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tiou are jjerliaps still procurable ui^on ai3j)lication to the Department 

 of Agriculture. 



Fig. 59.— The Elm-leaf beetle, Galeeuca xanthomel^na, in its different stages. 



In the figure, a, shows the eggs as they are deposited in clusters 

 on the leaf; h, the larvae; o, the beetle in natural size; e, the eggs 

 enlarged; /, the sculpture under a high magnifying power; g, the 

 larva in about twice its natural size; h, a side view of a segment of the 

 larva; i, dorsal view of the same; j and k, the pupa and the beetle 

 enlarged; I, a portion of the wing-cover of the beetle enlarged. 



* Hylesinus opaculus Lee. — This little bark-boring beetle (deter- 

 mined by Dr. Horn) was found by Professor C H. Peck, State Botanist, 

 under the bark of living, and to all appearance, healthy cedar trees 

 {Arbor vitce). They occurred May twenty-sixth, within their main 

 galleries, with eggs laid at intervals, in niches on each side, from 

 which, later, would run the lateral galleries of the larvae. The 

 beetle has hitherto been recorded only on elm and ash ( Ulmus and 

 Fraxinus). 



Phlceotribiis LiMiNARis (Harris). — Numbers of this beetle, designated 

 by Saunders as the elm-bark beetle, although perhaps more frequently 



