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THE SCOLYTID BEETLES. 



Whenever the infested timber can be utilized for lumber the burning 

 of the bark and slabs is all that is necessary. 



BASIS OF INFORMATION. 



Information on this species is based on investigations by the writer 

 for the West Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station in many 

 localities in West Virginia, July, 1891, to December, 1896; for the 

 United States Department of Agriculture at Fletchers, N. C, July 

 and November, 1902; at Tryon, N. C, July, 1902, March, 1903, and 

 July, 1904; at Boardman, N. C, Inman, N. C, and Kirbyville, Tex., 



Fig. 31.— The southern pine beetle: Distribution map. (Author's illustration.) 



November, 1902 ; at Pink Beds and Pisgah Ridge, N. C, July, 1904; at 

 Virginia Beach, Va., November and December, 1907, and April, May, 

 and June, 1908; by W. F. Fiske at Tryon, N. C, March to September 

 and December, 1903, April to December, 1904, March to December, 

 1905, and May, June, and July, 1906; at Clyo, Ga., August, 1903; at 

 Pisgah Ridge, N. C, September, 1903, and September, 1904; at Corne- 

 lia, Ga., November, 1903; at Chicora, S. C, November, 1904; at 

 Call, Tex., February and November, 1905; at Beaumont and Dewey- 

 ville, Tex., Thomasville, Ga., Montgomery, Ala., Wilson and Singer, 

 La., and Pink Beds, N. C, March, 1905; at Ducktown and Wetmore, 

 Tenn., Ellijay, Ga., October, 1905, and Green Bay, Va., June, 1906. 

 Additional localities through correspondence and from other collections 

 are Calhoun, Ala. ; Green Bay, Cobbs Island, Glen AUen, and Auburn 

 Mills, Va.; Hampton, Ark.; Demorest, Ga.; Indian Territory, and 

 Haw Creek, Fla. The species is represented in the forest-insect col- 



