THE LEAD-CABLE BORER IF CALIFORNIA. 7 



in southern California. In 1918 insect injury was reported at Gal- 

 veston and Houston, Tex., six years after the Brownsville case. 



By far the greater number of cases of insect injury to the lead 

 sheathing of aerial cables have occurred in California, where the 



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Fig. 5. — Map showing distribution of trouble caused by the California lead-cable borer. 



insect responsible for the trouble is the bostrichid beetle Scolicia 

 decUvis Lee, 5Jf. {Sinoxylon declive, 66, S8, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 66, 67; 

 Xylopertha declive, 57, 65, 66, 68; Fig. 4.) Southern California has 

 been one of its principal centers of activity. 



