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CASE 37. 

 209. The Curious Cypress Borer. 



Citrius dcntatus Newm. j 



Larva^ mine the smaller branches nf young bald cypress. j 



Exhibit: Adults, work. " J 



210. The Banded Ash Borer. | 



Neoclytus capnva Say. 1 



Larv?e very injurious to dying trees and saw logs of black ash, boring numerous ; 



holes through the wood. 

 Exhibit: Adults, work. 



211. The Rigid Cypress Borer. ; 



(U)ju' rigida Say. ( 



Larvse mine inner bark of girdled bald cypress and dying white cedar. , 



Exhibit: Adult, larva, work. : 



212. The Southern Oak Borer. 



Mallodon d((si/stonms Say. 



Larvpe bore in healthy live oak, hackberry, and hickory trees, greatly injuring 

 them. Southern States. 

 Exhibit: Adults. ' 



*2 13. The Live-Oak Root-Borer. ; 



Mallodon inelanopus Linn. , . j 



Larvfe bore into the roots of young oaks, causing dwarfed and worthless trees. : 



Southern States. | 



Exhibit: Adult. ' 



214. The Variable Oak Borer. ] 

 Phymatodes rariabiiis Fab. 



Larvae mine inner bark of dying and recently dead oak; are also injurious to tan- i 



bark. 

 Exhibit: Adult, work. 



215. The Thunderbolt Beetle. 



ArJtopalus fulminans Fab. 



Larvpe mine the inner bark and sapwood of chestnut and oak. 

 Exhibit: Adults. 



216. The Iiesser Prionus. 



Orthosoma brunneurn Forst. 



Larva in decaying logs and stumps of nearly all forest trees. j 



Exhibit: Adults. 1 



217. The Cottonwood Root-Borer. ' 



Plectrodero acalator Fab. 



Larvfe in roots of aspen and cottonwood. 

 Exhibit: Adults. 



218. The Broad-Necked Prionus. 



Pnonus latlcollu Dru. 



Larvae in roots of oak, aspen, and cottonwood. Sometimes destructive. Also in ■ 



stumps of pine. i 



Exhibit: Adults. j 



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