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its name. The larve are provided with rudimentary legs. Its 
peculiar habits and the nature of its injury were first described by 
Peck in 1819, although Fabricius had described the adult at a 
still earlier date. 
103. The species has been discussed under the following names: 
Stenocarnus villosus Fabr., Stenocarnus putator Peck, Elaphidion 
parellelum Newman, Elaphidion putator Peck, and Elaphidion 
villosum Fabr. 
104. The dark brown, slender, cylindrical beetle, covered 
with a mottled grayish pubescence, appears in early summer and 
usually deposits the eggs in a tender branch. The larva first feeds 
by burrowing the tender branch toward the main limb. On reach- 
ing the latter, it tunnels through the wood or pith, and when about 
half grown, cuts the twig partially off at the lower end of the bur- 
row. This it does by eating away the wood from the inside, but leav- 
ing the bark and enough wood 
to keep the twig from breaking 
until dry. The larva retreats 
up the limb, and plugs the hole 
below it with sawdust and 
wood fiber. The first strong 
wind breaks off the twig, 
carrying the voluntary pris- 
oner to the ground with it. 
Here the larva lives, feeding 
upon the dead wood until the 
next summer, when it pupates 
and the mature beetle emerges. 
105. In some seasons this 
pest is so abundant that the 
fallen twigs can be_ picked 
from under the trees by the 
wagon load. If these are 
gathered and burned while the 
larve are still within, the 
number of beetles present 
Ciminy Uncle Sinks Bnkenalogist, the next season will be greatly 
Fig. 10. reduced. This is the only 
Gale sacar anes tae Salaeed: method of control that can bq 
After S. A. Forbes. suggested, with the addition 
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