THE SOUTIIKHN PINF, SAWYER. 49 



of the female. In tlie male this segment shows merely the anal open- 

 ing. In the female two globular tubercles are borne side by side on 

 this segment. 



SEASONAL HISTORY. 



There are four stages in the lilV of the sawyer, first, the egg (fig. 15) ; 

 second, the larva (fig. 10) ; third, the jiupa (fig. 17); fourth, the 

 adult (fig. 14). 



In southern Mississippi the egg-laying period lasts from about the 

 first of March to the middle of October. In some cases eggs may 

 be laid earlier or later than the dates given, but the main activity in 

 egg-laving will be found to be comprised within this ])eriod. The 

 young larva' hatch fioni the <'gi,fs in about five days after the eggs are 

 deposited." 



The length of tinu> from the hatching of the young larva to the 

 time of maturity and change to the ]ni])a a])pears to vary con.siderably 

 in dilTerent individuals. The comparative ])erio(ls of time s])ent 

 in the larval and ])upal stages are not known. However, it is probable 

 that while the larval ])eriod may last for .several months the pupal 

 ])eriod is not longer than two or three weeks. The length of time 

 occupied in ])assing fiom the egg to the adult stage varies greatly 

 in (lifTerent individuals. It appears that normally there is one 

 generation a year, with a ])artial second generation. Thus, on 

 August 12, 19()S, the writer found larvje, pupa;", and emergence 

 holes in the trunk of a tree which had been felled by storm April 24, 

 lOOS. The fact that the tree wiis felled (m this date makes it certain 

 that the eggs of the sawyer were deposited subsequently. This 

 gives us a ])eriod of less than four months for the development 

 from the egg to the emerged adult, in some individuals. Returning 

 to the same tree October 6, 1908, more emergence holes were found, 

 but there were still ])lenty of larvir in the trunk. Also, scattering 

 emergence holes were common at this tlate in other trees felled by 

 the storm of April 24, 1908, which were also abundantly infested 

 with larva^. On March 19, 1909, the writer again vi.sited the tree 

 just menticmed, and found a good many larva> and one ])upa still 

 in the log. Thus it is seen what a great variation in the length of 

 time taken for development there may be among different indiviiluals 

 in the same log. The case of the sawyer in the Southern States 

 appears to be somewhat analogous to that of certain species of 

 Lepidoi)tera, a few adults of which emerge in the fall, while the 

 greater nund)er of the pupa' go through the winter before changing 



a This statement is baaed upon observations made during the hottest part of the 

 summer. Possibly cgija laid in the spring or fall might not hatch so quickly, as there 

 would be less heat at those periods. 



