A RARE PICTOGRAPH 



may have had much to do with the latter 

 characteristic. In its personality, this beetle 

 is not impressive from size, as its length is 

 not more than an inconsiderable fraction of 

 an inch. 



But what has physical size to do with 

 genius ? 



In the place where this silent representa- 

 tive of his species was interviewed, the whole 

 genus enjoyed a bad eminence from an 

 ethical point of view. Cold, impartial statis- 

 tics showed that millions and millions of dol- 

 lars' worth of timber had been destroyed by 

 the Scolytidae, and in the destruction, the 

 "white pine wood engraver" and his naughty 

 kin, of the genus Ips, were the ruthless 

 leaders. Finally, for the benefit of those who 

 do not care to read between the lines of the 

 work reviewed, but merely for the cold 

 scientific facts, these Gradgrindian conces- 

 sions will be made: 



The beautiful etchings which have fur- 

 nished the text for this article are made in 

 this way: 



"The adult beetles excavate their radiat- 



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