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ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 



[March, 



I have recently received evidence that leads me to believe that the abun- 

 dance of woodpeckers and the rarity of the Cossids are directly related. 

 Through my friend, Mr. }. T. Brakeley, of Bordentown, N. J., who spends 

 a considerable portion of the year in the New Jersey pines, I have recently 

 received some good specimens of the work of woodpeckers in oak, and a 

 figure* of one of the specimens is herewith presented shewing the holes. 



FIG. 2. Section of trunk sawed to show the burrows of 

 the larva sought by the woodpeckers ; the termination of 

 their holes marked by a x ; one-third natural size (from a 

 photograph). 



made by the woodpeckers on the outside of the tree, and showing also a cut 

 through the trunk to indicate the locality of the larvie that the wood- 

 peckers were after. I urged upon Mr. Brakeley in his chopping opera- 

 tions to keep a lookout for the insects that the woodpeckers were after, 



* These figures were first published in " Garden and Forest," No. 300, and electrotypes 

 were obtained through the kindness of the publishers of that paper. 



