a Lt pe 
p= Locality Total larvae - Larvae dead 
Number Percent 
Cross River, N. Y. 40 100.0 
Kensico Dam, Ne YY. BO bees ie dos 92.2 
eenet, NiAy Geletol bel fil peck 2< igi Sh stometes 
Pawericno,N, -Y:; ha Oil S750 
Winchester, Mass. 66 100.0 
Belmont, Mass. . 37 . Miss 
Newton, Mass. 38 1S: Das Oey 7. 

The collections from Belmont and Newton, Mass., were from Mugho 
pine and many of the infested tips were taken within a foot of the 
ground where they were probably protected by snow during part of the 
winter. In most of the collections a few of the dead larvae were 
dry or moldy, indicating that they died before the low temperatures 
occurred, but it seems safe to assume that at least most of the 
others were killed by the low temperatures. 
scolytid beetles continue breeding under bark.--W. J. Buckhorn, 
of the Portland, Oreg., field laboratory, contributes the following: 
"Bark beetles usually work for a single season in freshly killed 
trees, therefore the repeated breeding under dry bark is a most re- 
markable habit. Emergence of Carphoborus blaisdelli Sw. from a small 
section of sugar pine during the past month makes the fourth year of 
emergence from this Specimen. aA small section, 3 inches in diameter 
and 20 inches long, from the top of a young sugar pine was collected 
in June 1930, at which time it was just being attacked. The first 
emergence occurred in April 1931, and since that time whenever tem- 
peratures were favorable emergence has continued. Hach year the 
number of adults emerginy has increased approximately six times, 
with 16 beetles in 1931, 99 in 1932, and 664 in 1933, or a total of 
779 beetles. The 1934 emergence is now well under way and several 
hundred beetles have already emerged. The bark cf this small speci-~ 
men is now a paper-thin shell, and everything underneath down to the 
hard wood has been completely reduced to powder. 
When do Douglas fir snags fall?--J. 4. Beal, of the Portland, 
Oreg., field laboratory, re »orts that shurtly after the close of 
the Civil War a tremendous forest fire swept over thousands of acres 
of virgin Douglas fir timber in Columbia County, Oreg. Now, almost 
70 years later, this area is vartially restocked with young growth 
ranging in age from 1 to 50 years. Thousands of standing snags 
scattered over the area still remain, mute evidence of the disastrous 
fire. Some of these snags are still sound enough to be used for 
lumber. Many more are still highly desirable for fuel wood. The 
