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CRYPHALUS (?) MAJOR, MS. et 
THE LONG-NEEDLED PINE LARGE CRYPHALUS. 
Plate XVII, fig. 1, a, b, c, d, g. 
Reference :—Provisionally named as Cryphalus (?) major, MS. 
Classification :—Order, COLECPTERA. Family, Scolytide. 
Sub-Family, Tomicini. 
Tree attacked :—Pinus longifolia. .« 
Description. 
Beetle.—General colour black or brown; surface densely 
clothed with light yellow hairs, The club of antenna is oval, 
narrower above, and with 4 articulations. Funiculus is_ five- 
jointed. Thorax slightly broader than long, 
The male and female are, I think, of different colours. 
3. Yellowish-brown in colour. Thorax with prominent spiky 
spines on its upper two-thirds. The lower third and elytra 
pitted. Insect covered with whitish hairs. 
?. Slack, shining, the upper two-thirds of prothorax covered 
with a dense felted mass of yellow hairs and with a few spiky 
spines. Lower third of prothorax and the elytra pitted and 
clothed with dense short yellow hairs anda few lighter coloured 
longerones. Length ;%th inch. In the specimens obtained the 
? appears to be somewhat larger than the @. Pi. XVII, fig. 1, 
a, b, shows the g and @ of this insect. 
Life History, 
This beetle is the larger of the two species of Cryphalus 
which have been found attacking the Pinus longifolia. It is 
often to be found in the smaller twigs of the tree in company 
with its more minute companion Cryphalus longifolia, but it 
goes lower down these branches and alse attacks the main 
stem as well as the side branches of saplings, It apparently 
prefers dying but still green trees. : 
The insect was found at the end of the first week in June 
burrowing into branches of old trees in which it was laying its 
