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dying white and yellow pine trees, Moundsville, July 20, '91 ; 

 Romney, May 4, '91, and with Tomicus calligraphus in bark of 

 yellow pine, Tibbs Run;, near Dellslow, Apr. 3d, 93. 



Order COLEOPTERA : Family ELATERIDAE. 



92. Melanotus communis Gyll. In decaying wood of pine 

 stump and under bark of pine log from tree cut in '89, near 

 Kanawha Station, June and Dec., '90. 



93. Elaterid larvae. Found feeding on larvae, pupae and 

 young adults of Dendroctonus terebrans near Dellslow. 



Order COLEOPTERA: Family BUPRESTIDAE. 



94. Chalcophora virginiensis Drury. Adult collected on dy- 

 ing scrub pine near Charleston, Apr. 12th, '93. 



Fig LXXXIV. Work of large Buprestid larvae (Chalcophora liberta) in heart 

 wood of living white pine. 



95. Chalcophora liberta Germ. The destructive heartwood 

 borer. Larvae and fragments of adults supposed to be this 

 species found in heart- wood of living white pine trees, doing 

 great damage to the wood, near Crow, Dec. 1, '97. 



96. Dicerca punctulata Schoenh. Dead adults in outer sap- 

 wood of small pitch pine tree that had apparently been dead 



