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and dt-ai,! trunks arc sometimes riddled by the insect. One small dead 

 hart! piiu- had been tunneletl by this species to the hight of 4 feet from 

 the t^roinul. It was a somewliat common species in decaying hard pine 



•"ig. 11 T e r me s f 1 .1 v i p < 

 f-samc or female; rf-mal 

 segments and claw; a, d^ 

 Aehc. Div. Ent. Bui. 4. n. 



: (2— adult male; ^—terminal abdominal segment of s 



omcwhat inflated; .--side view of abdomen of female; /-tarsus showing 



re enlarged: *, c, f are greatly enL-irged. (After Marlatt. U. S. Dcp't 



1896) 



Stumps near Manor L. I., in 1900. The principal effect the species has 

 in these situations is to hasten decay, and in the forest this can hardly 

 be counted undesirable. Tin; insects, however, may make their way from 



Fig. 12 

 Bui. 



f I ;i V i i> e s : a ■dors.il vierf of head of winded fem.ale; /■ venir.il .ispect of 

 Ih parts open.greatly enlarged. (After Marlatt, U. S. Dep't Agric. Div. Ent. 



decaying stumps outdoors into dwellings and their presence in such places 

 may be followed by serious injuries. Professor Webster has recorded this 

 species as quite injurious in Oiiio, not only to buildings, but also to small 

 trees, and the writer has received several complaints in recent years of 



