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FIG. 26. Three lengths of 3. young deodar sapling infested by \i,>/r/its major, Stcb., and 

 S. minor, Steb. The middle one slums the entrain e-holes of female beetles on the 

 bark ; the left-hand one the long vertical xigxag egg-galleries on the sapxvood ; and the 

 right the whole sapwoocl scored by the larval galleries, the shot-holes being the 

 pupating chambers of the grubs. It forms a typical example of the capacity cxhibii'-d by 

 this bark beetle for the destruction of young sapling and pole growth. N. \V. Himal.-i 

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