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Mr., in Au_i4ust 1880, where they occur in dead trees as well as spruce 



stum|)s, also in white \>\nc stumps. 



I he followin'j; description of the beetle is given by Dr LeConte : 

 Slender, dark, piceous, shining, |)rothorax distinctly longer than wide, 

 sparsely and coarsely jiunctureil ; elytra very finely not densely pubescent, 

 striae composed of shallow punctures, interspaces as well as the striae with- 

 out distinct punctulations. Length, i mm +. Head with a broad short 

 beak, slightl_\- convex, finely not densely punctulate. Prothorax distinctly 

 longer than wide, slightly rounded on the sides, graduall\- narrowed from 

 the middle to the tip ; disk transversely convex, not polisheil, but very 

 imperceptibly granulate, sparsely and strongly punctured. Elytra cylin- 

 drical, not wider than the prothorax, convexly declivous behind; sparsely 

 clothed with very short and fine yellowish pubescence , striae composed of 

 rather large, shallow punctures, interspaces not narrower than the striae, 

 almost imperceptibly punctulate. Beneath nearly smooth, sides of meta- 

 sternum with a row of punctures, sides of ventral segments feebly punctured. 

 Legs piceous, front tibiae with five distinct acute teeth on the outer edge, 

 which is also sparsely fringed with long yellowish hairs, with a fine apical 

 spine at inner angle ; tarsi yellow, narrow, third joint not dilated. 

 /Vntcnnae with the scape long, the first joint of the funicle large, rounded ; 

 second indistinct, closely connected with tlie clul), which is large oval, not 

 pointed, solid, polished and corneous, excei)t along the apical margin, where 

 there is a spongy sensitive band. 



I his species probably has a wide distriljution in tlie northeastern 



bruited States, as it is rt.-corded from Canada and Maine south to West 



\'irginia and westward to Ohio. 



Sawyer 



Mouoha)ininis cotifitsor Kirby 



Large white, fleshy, legless grub from i 'j to 2 iiK lies long may frequently work in 

 the inner bark and sapwood of dead and dying pines, spruees and balsams, and also in logs 

 c ut from these trees. 



I his s[)ecies is one of the more common borers foiiiul umler the bark 

 of logs and dead ami d)'ing trees belonging to the species mentioned above. 

 The [irestMicc of the borers in ])iles of logs may easily be detected by the 

 masses of white sawdiistliki- Ijorings which collect on the ground beneath 

 or which ma\' be found under the bark. 



Injuries. (Jrubs belonging prrsumabl\- to this species have been met 



