Forest entomology . on felled logs with its antennae spread out like com-passes, from which habit it is termed by the- Highlanders Timber-man, a name curiously enough applied to it in Lapland and Sweden,where it is common. If two males come within range they inevit-ably fight, for which reason, and also on account of their delicatestructure, it is difficult to obtain quite perfect specimens. COLEOPTERA. 5 9 The larva makes wide galleries and perforations in pine stumps,forming a nidus with coarse-gnawed fragments, near the surface, inwhich it changes to pupa. In this state the antennas are tur
Forest entomology . on felled logs with its antennae spread out like com-passes, from which habit it is termed by the- Highlanders Timber-man, a name curiously enough applied to it in Lapland and Sweden,where it is common. If two males come within range they inevit-ably fight, for which reason, and also on account of their delicatestructure, it is difficult to obtain quite perfect specimens. COLEOPTERA. 5 9 The larva makes wide galleries and perforations in pine stumps,forming a nidus with coarse-gnawed fragments, near the surface, inwhich it changes to pupa. In this state the antennas are turneddownwards, and recurved towards the middle of the head. It appearsto be full-fed at the beginning of the summer, and after remainingtwo or three weeks in the pupa state, changes to the perfect state,staying as such in its nest until the following summer. The body of the beetle is about f of an inch in length, while theantenna3 measure quite 3 inches. Eannoch, or the Black Forest, in Perthshire, referred to, is a. Fig. 56.—Acanthocinus tedilis (half natural size). very happy hunting-ground for the entomologist. This is due to thefact that it is the remains of the old Caledonian Forest. Fig. 56 isfrom a photograph of the beetle. Genus Saperda. Head with vertical forehead. Larvae without distinct legs, almostparallel-sided, and 11-jointed. Thorax longer than broad, withoutside spine. Genus exclusively arboreal. 60 FOREST ENTOMOLOGY. Synopsis of the Species. Size large, elytra contracted towards the extremity, without any distinctpatches; body covered with greyish-yellow hairs; legs dark S. smaller, elytra cylindrical; thorax with yellowish side band ;each elytron with four or five yellowish flecks . S. am indebted to friends for the specimens in my collection, but asI have not had any opportunities of studying this genus in the forest,the following account of the two species is taken from ProfessorFishers Forest Protection (Schlich, vol. v., 1907 ed
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