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THE SCOLYTID BEETLES, 



Pronotum \vith a few reclining long hairs on the anterior half, remain- 

 ing areas with very few and stout pubescence. Secondary sexual 

 characters: Pronotum mth transverse ridge extending across the 

 anterior area to near the sternum. Elytral decHvity moderately 

 smooth and shining; interspaces finely and densely punctured; striae 

 fine, \^^th punctures scarcely visible. 



T3^pical female labeled "type of revision," name label, "Hopk. 

 4/18/02," second name label, "Hopk. Jan 16/08, Pinus ponderosa, 

 Hopkins, collector, 3/24/99, Grant's Pass, Or., 9 , Hopk. U. S. 34." 



Fig. 44. — Deniroctonus brevicomis: Egg galleries. (Original.) 



Type male in Le Conte collection, labeled "Cal.," examined by 

 writer. 



Typical male: Length 4.6 mm. Agrees with female, except in the 

 more prominent frontal tubercles each side of a distinct groove and 

 a transverse impression instead of an elevation across the anterior 

 area of the pronotum, and the elytral declivity shghtly less shining. 



Typical male labeled "type of drawing," name label, "Hopk. 

 1/16/08, Pinus ponderosa, Hopkins, collector, 3/24/99, Grant's Pass, 

 Or., $, Hopk. U. S. 34." 



