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Pissodes Germar 



P. similis Hopk. (1(5840). Reared ex balsam fir (Br.), 

 July 6. 



P. strobi (Peck) (16845). The White Pine Weevil. The 

 larva kills the leading- shoot of white and other pines and 

 sometimes spruce, causing the tree to be more or less de- 

 formed. Bar Harbor, Aug. 



P. approximatus Hopk. (16846). Mt. Desert, Julv 3-Ausr. 10 

 (Br.). 



P. fiskei Hopk. (16857). Taken on spruce logs. Rare. Pre- 

 viously recorded from N. H. only. One specimen in U.S.N. M. 



P. nigrae Hopk. (16858). Bar Harbor, May 31 (Br.). 



P. dubius Rand. (16866). Mt. Desert, June 5. Reared from 

 fir, infested with borers, Sept. 3 (Br.). 



P. sp. near dubius (16866). Bred ex balsam fir, July 16- 

 26 (Br.). 



P. affinis Rand. (16868). Similar to the above species, but 

 larger. Salisbury Cove; Bar Harbor, etc., June 9-July 29. 



Hylobius Germar 



H. pales Boh. (16873). Eden, Aug. 12 (Br.). 



H. congener Sch. & Marsh (16874). Taken on blackberry 

 blossoms, June 17; Corfield at light, June 13. General but 

 sparse distribution. Is said to breed in pine. 



Hypomolyx Leconte 



H. piceus (DeG.) (H. pineti Fab.) (16879). Reported from 

 Mt. Desert Island, Aug. Ironbound Isl. (Blaney). A 

 northern form and a frequenter of dark woods where it is 

 generally found wandering alone. 



Dorytomus Germar 



D. vagenotatus Csy. (16910). Taken on willow catkins, May 



4-11 (Br.). 

 D. brevicollis Lee. (16914). Bar Harbor, Apr. 21-Mav 2 



(Br.). 



