INSECTS Al-FECTING PARK AND WUUDLANU TUEES 



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Pine chrysomela 



(7/v/>/(>sii-//s pii/icscciis Fabr. 



Thick, cylindric, brilliant, brassy, cDiipcry hued, rather stout beetles occur on hard 

 pine foliage in May and June. 



This species ranges from 3 ,s to ? \u inch in length | i)l. 20, fig. 7 |. It 

 was common on hard pines at Karner in June 1901, and occurred througli- 

 out May, June and eady July the following year. This insect ranges from 

 the Middle States to North Carolina and has been recorded from Oregon. 

 It appears to be a rather characteristic spruce and pine beetle, judging 

 from accessible records. 



Cryptocephalus schreibersii Suffr. 



A stout, yellowish brown beetle a trifle over Js inch long occurs 

 on hard pine. 



This stout yellowish brown beetle, only a trifle over 



y% inch in length, was taken in small numbers on hard 



pines at Karner in September. This species has been 



recorded by Dr LeConte, from Massachusetts and Georgia, ^ 



and Dr Smith reports it from several localities in New ^'lx"\ 



Jersey, and states that it occurs on hard pine leaves. 



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Cryptocephalus quadrimaculatus Say 



A small, stout, black, red-spotted beetle }i inch long occurs on 

 hard pines in midsummer. 



This species was taken through June and in early July 



1901, and the latter part of June 1902, on both scrub oak 



Fig.217 cryptlccph- and hard pine at Karner. It has also been listed from 



'at"us,''enLtgVd"'rorig- New Jerscy tea (C e a n o t h u s a m e r i c a n a) and also on 



Rubus. Little is known of its life history. 



