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FEMALES LESS PRECOCIOUS THAN MALES. 



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 conditions at French Creek, W. Va. } in 1914, 1915, 1917, and 1918. 



SEASONAL PHENOMENA OF THE HOST TREES AS AN INDEX TO 

 THE TIME OF DEVELOPMENTAL CHANGES OF THE INSECT. 



Since this borer occurs in North America from southern South 

 Carolina and Texas northward into Canada the calendar dates of its 

 metamorphic changes in different latitudes must vary considerably. 

 There must also be a considerable yearly variation in the dates of 

 these changes in any given locality, due to the early or late advent of 

 spring. 



In the rearing work with this species it was found that between 

 Demorest, Ga., and Winthrop, Me., there was a difference in time of 



