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A small, hrownisli bhu k, yellowisli-specked weevil aliout '4 iiuh long, (x curs in early 



si)ring under i.o|ilar bark D o r y t o m u s ]> a r v i c o 1 1 i s, ]i. 475 



A small snout beetle abi)\it 'k in( h long, irregularly rbilhed with grayish ]nibeseenee, 



0( ( nrs under pojilar bark in early May I ) o r y t o ni u s v a g e n o t a t u s, \k 47:; 



Stout, white naked caterpillars abcnit i ' _• inches long, bore in poplar trunks 



Poplar carpenter worm, C o s s u s c e n t e r e n s i s. p. 470 

 A pale whitish caterpillar bores in the smaller twigs of locust and causes a thickened, 



irregular growth, i to 3 inches long 



Locust twig borer, E c d )' t o 1 o ]> h a i n s i t i c i an a, p. 478 

 A yellow-marked, black beetle almost 'j inch long, maybe bred from woodbine, sumac 



and possibl)- jioison ivy W'ooilbine borer, S a [i e r d a p u 11 c t i c o 1 1 i s, p. 47S 



A jet-black, highly polished ( iirculio about 's inch long and with strongly grooved wing 



covers, occurs on ampelopsis or Virginia creeper, ]joison ivy and grape 



M a d a r e 1 1 u s u n d u 1 a t u s, p. 471^ 

 Irregular, gall-like swellings at the liase of alder stems followed by dying and breaking of 



the shoots Alder borer, S a p e r d a o li 1 i i| u a, p. 4S0 



A small, legless grub boring irregularly in dead sumac and other twigs, may be the young 



of this beetle L i o p u s alpha, p. 481 



A small, thi( k, long-horned, l)r()wn or chestnut-c olored l)eetle about '4 ini h long, with ash 



gray markings, may lie bred from the dead twigs and wood of a number of trees 



Spiiited beptostvlus, Leptostylus macula, p. 482 



Borers in dried, usually manufactured wood 



Pin holes less than ' ,t, inch in diameter and galleries of the same size running in various 

 directimis in wood, may contain linear, black, u hile marked beetles about 3 ,,; inch long 



White marked powder post -I leelle I, v c t u s p a r a I 1 e I o p i ji e d u s. p. 4S3 



Burrows about 'j iui h in diameter may oc casionall v be ubserved in telegraph poles, doors, 

 posts and simdar jjlaces, and a large, ilusky winged bee seen going in and out 



Large carpenter bee, X y 1 o c o pa v i r g i n i c a, p. 4S4 



Borers in decaying wood or species found under decaying bark 



A large, rather stout, black, white-marked beetle r j 2 inches long, bearing two conspicuous 

 eyi-like spots, is frcipieiith' met with in decaving wood 



( )\\\ beet le, A 1 a H s o c u 1 a t u s, |). 485 

 A thi( k, lleslu", legless grub aliout 3 iiK lies long when full gniw n, bores in roots and stumps 



ot a number of trees Ilroad-ne( ked I'lKinus, I' r i o n u s 1 a t i c f) 1 I i s, p. 4S6 



A rather slender, brown beeth- about 1 ' _• inches long and less than jj inch broad, lives in 

 the larval stage in dec aving trees 



Lesser Prionus, ( ) r t li o s o m a Ii r 11 n n e 11 in, |i. 487 



