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phorus hopkinsii Ashm., a common parasite of the adult, a species 



of Eurytoma, a species of Lochites, Cecidostiba polygraphi 



Aslim., C. dendroctoni Ashm., Decatomidea polygraphi 



Ashm. The value of these insects in controlling this borer is shown by the 



fact that I)r Hopkins believes them to be the principal natural agents 



in checking the injuries to spruce in West Virginia between the years 



1882-1889. 



Bibliography 



1893 Hopkins, A. D. W. Va. Agric. Exp. Sta. Bui. 32, p. 9, 12, 40, 41,45, 98, 99, 102, 

 107. 205, 206, 209, 293, 349, 359, 373, 379, 384, 398, 399, 407, 492, 493, 494 



1899 W. Va. Agric. Exp. Sta. Bui. 56, p. 235, 246, 251, 296. 299, 319, 346, 349, 



427, 428, 429, 447 



1903 Felt, E. P. For. Fish & Game Com. 7th Reji't, p. 513-15 



Spotted buprestid 



J\fc!aiiop/iiIa fulvogiittata Harr. 



Flattened, white or yellowish spotted beetles about yi inch in length, occur on 

 spruce and hemlock in July, and are the parents of an injurious flat-headed borer. 



This destructive beetle is sometimes very abundant in hemlock and 

 spruce. Specimens were taken on hemlock at Big Moose, July 6, 1903, and 

 ^^ a larva, probably belonging to this species, was met with 

 f under somewhat moist spruce bark at Saranac Inn, Aug. 

 17, 1900. 

 y Description. The beetle is about Jg inch long, of 



a dark metallic color with greenish reflections above the 

 mouth. The head, thorax and wing covers are marked 

 '^ with somewhat coarse, irregular, transverse punctures. 

 Fig. 89 Mcianophiia sHglitly rescmbling the graining of morocco leather. Each 



fulvogiittata, en- 

 larged (originaO ' wing cover bears three nearly circular or lenticular shaped 



yellowish or white spots. The larva is of the ordinary buprestid shape 



with a wide, flattened head. 



Life history and habits. Dr Harris records taking this insect from the 



trunks of white pine in June, and Dr Hopkins states that in West \'irginia 



