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Mem. Wm. H. Asiunead and F. H. Chitten-Ien. of til 



mology. in June. 1883- They found that a vast na 

 estnut. "- - ** ** ** m * " '-' " 



seriously affected and dying. After a careful craintnati 



two living ones scarcely showing 1 



it was made quite evident that the primary cause of - : : - : " - - 



trees was the two-lined chestnut borer. 



-: dying of chestnut trees in the southecm Appalachian was 



in 1 'jeerrations of Mr. W. F Fiskr. of the Bureau of 



. luring a special inrestigation of the subject. Ii . ie 



state- -n the region immediately south of Tryon. 2 Meh appears 



:al of a irge region extending in an irregular strip from 



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all of the chestnut had died so long before as to hare disappeared except 



for the old stumps, a few logs, and an occasional struggling sproot. 



n north :' 7 : a the chestnut was in a perfectly healthy condition, but 

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I and young alike." - - -- "-- - :'_-.. IT 



ilachians duriiii' the | ist ten - ^rs hare conrinced me that there has 



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In the Jourr. we and Art* ISA - - "ed that the cninqoapm 



ii. -i-r ; -: . ":-:.. " M- " ~ - " -i. ". -: in "ie Tiiini-y :' I 

 in 1S25 and was still dying in 1545. I in IzrirriTri 17 an old residen :' 



t the i - abundant chinquapin of southern Virginia and 

 era North na disappeared quite suddenly about i~ j-iirs ago. 





. -~ry _ '. - - . - 



In ad'iition to these sig^ir, mt i:-".rical recc::- I -~ say that ftc 



iiestnut forest trees have been the subject of general investi- 



~Le West Virginia Agricultural Experiment Stati i md the Bureau 



of --ology. U. S. Department of Agriculture, since about 1893. The 



.olished and unpnbliahed records of these ! 13 show that c-:- 



: ; :---- -' i-s^;Ts ~ere :: izi ": irli::: -Ir IT-~":~ ":~- ' r i"s: 11 'I : 

 other observers have recorded l&l spiedea. By eliminating all dupliei 

 records, the total is 472. 



All of these insects are not destructive, but amnng those that are, we 

 have found one species that is perhaps as important as all : 

 combined. It has. therefore, been the snbject of more inve-v. a n I : -.- 

 :uently we know more about its habi> m I the methods : : nfa ffiag H 

 is the 8o-caUed two-lined ehestnnt borer, a gmai; el L_:,:e bee-' ieh 

 lies in May and June and .ieposi-_i ha T.-J :. -. - - . - - 



ehestnnt. oak, beech, and ironwood in the > nthen n 



St- The elongate, slender la:- ne in the inner bark and 

 in such a manner as to girdle the trees. When OK -heir full 



