438 WEST VIRGINIA EXPERIMENT STATION. 



Order COLEOPTERA ; Family PTINIDAE. 



108. Xestobium squalidum Lee. Adults bred from larvae 

 collected in dead wood of spruce, near Bayard, Mar. 31, '91, and 

 May 9, '92. 



109. Xyletinus peltatus Harr. Very common in seasoned 

 pine lumber and timber in old barn near Kanavvha Station, 

 July 13, '94. 



Order COLEOPTERA : Family SCARABAEIDAE. 



110. Valgus canaliculatus Fab. In decaying wood of pine 

 stump, near Kanawha Station, Feb. '90. 



Order COLEOPTERA : Family CERAMBYCIDAE. 



111. Prionus laticollisTtrury. Reared from pupa taken in 

 yellow pine stump near Kanawha Station, June 20, '90. 



112. Asemum moestum Hald. Larvae, pupae and adults 

 taken from sapwood ol yellow pine stump near Kanawha Sta- 

 tion, Apr. 20, '91. All stages common in sapwood and outer 

 heartwood of white pine trees near Greenbrier river, May 3, '93, 

 in spruce, Bayard, July 7, '91. Common wherever the pine 

 grows. 345. 



113. Tetropium cinnamopterum Kirby. Adults common emerg 

 ing from wood of spruce trees that died in the summer of '95, 

 Horton, May 20th, '96 ; collected from spruce at Bayard, May 

 8, and 31, '91, Mar. 31, '91 ; near Davis Mar. 29, '91. A common 

 and serious enemy of the sapwood of dying and dead spruce 

 timber, often causing rapid decay of the wood. 



114. Phymatodes dimidiatus Kirby. Bred from larva found 

 under bark on spruce log, on banks of Cheat River, near Ice's 

 Ferry, June 12, '92. Adults flying, Spruce Mt., June 23, '92, 

 Also common flying in spruce forest in Randolph county, June 

 21, '92. Bred from larva found in spruce tree that died from 

 the attack of Dendroctonus Jrontalis in the summer of '92, Will- 

 iams river, May 6, '93. 346. 



115. Callidium antennatum, Newn. Common in wood of dead 

 and dying pine trees, causing rapid decay of wood. Adults 

 and larvae near Romney, May 3, '92. 



