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Bibliography 

 1S5S Fitch, Asa. Ins. X. \'. 4tli Rep't 1857, p. ,^6-37 

 1S90 Packard, A. S. U. S. Knt. Com. 5th Reji't, ]>. 713-15, 858, 903 

 1S99 Hopkins, A. D. W. Va. Agric:. Kxp. Sta. lUil. 56, p. -\s3-54, 342, 422, 445 

 1903 Felt, E. P. Fur. iMsli \: Came Com. 7th Rep't, {k 4S7-88 



Tomicus caelatus 1, ich. 



A hrownish (ir nearly lilack cylinilrii: Iteetle aliout ' ,', inc h in length may be found 

 working in tlie inner huers of thinner pine bark, partic uhirly that of the middle [lortion 

 of the trnnk and on the underside of the lindis of larger trees. 



This buret", like 1" o miens c a c o o' r a p h u s Lee. and T. p i n i Say 

 is frequently associated with the larger ami very common T. calli- 

 ii" r a IJ h u s Germ, and like the other small torms ])refers the thinner bark 

 of smaller trees or that of the- ujiper portions (d' the trunk of laro'er ones. 

 This l>ark l)eetle has been characterized by Dr Fitch as one of the luost 

 pernici(.)iis of all the insects infestine^ our white pine forests and the yellow 

 pine in the Southern States. He adds that while most of the larger borers 

 mav attack old and deca\ino' or dead trees, this small insect is liable to 

 invade those that are in full health and viyor and >ounL;- trees as well as 

 older ones. 



This species is stateil by l)r Hopkins to be \ery common in West 

 \'iroinia in partly livino- bark, on lixini;-, dying and dead, standing and felled 

 trees. He adds that it infests all of the j/ines and the native ami intro- 

 duced spruces and that it is witlely distrilnited. lie has foiunl Hister 

 c y 1 i n d r i c u s Pa)'k in the galleries of this species. 



This beetle was found at work in l)alsam in company with Tomicus 

 balsameus Lee, in hard i>ine with T. c a 1 1 i g r a p h 11 s C.erm. and 

 T. c a c o g r a p h u s Lee., in white pine with T. c alii g rap h 11 s ( lerm. and 

 T. |)ini Sa\' and in spruce with P o 1 )■ g r a p h 11 s rtilipennis Kirliy. 

 It \v;>.s also taken on sprtice ami taiuarack at Dig Moose N. Y., Aug. 3, 

 1903, ])roba])lv attracted to the n-cently burned trees. 



Description. This is another medium si/etl Toiuicus, l^eing about 

 i/X inch in length, c\'lindric, and \'arylng in color from a light to a very dark 



