INSECTS AFFECTING PARK AND WOODLAND TREES 



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Pine chrysomela 



Glyptoscclis pubcsccns Fabr. 



Thick, cylindric, brilliant, brassy, coppery hued, rather stout beetles occur on hard 

 pine foliage in May and June. 



This species ranges from Y% to 5/ l6 inch in length [pi. 20, fig. 7], It 

 was common on hard pines at Karner in June 1901, and occurred through- 

 out May, June and early July the following year. This insect ranges from 

 the Middle States to North Carolina and has been recorded from Oregon. 

 It appears to be a rather characteristic spruce and pine beetle, judging 

 from accessible records. 



Cryptocephalus schreibersii SufTr. 



A stout, yellowish brown beetle a trifle over inch long occurs 

 on hard pine. 



This stout yellowish brown beetle, only a trifle over 

 Y /% inch in length, was taken in small numbers on hard 

 pines at Karner in September. This species has been 

 recorded by Dr LeConte, from Massachusetts and Georgia, & 

 and Dr Smith reports it from several localities in New Fi a g i" s 6 s C c r h y r p e • bets' ^ 

 Jersey, and states that it occurs on hard pine leaves. enlarged (original) 



Cryptocephalus quadrimaculatus Say 



A small, stout, black, red-spotted beetle }£ inch long occurs on 

 hard pines in midsummer. 



This species was taken through June and in early July 

 1901, and the latter part of June 1902, on both scrub oak 

 Fig.217 crypto^ceph- and hard pine at Karner. It has also been listed from 



alusouadrimacu- T T . . 



1 at us, enlarged (orig- New Jersey tea (C e a no t h u s americana) and also on 



inal) . 



Rubus. Little is known of its life history. 



