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Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., vol. 25, 1873, p. 92 (erroneous identification, 

 =cuprioolli8 Gory). — AVickham, Bull. Lab. Nat. Hist., State Univ. 

 Iowa, vol. 1, no. 1, 18S8, p. 87. — Horn, Trans. Anier. Ent. Soc, vol. 18, 

 1891, pp. 296-297 (part).— Hattsen, Canad. Record Sci., vol. 5, 1892, 

 p. 52. — Stromberg, Canad. Ent., vol. 26, 1894, p. 36 (part). — Hamilton, 

 Trans. Anier. Ent. Soc, vol. 22, 1895, p. 364.— Smith, 27th Rept. N. J. 

 State Board Agric. for 1899 (1900), suppl., p. 257 (=coryli or ful- 

 gens). — Chittenden, U. S. Dept. Agric, Div. Ent, Bull. 22, new ser., 

 1900, p. 67 (part).— Ulke, Proc U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 25, no. 1275. 

 1902, pp. 21, 47 {=coryli or fulgens). — Fall, Ent. News, vol. 17, 1906. 

 p. 168.— Easton Psyche, vol. 16, 1909, p. 50.— Wickham, Bull. Lab. Nat. 

 Hist., State Univ. Iowa, vol. 6, 1909 (Author's ed.), p. 23 (identifica- 

 tion?). — Blatchley, Coleoptera of Indiana, 1910, p. 799. — Smith, Ann. 

 Rept. N. J. State Museum for 1909 (1910), p. 295 {=coryli or fulgens).— 

 Leng, Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc, vol. 18, 1910, p. 76.— Beal, U. S. Depr. 

 Agric, Bur. Biol. Survey, Bull. 44, 1912, p. 47. — Frost, Canad. Ent., 

 vol. 48, 1916, pp. 386-387 (=coryU Horn).— Chagnon, 9th Rept. 

 Quebec Soc. Protection Plants, suppl., pt. 3, 1917, p. 219. — Ruggles, 

 17th Rept. State Ent. Minn., 1918, pp. 15-19, text figs. 1-3, pi. 1, figs. 

 1-4 (life history).— Rohwer, Canad. Ent., vol. 51, 1919, p. 160 (para- 

 sites). — Nicolay, Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, vol. 14, 1919, p. 19. — Frost 

 and Weiss, Canad. Ent., vol. 52, 1920, p. 206 (part).— Knull, Ent. 

 News, vol. 31, 1920, p. 10 (part). — Britton, Conn. State Geol. and Nat. 

 Hist. Survey, Bull. 31, 1920, p. 244.— Mutchler and Weiss, N. J. Dept. 

 Agric, Bur. Statistics and Inspection, Circ. 48, 1922, pp. 5-7, figs. 2-3 

 (part). — Knull, Canad. Ent., vol. 54, 1922, p. 85 (part). — Brooks, 

 15th Rept. Northern Nut Growers Assoc, 1924, p. 73 (=torquatus 

 LeConte). — Knull, Ohio State Univ. Studies, vol. 2, no. 2, 1925, pp. 

 42-43, pi. 10, figs. 1-2 (part).— Chamberlin, Cat. Buprestidae, 1926, 

 pp. 51-52 (part). — Brooks, Journ. Agric. Research, vol. 33, no. 4, 

 1926, pp. 331-338, fig. 1-3 (=torquatus LeConte). 



Agrilus obliquus LeConte, Trans. Airier. Ent. Soc, vol. 11, new ser., 1859, 

 pp. 243-244. — Pettit, Canad. Ent., vol. 2. 1870, p. 102. — Crotch, Proc. 

 Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., vol. 25, 1873, p. 92.— Horn, Trans. Anier. Ent. 

 Soc, vol. 18, 1891, p. 297.— Kwiat, Ent. News, vol. 26, 1915, p. 237.— 

 Britton, Conn. State Geol. and Nat. Hist. Survey, Bull, 31, 1920, p. 

 244.— Criddle, 56th Rept. Ent. Soc. Ontario for 1925 (1926), p. 97. 



Agrilus torquatns Ruggles (not LeConte), 17th Rept. State Ent. Minn., 

 1918, pp. 15-19, text figs. 1-3, pi. 1, figs. 1-4. 



Agrilus politus Ruggles (not Say), 17th Rept. State Ent. Minn., 1918, 

 p. 15. — Wellhouse, Cornell Agric. Exp. Sta., Mem. 56, 1922, p. 1106 

 (part). 



Agrilus species Washburn, 24th Rept. Minn. Agric Exp. Sta., 1917. p. 47. 



Female. — Form moderately elongate, rather robust, rather strongly 

 shining, and feebly flattened above; head and pronotum uniformly 

 brownish cupreous; elytra black; beneath brown, with a feeble aene- 

 ous reflection, and more shining than above. 



Head with the front wide, slightly wider at top, than bottom, the 

 lateral margins feebly, obliquely expanded from bottom to top, with 

 a broad, shallow depression on the upper half, at the bottom of which 

 is a distinct, narrow, longitudinal groove extending from the occiput 



