INSECTS AFFECTING PARK AND WOODLAND TREES 



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Xylotrechus sagittatus Germ. 



A slender, grayish brown beetle about ^ inch long occurs on pine in July. 



A single example of this interesting borer was taken at the base of a 

 dying white pine July 26, 1901 at Bath-on-Hudson. Dr Smith states that 

 this species is generally distributed, though rare in New Jersey. 



Batyle suturalis Say 



A small beetle % inch long with a dark head and thorax and lighter wing covers 

 and antennae, occurs on pine. 



This small longicorn, about ^ inch long, may be recognized by its 

 dark brown head and thorax, lighter wing covers and antennae. The head, 



thorax and wing covers are rather coarsely punctured and all, as well as 

 the antennae, are clothed with stiff, somewhat sparse hairs. A single speci- 

 men was taken on hard pine at Karner, June 26, 1901. 



Pogonocherus mixtus Hald. 

 A small, dark brown longicorn about %. inch long, occurs on hard pine and willow. 

 This beetle has a nearly black head and thorax, the latter with a con- 

 spicuous spine on each side and the wing covers are irregularly mottled 

 with black or dark brown, brown or grayish. It is abroad during June 

 and July and has been recorded as a willow borer. 



