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BUPRESTID^. 



431. ChalcophoravirginiensisDiury, C. angulicollis Lee, C. marianaLinn. 



— These names in the catalojjues are specific. Numerous specimens of 

 virginiensis fmm the eastern Atlantic States to Florida ; of angulicollis. 

 from the Eoeky Mountains and Vancouver, and of muriana from Europe, 

 have been seen and compared, witli the result that there has been no 

 character observed permanent enough to more than separate them into 

 geographical races. The external sexual characters are apparently the 

 same. There are as valid reasons for making species of at least two 

 other forms which I have seen as of the above. 



C. virginiensis Dury, virginica Say, liberta (var. obscura), Fitch, novsebora- 

 ce«f;s Fitch. — Middle, Eastern and Southern States, LeConte; var. la- 

 CHstris Lee. (Crotch). Lake Superior. 



C. angulicoUis Lee, oregonensi.s Fitch. — Vancouver to New Mexico and 

 California. 



C. mariana Linn., hiiilca Pallas. — Europe, west Siberia (the Obi and tribu- 

 taries). T. Am. P. xi, 190; Pr. 1873, 84; Heydeu, 115. 



432. Melanophila appendiculata F-Ah. , longipes Sa.y, immaculata M■Al^n. — The 



Yukon. Sitklia, Vancouver to Hudson Bay and southward to Virginia, 

 Kentucky, New Mexico and southern California. Cuba; Kamtschatka, 

 Siberia, China, Europe. T. x, 104; T. Am. P. xi. 211 ; Col. Am., 85 and 

 108; Heyden, 117; Mann., 1852. 



433. M. guttulata (Jebl., discopunctnta Fald., Drummomh Kirby (Mannerheim's 



synonymy 1843 and 1853). — Exceedingly variable. The Yukon, Cali- 

 fornia, Rocky Mountains to New Mexico, Hudson Bay region. All Si- 

 beria, the Amur countries, Mongoha. T. Am. P. xi, 213; Col. Am., 108: 

 Heyden, 117; Hcydeii. 1885. 

 Obs. — Trachykele blonsdeli Mars., has been omitted from Cat. iv, as it 

 did not successfully acclimate in Europe when introduced. 



434. Anthaxia salicis Fab. — This brilliant little European species was taken 



by H. A. Brous, at Smoky Hill, Kansas, on a Malvaceous plant as re- 

 corded by Dr. Horn, T. x, 107. Its further occurrence has not been 

 noted. 

 Obs.— Other species of Buprestidse may prove to be same as the European 

 when enough of examples are examined, as Dicerca divaricata Say and 

 Buprestis furcatus Thunb., acuminata Pallas. 



LAMPYRID^. 



This family is not in great favor with collectors and systematic writers, and 

 while the more common and conspicuous species are superficially known, 

 a commencement of the study is about all that can be claimed. Only 

 two species, one of them introduced, have so far been idenli{ie<l with 

 European or Asiatic species; others may in time. 



435. Eros aurora Hbst.. coccinatus Say.— From Georgia to the Mississippi, 



northward to Hudson Bay and westward to Alaska (Wrangel Island^ 

 VVickham : Oregon, here in Pennsylvania). Europe, Algeria, eastern 

 and western Siberia. T. ix, 24; Heyden, 126. 

 43(). Lamprohiza {Phausis) splendidula Linn. — "Introduced from Europe, 

 and apparently naturalized in Maryland and Illinois," LeConte, ix, 36. 



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