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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  been 
  attacked 
  in 
  various 
  places 
  from 
  above 
  its 
  first 
  limbs 
  nearly 
  to 
  its 
  

   base. 
  The 
  entire 
  circumference 
  of 
  the 
  tree 
  had 
  been 
  grooved, 
  although 
  

   not 
  continuously. 
  In 
  the 
  above 
  row 
  of 
  maples 
  scarcely 
  a 
  single 
  tree 
  was 
  

   entirely 
  exempt 
  from 
  injury 
  — 
  all 
  apparently 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  this 
  griib. 
  

  

  A 
  few 
  years 
  ago 
  it 
  was 
  an 
  occasion 
  of 
  much 
  pain 
  to 
  me 
  to 
  see 
  at 
  Ben- 
  

   nington, 
  Vt., 
  the 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  old 
  maples 
  that 
  were 
  standing 
  dead 
  

   upon 
  the 
  street 
  or 
  rapidly 
  dying 
  from 
  the 
  merciless 
  burrowing 
  of 
  this 
  

   borer 
  which 
  had 
  scarred 
  and 
  excavated 
  their 
  trunks. 
  Recently 
  the 
  same 
  

   ravages, 
  although 
  not 
  as 
  yet 
  to 
  the 
  same 
  extent, 
  were 
  observed 
  by 
  me 
  at 
  

   Glens 
  Falls, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  This 
  insect 
  was 
  recently 
  very 
  destructive 
  to 
  some 
  fine 
  

   maples 
  at 
  Canajoharie, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  It 
  is 
  also 
  a 
  serious 
  pest 
  in 
  some 
  other 
  

   states. 
  In 
  a 
  recent 
  publication, 
  Mr. 
  Kirkland 
  (^loc. 
  cit.) 
  records 
  extensive 
  

   injuries 
  by 
  this 
  borer 
  in 
  the 
  sugar 
  orchards 
  of 
  western 
  Massachusetts, 
  

   their 
  work 
  being 
  preceded 
  in 
  most 
  instances 
  by 
  the 
  clearing 
  up 
  of 
  the 
  

   underbrush. 
  It 
  was 
  thought 
  that 
  the 
  additional 
  light 
  around 
  the 
  trunks 
  

   of 
  the 
  trees 
  may 
  have 
  served 
  the 
  insect 
  as 
  an 
  invitation 
  to 
  enter 
  upon 
  

   and 
  prosecute 
  its 
  pernicious 
  work. 
  The 
  maples 
  on 
  the 
  grounds 
  of 
  

   Bowdoin 
  College, 
  Brunswick, 
  Me., 
  were 
  pbserved 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Packard 
  to 
  be 
  

   seriously 
  injured 
  by 
  this 
  pest 
  in 
  1873 
  and 
  1874. 
  In 
  London, 
  Ontario, 
  this 
  

   insect 
  is 
  spreading 
  rapidly 
  and 
  proving 
  very 
  destructive. 
  In 
  South 
  Que- 
  

   bec 
  the 
  borer 
  is 
  so 
  abundant 
  as 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  frequently 
  in 
  woodsheds, 
  

   having 
  developed 
  from 
  maple 
  wood 
  stored 
  for 
  domestic 
  use. 
  

  

  Formerly 
  a 
  Rare 
  Insect. 
  

  

  This 
  beetle 
  was 
  regarded 
  by 
  its 
  original 
  describer, 
  Dr. 
  Say, 
  as 
  a 
  rare 
  

  

  insect, 
  for 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  its 
  description 
  only 
  two 
  examples 
  were 
  known. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  our 
  native 
  forms 
  which 
  seems 
  to 
  have 
  found 
  the 
  cultivated 
  

  

  trees 
  better 
  adapted 
  to 
  its 
  needs 
  than 
  the 
  wild 
  — 
  their 
  proximity, 
  location 
  

  

  and 
  abundance 
  having 
  supplied 
  ample 
  means 
  for 
  a 
  rapid 
  increase. 
  It 
  is 
  

  

  now 
  a 
  common 
  insect 
  and 
  a 
  serious 
  menace 
  to 
  the 
  safety 
  of 
  sugar 
  

  

  maples, 
  either 
  in 
  ornamental 
  grounds 
  or 
  as 
  shade 
  trees 
  along 
  the 
  road 
  

  

  side. 
  

  

  Life-History. 
  

  

  The 
  beetles 
  make 
  their 
  appearance 
  in 
  this 
  latitude 
  during 
  the 
  latter 
  

   part 
  of 
  June, 
  through 
  July 
  and 
  into 
  rVugust.* 
  The 
  eggs 
  are 
  laid 
  during 
  

   the 
  latter 
  two 
  months. 
  The 
  place 
  of 
  oviposition 
  may 
  be 
  recognized, 
  as 
  

   stated 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Packard, 
  " 
  by 
  a 
  rusty 
  irregular 
  discoloration 
  of 
  the 
  bark 
  

   about 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  a 
  cent, 
  and 
  especially 
  by 
  the 
  ' 
  frass 
  ' 
  or 
  castings 
  which 
  

   to 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  or 
  more 
  are 
  attached 
  like 
  a 
  broken 
  corkscrew 
  to 
  

  

  * 
  Examples 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  collection 
  bear 
  dates 
  ol' 
  capture 
  from 
  June 
  asd 
  to 
  August 
  gth. 
  

  

  