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influence. It is in osier cultivation that it proves most danj^jerous 

 and it should be destroyed when noticed l)y hand-picking or 

 spraying. 



Pissodes notatus, Fabr., ravaging Austrian Pines. 



Damage to Austrian I'ines l)y the J>anded Pine "\Vee\'il {FUsodes 

 iiotatas, Fabr.) has been reported by Mr. E. Hyne and others during 

 the past year. 



According to the reports of Continental foresters, PU'^odes notatus 

 almost exclusively follows the I'ine Weevil {Hijlohius ahletts, Fabr.). 

 [t is usually found on trees rendered unliealthy by the Hylohius and 



Fig. 12. 



LaiTii (i) and \t\\\)A (h) of 

 I'issoiles iwUittts. 



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Fig. 13. 



The Banded Pine Weevi 

 ( Fissdile.t iiotatu.t). 



finishes the damage begun by that l)eetle. Fissodes notatus occurs in 

 all manner of places, in wood split for fuel, in young li^■ing stems, in 

 pine cones and in the bark at the base of old trees. The chief 

 damage it does is where it attacks young unhealthy trees. Planted 

 pines suffer more than those self-sown, (1) liecause tlie planting 

 often throws them back, (2) on account of the crowding in the nurseries 

 which makes the young trees sickly. The Fissodes chiefly feeds then 

 on trees attacked l)y the JTi/lohius and those grown on unkindly soil and 

 thus more or less uuliealtliy. If the supply of unhealthy trees fails 

 then these beetles will attack soimd ones. 



The beetle (Fig. 13) is about one-third of an incli long and of a 

 red<lis]i-brown cohjur, irregularly covered with bright hairs; the pro- 

 thorax has eight yellowisli spots ; tlie elytra with two broad pale bands 

 running transversely across them. The beetles a];)pear in April and 



