when taken. They are hardly half an inch long, and are black, densely covered beneath with short white hairs. The pubescence above is more sparse and scattered, and the coarse puncturing of the elytra gives them a mottled a
. Annual report - Entomological Society of Ontario. Entomological Society of Ontario; Insect pests; Insects. 48 No. 26. Goes occulatus Lec. is a much smaller species, of the habits of which I have not been able to find any mention. The beetle is rare, and I have only taken two speci- mens. These were a pair captured on hickory in the end of June, and which were cop- ulating when taken. They are hardly half an inch long, and are black, densely covered beneath with short white hairs. The pubescence above is more sparse and scattered, and the coarse puncturing of the elytra gives them a mottled appearance. There is a black spot on each elytron just behind the middle, and the presence of these spots gives to the beetle its distinctive name of occulatus or " ; No. 27. Goes jmlverulentus (Hald.) is a fourth species of the same genus and re- sembles very closely Nos. twenty-four and twenty-five. It is recorded by Dr. Horn as very destructive in the United States to living beech-trees, of which it attacks the larger branches, and bores in them large burrows several inches long. This is the only notice I find of its habits, but it is probable that it bores also in hickory, as I have taken sev- eral specimens on bitter hickory in July and August. The chief points of distinction be- tween this species and tigrinus appear to be in the vesture of the elytra and the length of the antennae. Thek size and general colour are about the same, but the elytra of pulver- iilentus are uniformly clad with short hairs, and have no appearance of dark bands. The antennae (at least in some specimens) are slightly longer than the body. No. 28. Acanthoderes quadrigihha (Say) is reported by Schwarz as boring in the dead twigs of oak, beech and hackberry, and it has been bred by Dr. LeConte from small branches and twigs of hickory. It difters considerably in shape from the beetles of the preceding genus, being broader and flatter. It is about one-half of an inch long, and one-fifth
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