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phorus hopkinsii Ashm., a common parasite of the adult, a species 

 of Eurytoma, a species of Lochites, Cecidostiba polygraphi 

 Ashm., C. dendroctoni Ashm., Decatomidea polygraphi 

 Ashm. The value of these insects in controlling this borer is shown by the 

 fact that Dr Hopkins believes them to be the principal natural agents 

 in checking the injuries to spruce in West Virginia between the years 

 1882-1889. 



Bibliography 



1893 Hopkins, A. D. W. Va. Agric. Exp. Sta. Bui. 32, p. 9, 12, 40, 41, 45, 98, 99, 102, 

 107, 205, 206, 209, 293, 349, 359, 373, 379, 384, 398, 399, 407 / 492, 493, 494 



1899 W. Va. Agric. Exp. Sta. Bui. 56, p. 235, 246, 251, 296, 299, 319, 346, 349, 



427, 428, 429, 447 



1903 Felt, E. P. For. Fish & Game Com. 7th Rep't, p. 513-15 



Spotted buprestid 



Melanophila fulvoguttata Harr. 



Flattened, white or yellowish spotted heetles about Y% inch in length, occur on 

 spruce and hemlock in July, and are the parents of an injurious flat-headed borer. 



This destructive beetle is sometimes very abundant in hemlock and 

 spruce. Specimens were taken on hemlock at Big Moose, July 6, 1903, and 

 a larva, probably belonging to this species, was met with 

 under somewhat moist spruce bark at Saranac Inn, Aug. 

 17, 1900. 



Description. The beetle is about z/% inch long, of 

 a dark metallic color with greenish reflections above the 

 mouth. The head, thorax and wing covers are marked 

 with somewhat coarse, irregular, transverse punctures, 

 Fig. 89 Mel an o p h i 1 a slightly resembling the graining of morocco leather. Each 



fulvoguttata, en- . , . . . 



largcd (original) wing cover bears three nearly circular or lenticular shaped 

 yellowish or white spots. The larva is of the ordinary buprestid shape 

 with a wide, flattened head. 



Life history and habits. Dr Harris records taking this insect from the 

 trunks of white pine in June, and Dr Hopkins states that in West Virginia 



