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shallow grooves in the surface of the wood. The irregular, \vav\- or ser- 

 pentine galleries enlarge with the growth of the larva and differ in genera! 

 appearance from the borings ot other insects inhabiting similar situations. 

 This, tile largest of the ilat-lu:aded pine borers, was met with rather com- 

 monl)- by the writer on hard pine at Ivarner in igoi from earl\- in June to 

 the latter part of Septend)er. The record of cajitures is as follows: Jvnic 



4, two; [une 13, two; June 26, four; July 8, two; 

 August q, two and September ' 18, one. The beetle 

 mav bf-- found resting on the sunny side of the trunks 

 and branches and occasional!)- among the needles oi 

 the smaller twigs. It is probably attracted by light, 

 since one was taken in a trap lantern. The adult is a 

 dark metallic gray colored beetle measuring from 1 to 

 1 ij. inches in leny'th. 



Ur Packard states that the beetles appear in the 

 Northern .States toward the end of May and occur 

 Fi ,3- ch , 1. „ ,i,,M- I vir- through the month of [une, according to Harris, while 

 gi„i,.n,is, curaed (original) j^^ obscrved theui in Maine on pinetrees in the mid- 

 dle of July. Dr LeContc records this species as abundant in the Middle, 

 Eastern ami .Southern Stales and adds that this form ma\- be readily dislin- 

 o-uished by its dull color, fine punctuation of the depressed spaces of the 

 wing covers, of which the four impressed spaces are better detmed than 

 any others, and finally by the sides of the thorax being anteriorly rounded 

 to the middle and not at all angulated. 



Smaller flat-headed pine borer 



■ ChaliOpIiora libcrta Germ. 

 'I'his .species may be distin.yuislied from C. v i r y i n i e n s i s Drury by its smaller 

 size, it ranging; from about 3:^ im h in length, and liv the l)rilliant t oppery color which is 

 usually mui h more marked than in C \- i r g i n i e n s i s. 



It was taken by the writer in r(dativelv smal 



numhet 



s on hard pine at 



Karner in iqoi as follows: June 4, one ; June 13, four; September 6, one 

 and October 3, one. Dr Fitch states that this species is much more com- 



