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A small, brownish black, yellowish-specked w^eevil about J'4 inch long, occurs in early 



spring under poplar bark I) o r y t o m u s p a r v i c o 1 li s, p. 475 



A small snout beetle about H inch long, irregularly clothed Avith grayish pubescence, 



occurs under poplar bark in early May U o r y t o m u s^ v a g e n o t a t u s. p. 475 



Stout, white naked caterpillars about i}4 inches long, bore in poplar trunks 



Poplar carpenter worm, C o s s u s c e n t e r e n s i s. p. 476 

 A pale whitish caterpillar bores in the smaller twigs of locust and causes a thickened, 

 irregular growth, i to 3 inches long 



Locust twig borer, E c d y t b 1 o p h a i n s i t i c i a n a, p. 478 

 A yellow-marked, black beetle almost Ji' inch long, may be bred from woodbine, sumac 



and possibly poison ivy Woodbine borer, Saperda punctic611is, p. 478 



A jet-black, highly polished curculio about }4 inch long and with strongly grooved wing 

 I covers, occurs on ampelopsis or Virginia creeper, poison ivy and grape 



M a d a r e 1 1 u s u n d u 1 a t u s, p. 479 

 Irregular, gall-like swellings at the base of alder stems followed by dying and breaking of 



the shoots Alder borer, Saperda o b 1 i q u a, p. 480 



A small, legless grub boring irregularly in dead sumac and other twigs, may be the young 



of this beetle L i o p u s alpha, p. 481 



A small, thick, long-horned, brown or chestnut-colored beetle about j{ inch long, with ash 

 gray markings, may be bred from the dead twigs and wood of a number of trees 



Spotted Leptostylus, Leptostylus macula, p. 482 



Borers in dried, usually manufactured wood 

 Pin holes less than ' ,(, inch in diameter and galleries of the same size running in various 

 directions in wood, mav contain linear, black, white marked beetles about 3/,6 inch long 



White marked powder post-beetle Ly c t u s p a r a 1 1 e 1 o p i p e d u s. p. 483 



Burrows ai)out '2 inch in diameter may occasionally be observed in telegraph poles, doors, 

 posts and similar places, and a large, dusky winged bee seen going in and out 



Large carpenter bee, Xy loco pa v i r g i n i c a, p. 484 



Borers in decaying wood or species found under decaying bark 



A large, rather stout, black, white-marked beetle i }<^ inches long, bearing two conspicuous 

 eyelike spots, is frccjuently met «ith in decaying wood 



Owl beetle, A laws o c u 1 a t u s, p. 485 

 A thick, fleshy, legless grub about 3 inches long when full grown, bores in roots and stumps 



of a number of trees Broad-necked Prionus, Prion us 1 a t i c o 1 1 i s, p. 486 



A rather slender, lirown beetle about i>3 inches long and less than j'2 inch broad, lives in 

 the larval stage in decaying trees 



Lesser Prionus, O r t h o s o m a b r u n n e u m, p. 487 



