90 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xxyi. 



CONSIN. Sandy Plain near Au Sable Forks (Leng), June; New 

 York. May, rare (Blanchard) ; Mass. Breeds in pine. Beaten 

 from pitch pines and split from pitch pine knot. (Blanchard.) Food 

 plant, Finns rigida. 



This little species is one of the first if not the first buprestid to 

 appear during the spring in the Atlantic States. It is by no means 

 common but can be beaten from the needles of young healthy pines. 

 The earliest record for New Jersey is April 14. 



Buprestis maculativentris Say, 24-272. 



sexnotata Castelnau & Gory, 37-129. 



maculiventris G. & H., 69—1378. 



lecontei Saunders, 71-40. 



Elongate, slightly oval. Dorsal surface polished green to bronzed, shin- 

 ing. Elytra moderately smooth and evenly convex, not strongly furrowed, 

 sparingly punctate. Head densely and coarsely punctate, usually with a small 

 yellow spot above and with one or more spots between the antennas. An- 

 tenna bronzed to greenish. Pronotum coarsely densely and unevenly punctate 

 with a smooth median line. Anterior angles generally with a slight touch of 

 yellow but often immaculate, sides parallel, straight or broadly arcuate at or 

 before the basal half. Ventral surface and legs bronzed to greenish, deeply 

 densely and evenly punctate, immaculate except for a row of lateral yellowish 

 spots on abdomen. Length 14-20 mm. 



Records.- — ^Jackman (Harvey & Knight) ; Harrison, July (Pol- 

 lard) ; Monmouth, June 24, from dead stump of Abies halsamea, July 

 16 (Frost) ; Redding, July 14 (Frost) ; Wales, July 14 (Frost) ; 

 Maine. Summit Mt., Washington, July 2, 6290 ft. (Dodge) ; White 

 Mts. ; Sanborn, July, August; Jefferson, August (E. D. Harris); 

 New Hampshire. Lowell (Blanchard); Hubardston; Mass. Cat- 

 skill (Joutel Coll.) ; Whiteface Mtn. Trail (Davis) ; Saranac Lake 

 (Leng) ; Wilmington, August (Davis) ; Lake Placid, July 10 (Felt) ; 

 Keene Valley, July, August (Notman) ; New York. Pennsylvania. 

 Putnam Co., rare, June 18; Indiana. Pequaming, August 14 

 (Hebard) ; Point Abbaye, August 13 on hemlock (Hebard) ; Isle 

 Royal; Marquette, June 25, common in washup (Sherman); Mich- 

 igan. Duluth (Doggett) ; Minnesota. Keshena (Skinner) ; Wis- 

 consin. Mac Nabs Island; Nova Scotia; Halifax; Cape Bretton 

 (Leng); Hudson Bay Territory, Lake Superior; New Foundland 

 (Le Conte) ; Victoria Beach; Winnipeg, Man., August 7 (Wallis) : 

 Grimbsy, Ont., July 7 (Brimly) ; Aweme, Man.; Port Credit, Ont., 



