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is more or less oblong or almost round anJ measures from -^^^ to lyi inches 

 in length, being about }^ inch in diameter. 



Long rose gall. Rhoditcs dkhlocerus Harr. This elongate, hard, 

 woody gall, gradually tapering at both ends, occurs on the branches of wild 

 roses. It has been taken on Staten Island and Dr Smith records it from 

 New Jersey. 



Knotty rose gall. Rhoditcs vcrna Osten Sacken. This gall, which is 

 somewhat allied to the long rose gall, R. d i c h 1 be e ru s Harr., occurs on 

 wild rose. It is oblong or rounded and about Vi inch long, and occasionally, 

 three or four galls are more or less fused. This species has been taken by 

 Mr Beutenmuller on Staten Island. 



tESS DESTRVCTIVE INSECTS AFFECTING E-tTiRGREEN OR CONIFEROUS TREES 



This group, comprising insects of minor importance found on our 

 evergreen trees, is rather small because of the peculiarly close association 

 existing between bark borers and species found with them, making it advis- 

 able in certain instances at least, to notice comparatively unimportant forms 

 frequently met with in the burrows of destructive species. 



Borers in trunk and limbs 

 Pine, species affecting 

 Lars^e, white, fleshy, flat-headed borers I'i; inches long occur \inder pine bark in long, nar- 

 row, very shallow grooves in the surface of the wood, transforming to a dark metallic 

 gray, flattened beetle \ \.o \yi inches long 



Larger flat-headed pine borer, C h a 1 c o p h o r a v i r g i n i e n s i s, p. 65 3 

 A similar borer working in about the same way and transforming to a brilliant, coppery 

 colored, flattened beetle about Yx inch long 



Smaller flat-headed pine borer, C h a 1 c o p h o r a 1 i b e r t a, p. 654 

 A brilliant, sparkling, copper-red beetle a little over \)z to nearly i ?4^ inches long occurs 



on pine and spruce '. Golden Buprestis, B u p re s t i s s t r i a t a, p. 655 



An obscure, coppery or black, flattened beetle about % inch long on i>itch pine 



1) i c e r ( a p u n c t u 1 a t a, p. 656 

 A brassv, metallic, flattened beetle about 5 8 inch long occurs in midsummer on pine and 



arbor- vitae 1) i c e r c a t u b e r c u 1 a t a, p. 656 



K\\ ashy bronze or obscurely bronze, flattened, metallic beetle from a litJe over % to 

 nearly '<( inch long occurs on white pine from midsummer lO Oc toher 



1 ) i c c r (• a t e n e b r o s a, p. 657 



An oblong, oval, flattened, bronze or purplish beetle, copper-colored beneath and y'l int-h 



long occurs on hard pine C h r y s o b o t h r i s d e n 1 1 p e s, p. 657 



