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Lake, Diamond Head Trail near Squamish at 3,300 ft., Gabriola 

 Island, Lake Errock near Deroche, Robson, Seton Lake at Lillooet, 

 and Wellington); California (Big Tree Grove in Mariposa Co., Echo 

 Lake at 7,400 ft., Giant Forest in Tulare Co., near Glacier Point in 

 Yosemite Park, Huntington Lake in Fresno Co. at 7,000 ft., Kyburz 

 Sta., and Meadow Valley in Plumas Co. at 3,500 to 4,000 ft.) ; Colorado 

 (near Estes Park) ; "Hudson Bay Territory" ; Idaho (Boise) ; Manitoba 

 (Aweme) ; Montana (Columbia Falls) ; Oregon (Ashland, Eagle Creek, 

 Forest Grove, Klamath Falls, and Pamelia Lake at 3,000 ft. on Mount 

 Jefferson); Utah (Kamas); and Washington (Elbe and Hoquiam). 



Dates of collections are mostly during the summer months. The 

 earliest and latest dates are: May 6 at Workman Creek, Sierra Ancha, 

 Ariz.; May 20 and 26 at Aspen Grove, B. C; May 29 near Alpine, 

 Ariz.; August 19 on Diamond Head Trail near Squamish, B. C, at 

 Robson, B. C, and at Wellington, B. C; September 16 on Gabriola 

 Island, B. C; September 24 at Forest Grove, Oreg. ; and November 

 16 at Klamath Falls, Oreg. 



Figures 173, 174. 



-Localities: 173 (left), Neoxorides borealis; 174 (right), 2V. 

 caryae. 



Rearing records are as follows: 1 rearing from Melanophila drum- 

 mondi in Pseudotsuga taxifolia, 1 from a buprestid gallery in Pseudotsuga 

 taxifolia, 1 from Laspeyresia toreuta, 1 from Abies lasiocarpa, 1 from 

 Juniperus scopulorum, 1 from Larix, 1 from Libocedrus decurrens, 1 

 from Picea, 1 from Pinus ponderosa, 1 from P. scopulorum, 1 from 

 Pseudotsuga menziesii, and 4 from P. taxifolia. 



This species occurs in the western half of the continent, in the 

 Canadian and Transition zones. It parasitizes borers in various 

 conifers. 



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