6_j.8 NEW YORK STATE ML'SEL'M 



is more or less oblony or almost round and measures from 3^ to 1)2 inches 

 in lent^th, beinLj about ^••^ inch in diameter. 



Long rose gall. A'/zoi/Z/fs dich/occnis Harr. Tliis elongate, hard, 

 woody uall, gradually tajjering at both ends, occurs on the branches of wild 

 roses, "'it has been taken on Staten Island and 1 )r Smith records it trom 

 New jersey. 



knotty rose gall. Khodiics vcrna ( )sten Sacken. This gall, which is 

 somewhat allied to the long rose gall, K. il i c h 1 o c e ru s Harr., (jccurs on 

 wild rose. It is oblong or rounded and about '.? inch long, and occasionally, 

 three or four galls are more or less fused. This specie', has been taken by 

 Mr IJeutenmuUer on Staten Islantl. 



LKSS DKSTRICTIVIO INSKCTS AFI'KCTINti KVEUGRKKN Ol! (ONIFKUOl'S TUEK.S 



This o-roup, comprising insects of minor importance found on our 

 evergreen trees, is rather small because of the peculiarly close association 

 existing between bark borers and species found with them, making it advis- 

 able in certain instances at least, to notice comparatively unimportant forms 

 frecpiently met with in the burrows of destructive species. 



Borers in trunk and limbs 



Large, white, fleshy, flat-headed borers i 'j inches long oecur under pine bark in long, nar- 

 r(j\v. very shallow groo\es in the surra( e of the wood, transforming to a dark metallic 

 gray, flattened beetle i to 1 '4 inc lies long 



Larger flat-headed jiine Ijorer, (' h a I c o |i h " ra v i r g i n i e n -. i s, y. 65 ^ 

 A similar borer working in about the same way antl transfcnuiing to a hrilhaiit, copiiery 

 colored, flattened beetle about ^4 in( h long 



Smaller flat-headed pine borer. Clialcophora I i !> e r t a, p. 654 

 A brilli.mt, sparkling, co]>per-red beetle a little o\er i ' j to nearly i :'4 inc hes long occurs 



on I line and spruce (;(ilden I'.iiprestis, I', u p res t i s striata, ]i. 655 



An obscure, (Opperv or blai k, flattcncil beetle almut 'j inc h lung on pitc h pine 



I ) i 1 ere a p 11 n c I u I .1 t a, p. 656 

 A hr.issy, metallii . flattened beetle about ? h inch hmg occurs in midsummer cui pine and 



arl)cir-\itae I ) i c c- r c a t u b e r c u I a t a, p. 656 



An ashy bron/.e or obscurely bron/e, Hattenecl, metallic lieetle Ircun a liliie ciyer '_• to 

 nearly '4' iiK h long oc curs on while pme fnun midsummer m ( )c tciber 



I ) i c f r c a t e n e 11 r o s a, p, (157 



An olihmg, o\al, flattened, bronze or purplish beetle, c cipper-c cihircd lieneath and 'j im h 



long occurs on hard pine (' h r y s o b o t h r i s d e n t 1 ji e s, ji. 657 



