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presented me with a specimen of Agaeocera, which I took to 

 be A. gentilis Horn, but upon comparing it with the type, at 

 Philadelphia, I found it was an entirely different species 

 and have placed it as A. scintillans Water., previously re- 

 corded from Mexico. The specimen which I have, with 

 another identical specimen in the American Museum, bears 

 the following label: "Sabino Basin, Sta. Catalina Mts., 

 Arizona. July 8-20, '16. 3222' N. noi6.5 / W. About 

 3800 ft." Collected by Dr. Lutz. 



The species is easily distinguished from A. gentilis by its 

 prominent shining costae, narrower thorax, on which is a 

 median sulcus extending two-thirds from the base towards 

 the head and the presence of an elongated fovea on each 

 side of the thorax, which are lacking in gentilis. 



Dicerca pecterosa Lee. 



This rare buprestid has been bred from both peach and 

 prune, where the larvae work low down in the trunk, most 

 commonly in trees attacked by the peach root borer (San- 

 ninoidea opalescens) . It has been submitted from Roseburg 

 and The Dalles, Oregon, where it is causing considerable 

 damage to orchard trees. Much of the damage in this state 

 attributed to Chrysobothris femorata Fab. is in reality clue to 

 C. mali Horn and D. pecterosa Lee. The native host tree of 

 pecterosa is not known with certainty, although the author 

 collected one specimen in Grant County, Oregon, on lodge- 

 pole pine (Pinus contorta), where it was apparently oviposit- 

 ing. 



Melanophila pini-edulis Burke. 



This rare species has been recorded from Utah, Colorado, 

 Arizona, New Mexico, and California and Mr. H. E. Burke 

 gives Pinus edulis and Pinus sabiniana, as hosts. A speci- 

 men was taken from its cell in Jeffrey pine (Pinus jeffreyi) 

 at Waldo, Oregon, in March, 1914, by Mr. J. M. Miller, 

 thus giving a new host plant for the species and extending 

 its range into another state. 



