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THE SCOLYTID BEETLES. 



Wingate IMilitaiy Reservation, Yermejo, Lincoln National Forest, 

 and Sierra Blanca Mountains. Vtali: Escalante, La Salle National 

 Forest, and Panguitch Lake. Additional locality from other collec- 

 tions: (B. & S.) Las Vegas, N. Mex. 



Host trees. — Pinus ponderosa var. scopulorum (very common) 

 and P. chihualiuana (rare). 



• Identified specimens. — Hopk. U. S., more than 100 specimens, 

 including all stages and work; Horn, 1 specimen under D. apyroxi- 

 matus, labeled "N. M."; U.S.N.M., B. & S., 7 specimens. Las Vegas, 

 N. Mex., 17-8, No. 164, and Williams, Ariz., 5-6, 5-7, and 5-10. 



Bibliography. 



Dendroctonus appro.vimatus Dietz, 1890, p. 31 (in part), New Mexico. Schwarz, 

 1902, p. 32 (in part). 



Fig. 50. — Dendroctonus convexifrons: Distribution map. (Original.) 

 4. Dendroctonus frontalis Zimmerman. 



(Pi. Ill, fig. 4.) 



Adult. — Typical female: Length, 3.6 mm.; reddish-brown. Ely- 

 tral decUvity with long hairs. Front with a moderately prominent 

 tubercle each side of a distinct median groove. Elytral strise dis- 

 tinctly punctured; interspacial rugosities moderately coarse, obtuse, 

 not very densely placed, and not very distinctly coarser toward the 

 base and vertex. Pronotum with a few long hairs on the anterior 

 section of the lateral area. Secondary sexual characters: Pronotum 

 with transverse ridge across the anterior area, the elytral dechvity 

 shining and with finely granulate interspaces, the strise distinctly 

 impressed, but the punctures obscure. 



