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Frost (1920) also records it having been taken in Virginia during June by 

 Nathan Banks (probably near Falls Church). The Highspire, Pa., record 

 given by Chamberlin (1926) is an error. 



Valuations. — The color above is somewhat variable in different 

 lights, varying from a reddish cupreous to an olivaceous bronze, with 

 a more or less reddish reflection, and occasionally is sparsely clothed 

 with very short, inconspicuous hairs. The sides of the pronotum are 

 usually nearly parallel to each other along the apical half, but some- 

 times the pronotum is widest at the middle, with the sides regularly, 

 arcuately rounded. Length 6 to 8 millimeters. 



Host. — Beared from thorn (Crataegus sp.) by W. S. Fisher and 

 H. B. Kirk. 



75. AGRILUS CEPHALICUS LeConte 



Figure 56 



Agrilus cephalicus LeConte, Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc, vol. 11, new ser., 

 1859, p. 249.— Pettit, Canad. Ent, vol. 4, 1872, p. 99.— Horn, Trans. 

 Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 18, 1891, p. 336.— Frost, Canad. Ent., vol. 44, 

 1912, pp. 248-250. (Redescription).— Johnson, Ent. News, vol. 27, 

 1916, p. 117.— Gibson, 48th Kept. Ent. Soc. Ontario for 1917 (1918), 

 p. 112. — Knull, Ent. News, vol. 31, 1920, p. 10.— Britton, Conn. State 

 Geol. and Nat. Hist. Survey, Bull. 31, 1920, p. 244.— Frost, Canad. Ent. 

 vol. 52, 1920, p. 28.— Frost and TFeiss, Canad. Ent., vol. 52, 1920, p. 

 210. — Knull, Canad. Ent., vol. 54, 1922, p. 85. — Mutchler and Weiss, 

 N. J. Dept. Agric, Bur. Statistics and Inspection, Circ. 48, 1922, p. 8. — 

 Knull, Ohio State Univ. Studies, vol. 2, no. 2, 1925, pp. 48-49, pi. 1. 

 figs. 20, 29, 30.— Chamberlin, Cat. Buprestidae, 1926, p. 60.— Criddle, 

 57th Kept. Ent. Soc. Ontario for 1926 (1927), p. 54. 



Agrilus otiosus Stromberg, Canad, Ent., vol. 26, 1894, p. 36 (part). — 

 Chittenden, U. S. Dept. Agric, Div. Ent., Bull. 22, new ser., 1900, 

 pp. 65-66, 68, (part).— Felt, N. Y. State Mus., Bull. 180, 1916, p. 117.— 

 Frost and Weiss, Canad. Ent., vol. 52, 1920, pp. 205-206 (part).— 

 Mutchler and Weiss, N. J. Dept. Agric, Bur. Statistics and Inspection, 

 Circ. 48, 1922, p. 9 (part).— Felt, 35th Kept. N. Y. State Ent. for 1921 

 (1923), p. 90 (part). 



Agrilus sp. Hopkins, Insect Life, vol. 4, 1892, p. 258 ; W. Va. Agric. Exp. 

 Sta., Bull. 32, 1893, p. 184, (sp. c.) ; Insect Life, vol. 7, 1894, p. 198 

 (part). 



Female. — Form slender, similar to otiosus, slightly flattened above, 

 and moderately shining ; head uniformly brownish cupreous ; prono- 

 tum and elytra brownish cupreous, and the former feebly aeneous 

 toward the sides; beneath piceous, with a feeble greenish tinge, and 

 more shining than above. 



Head with the front broad, nearly flat, about equal in width at 

 top and bottom, the lateral margins feebly, arcuately expanded at 

 vertex, and with a more or less distinct, broad, longitudinal depres- 

 sion extending from occiput to middle of front; surface finely, 

 sparsely punctate, slightly rugose, the rugae irregular on front but 



