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lected promiscuously. If it were not definitely known that this 

 variety had been introduced into this country in rose stalks, it could 

 easily be placed as a subspecies of politus. In fagi the prosternal 

 lobe is broadly rounded in front, whereas in politus it is usually 

 feebly emarginate, but rarely specimens are found in which the 

 anterior margin is subtruncate, and there will be some difficulty in 

 separating these examples from fagi. Genitalia with the sides more 

 parallel than in politic; otherwise they are very similar. 



71. AGRILUS POLITUS (Say) 

 Figure 52 



Buprestis polita Say, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. New York, vol. 1, 1825, pp. 251- 

 252.— LeConte, Say's Writings, vol. 1, pp. 387-388 (Bailliere Bros, ed., 

 1859; Cassino and Co. ed., 1883). 



Agrilus politus Say, Trans. Anier. Philos. Soc, vol. 6, new ser., 1836, p. 162. — 

 LeConte, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., vol. 4, ser. 2, 1858, p. 35 ; Trans. 

 Anier. Philos. Soc., vol. 11, new ser., 1859, p. 248 ; Say's Writings, vol. 2, 

 p. 596 (Bailliere Bros, ed., 1859; Cassino and Co. ed., 1883).— Horn, 

 Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 2, 1S68, p. 124. — Pettit, Canad. Ent., vol. 2, 

 1870, p. 102. — Provanchee, Petite Faune Entomologique du Canada, 

 vol. 1, Les Coleopteres, 1877, p. 359-360. — Hubbard and Schwarz, Proc. 

 Amer. Philos. Soc, vol. 17, 1878, pp. 636, 656.— Glover, Illustrations 

 North Amer. Ent., Coleopt, 1878, pi. 11, fig. 2 (no text ) .—LeConte, Bull. 

 U. S. Geol. and Geog. Survey, vol. 5, 1879, p. 504. — Zesch and Reinecke, 

 North Amer. Ent. (Buffalo, N. Y.), vol. 1, 1880, p. vii.— Lugger, Psyche, 

 vol. 4, 1884, p. 203. (This is egenus Gory.) — Chittenden, Ent. Amer., 

 vol. 5, 1889, p. 220.— Blanchard, Ent. Amer., vol. 5, 1889, p. 32.— Horn, 

 Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 18, 1891, pp. 315-316, pi. 8, fig. 7.— Hopkins, 

 W. Va. Agric. Exp. Sta., Bull. 32, 1893, p. 184.— Fall, Ent. News, vol. 5, 

 1894, p. 98.— Evans, Canad. Ent., vol. 27, 1895, p. 146.— Hamilton, 

 Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 22, 1895, p. 364.— Wickham, Bull. Lab. 

 Nat. Hist., State Univ. Iowa, vol. 3, no. 3, 1895, p. 38 ; Proc. Davenport 

 Acad. Nat. Sci., vol. 6, 1896, p. 152 (Author's edition). — Cockerell, New 

 Mex. Agric Exp. Sta., Bull. 28, 1898, p. 152.— Evans, Canad. Ent., vol. 

 31, 1899, p. 321.— Chittenden, U. S. Dept. Agric, Div. Ent., Bull. 22, 

 new ser., 1900, p. 68 (part).— Smith, 27th Kept. N. J. State Board 

 Agric. for 1899 (1900), suppl., p. 257.— Fall, Calif. Acad. Sci., Occa- 

 sional Papers, no. 8, 1901, pp. 23, 120.— Ulke, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 vol. 25, no. 1275, 1902, p. 47.— Knaus, Ent. News, vol. 13, 1902, p. 148.— 

 Skinner, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 29, 1902, p. 40.— Wickham, Bull. 

 Lab. Nat. Hist., State Univ. Iowa, vol. 5, no. 3, 1902, p. 269 (part).— 

 Young, 18th Rept. N. Y. State Ent. for 1902 (1903), p. 157.— Felt, N. Y. 



State Mus., Mem. 8, vol. 2, 1906, pp. 729, 741 (part).— ( ) Bull. Br. 



Columbia Ent. Soc, no. 2, 1906, p. 4 (reprint 1926).— Fall, Ent. News, 

 vol. 17, 1906, p. 168. — Fall and Cockerell, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 

 33, 1907, p. 181.— Wickham, Bull. Lab. Nat. Hist., State Univ. Iowa, 

 vol. 6, no. 2, 1909, p. 23 (Author's edition). — Easton, Psyche, vol. 16, 

 1909, p. 50.— Blatchley, Coleoptera of Indiana, 1910, pp. 801-802.— 

 Smith, Ann. Rept. N. J. State Mus. for 1909 (1910), p. 295.— Frost, 

 Canad. Ent., vol. 44. 1912, p. 248.— Gibson, 43d Rept, Ent. Soc. Ontario 



