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and central United States, thout^li it appears to be rare in Minnesota and 



sonif of the northern states, while in the South its work is more abundant. 



I)r J. B. Smith has listed it from several New Jersey localities, where it is 



recorded as j^nrdling twigs of oak, hickory, persimmon and a number of fruit 



trees. 



Remedial measures. It is comparatively easy to control this insect, 



because the winter is passed in the twigs lying on the ground, and in 



the case of valuable trees on lawns and in similar localities, it would not be 



difficult to collect and l)urn tlicm at any time during the winter or early 



spring. 



Bibliography 



1890 Packard, A. S. U. S. Ent. Com. 5th Rep't, p. 288-90 



189s Scheffer, T. H. Insect Life. 7:345-47 



189S Parrott, P. J. Kan. .\gric. Exp Sta. Bui. 77, p. 56-62 



Hickory snout borer 



Magdalis olyra Herbst. 



A black, long snouted beetle about ylo inch in length, breeds commonly in dying or 

 dead hickory limbs. 



b'xamples of this species were bred from hickory limbs taken at Ilion 

 X. \'., in .August ic)02. The tree was badly infested with a gnarly growth 

 and presimiahK' in poor condition. We have also met with it in large 

 nuiTibers in recently cut hickory limbs. 



Description. The beetle is about 3/15 iiuh in length, jet-black, \\ iih the 

 thora.K angulated anteriorly, coarsely punctured ; wing covers deeply 

 grooved by nearly confluent series of punctures. The grub is a short, 

 white, flesh)- larva closely resembling that of the pine weevil and of other 

 species of Magdalis. 



Life history. This species appears to confine its attacks very largely 

 to diseased and dying trees and is soinetimes present under the bark in 

 enormous nuinlicrs, at which time the inner bark and sapwood may be 

 almost ricKlled Ijy the many irregular, anastomosing galleries. 



Food plants. This species is credited by Dr Packard with ixiring in 



