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Dyke has authentic records of this species being dug from its 

 pupal cells in Douglas fir. It is very probable that it also 

 breeds in yellow pine. They are often seen on the bright green 

 leaves of the poplars and willows, seeking these resting places 

 because of the protection they afford. 



15. Buprestis lauta Lee. (B. amlenta Linn.) 



Probably one of the most common species from Canada to 

 Southern California. This species breeds in Douglas fir, 

 yellow, lodge pole, sugar and Monterey pine, and western red 

 cedar. The last named host is an Oregon record, the author 

 having dug an adult male from a fallen Thuja pllcata log on 

 the Coast Mountains in April, 1914. 



16. Buprestis confluens Say. 



This is ordinarily a Great Basin species, but Dr. Van Dyke 

 states that it has been taken in the vicinity of Lake Tahoe, 

 California, on one or two occasions. Breeds in poplar. 



17. Buprestis adjecta. 



One taken on an electric light pole July 20, 1915, at Weed. 

 Occurs from Washington to Tulare County, California. Prob- 

 ably breeds in yellow, Jeffrey and lodge pole pine. 



18. Melanophila consputa Lee. 



This species was very numerous and caused considerable an- 

 noyance to the men employed about the mill pond by alighting 

 on the neck, hands and arms and biting. Most of the 78 spec- 

 imens gathered were taken resting on the logs floating in the 

 mill pond, though some were secured from the stacks of cord 

 wood. A most variable species ; in markings it varies from sol- 

 id black to dull bronze and may have from two to fourteen 

 bright or dull yellow spots on the elytra. In size it ranges 

 from 4.5 mm. to 14.75 mm - m length, and from 2 mm. to 5.4 

 mm. in width. The females are larger than the males, as in 

 most species of this family. Breeds in yellow pine. 



I 1 .). Melanophila longipes Say (acnminata De G.) 



Twenty-four specimens of this species were taken about 

 the log pond. They were even more of a nuisance than M. 

 consputa. Their bite is not just what one would call agree- 



