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phorus li (I p k i n s i i Ashm., a common |)arasitc of the adult, a species 



of Eurytoma, a species of L o c h i t e s, C e c i d o s t i 1) a p o 1 y g r a p h i 



Ashm., C. d e n d r o c t o n i Ashm., D e c a t o m i d e a p o 1 y ^^ r a p h i 



Ashm. The vaUie of these insects in controllinq- this borer is shown by the 



fact that I)r Hopkins believes them to be the principal natural agents 



in checking the injuries to spruce in West Virginia between the years 



1882-1SS9. 



Bibliography 



189.5 Hopkins, A. D. W. Va. Agric Kxp. Sta. 15ul. 32, ]i. 9, 1:, 40, 41.45, 9S, 99, lo.?, 

 107, 205, 206, 209, 293, 349, 359, 373, 379, 3S4, 398, 399, 407, 492, 493, 494 

 W. Va. Ayric. Exp. Sta. Bui. 56, [). 235, 246, 251, 296, 299, 319, 346, 349, 



1.S99 



427, 428, 429, 447 

 1903 Felt, E. P. For. Fish & frame Com. 7tli Rep't, p. 513-15 



Spotted buprestid 



Mclanopliila f ulvoguttata Harr. 



Flattened, white or yellouish spotted beetles aliout -^8 inch in length, occur on 

 spruce and hemlo( k in |uly, and are the parents of an injurious flat-headed borer. 



This destructive beetle is sometimes very abundant in hemlock and 

 spruce. Specimens were taken on hemlock at Big Moose, July 6, 1003, and 

 a larva, probabh' belonging to this species, was met with 

 / imder somewhat moist spruce bark at Saranac Inn, Aug. 

 17, iqoo. 

 V, Description. The beetle is about 3 g inch long, of 



a dark metallic color with greenish retlections above the 

 mouth. I he head, thora.\ and wing covers are marked 

 ** with somewhat coarse, irregular, transverse puncture.s, 

 FiK. 89 Meianophiia sHglitly resembling the graining of morocco leather. Each 



f II 1 V o g 11 1 1 a t a, cii- 



larged (oriK'i.-.ai) wlug cover bears three nearly circular or lenticular sha|ied 



yellowish or white spots. The larva is of the ordinary buprestid shape 

 with a wide, tlattened head. 



Life history and habits. Dr Harris records taking this insect from the 

 trunks of white pine in June, and Dr Hopkins states that in West Virginia 



