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5 Hound-headed appletree. borer, Saperda Candida Fabr. 

 Principal food plant: appletree. 



Treatment: Dig out borers, protect trunk with paper or wire 

 netting, use carbolic-soap washes. 



Chief accessible articles: Lintner, J. A., state ent. 5th rep't, 

 '89. p. 269-71; Chittenden, F. H. U. S. dep't agric. div. ent. Girc. 

 32, 2d s. '98. p. 1-8. 



6 Flat-headed appletree borer, Chrysobothris femo- 

 ra t a Fabr. Principal food plants : apple, pear and plum trees. 



Treatment: carbolic-soap washes, digging borers out. 



Chief accessible article: Chittenden, F. H. U. S. dep't agric. 

 div. ent. Circ. 32, 2d s. '98. p. 9-12. 



6a Peach tree borer, Sanninoidea exitiosa Say. 

 Principal food plant: peach. 



Treatment: Apply washes between June 5 and July 1 or use 

 protective bands and supplement by digging out borers. 



Chief accessible articles: Fitch, Asa. Noxious and other in- 

 sects. 1\ T . Y. list rep't, p. 108-117; Lintner, J. A., state ent. 8th 

 rep't, '91. p. 181-86; Slingerland, M. V. Cornell agric. exp. sta. 

 Bui. 176, '99, p. 192. 



7 Pear blight beetle, Xyleborus dispar Fabr. Prin- 

 cipal food plant: peartree. 



Treatment: Cut and burn infested limbs, keep trees vigorous. 



Chief accessible articles: Lintner, J. A., state ent. 7th rep't, 

 '91. p. 348-51; Hubbard, H. G. U. S. dep't agric. div. ent. Bui. 

 7, n. s. '97. p. 22-23. 



8 Fruit tree bark beetle, Scolytus rugulosus Ratz. 

 Principal food plants: peach, plum, cherry trees. 



Treatment: Cut and burn badly infested limbs, keep trees 

 vigorous. 



Chief accessible articles: Lintner, J. A., state ent. 4th rep't, 

 '88. p. 103-7; Chittenden, F. H. XL S. dep't agric. div. ent. Circ. 29, 

 2d s. '98. p. 1-8. 



9 Eose beetle, Macrodactylus subspinosus Fabr. 

 Principal food plants : fruit trees and rosebushes. 



