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THE SCOLYTID BEETLES. 
Whenever the infested timber can be utilized for lumber the burning 
of the bark and slabs is all that is necessary. 
BASIS OF INFORMATION. 
Information on this species is based on investigations by the writer 
for the West Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station in many 
localities in West Virginia, Jul}', 1891, to December, 1896: for the 
United States Department of Agriculture at Fletchers, X. C, July 
and November, 1902; at Tryon, N. C, July, 1902, March, 1903, and 
July, 1904; at Boardman, X. C, Inman, X. C, and Kirbyville, Tex., 
Fig. 31.— The southern pine beetle: Distribution map. (Author's illustration.) 
Xovember, 1902; at Pink Beds and Pisgah Ridge, X. C, July, 1904; at 
Virginia Beach, Va., Xovember and December, 1907, and April, May, 
and June, 1908; by W. F. Fiske at Tryon, X. C, March to September 
and December, 1903, April to December, 1904, March to December, 
1905, and May, June, and July, 1906; at Clyo, Ga., August, 1903; at 
Pisgah Ridge, X. C, September, 1903, and September, 1904; at Corne- 
lia, Ga., Xovember, 1903; at Chicora, S. C, Xovember, 1904; at 
Call, Tex., February and Xovember, 1905; at Beaumont and Dewey- 
ville, Tex., Thomasville, Ga., Montgomery, Ala., Wilson and Singer, 
La., and Pink Beds, X. C, March, 1905; at Ducktown and Wetmore, 
Tenn., Ellijay, Ga., October, 1905, and Green Bay, Va., June, 1906. 
Additional localities through correspondence and from other collections 
are Calhoun, Ala.; Green Bay, Cobbs Island, Glen Allen, and Auburn 
Mills, Va.; Hampton, Ark.; Demorest, Ga. ; Indian Territory, and 
Haw Creek, Fla. The species is represented in the forest-insect col- 
