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versity, October lo (Trimble) ; Sierra Nevada ^Its., summit, Lake 

 Tahoe; California. Helena, July lo (Mann); Montana. Nevada. 

 King County, 2800 ft. August 5; Tacoma, September 14 (Fernecke); 

 Port Townsend; Seattle; Washington. Moscow ]Mts., July 8; 

 Idaho. Kansas. Glacier B. C. (Schaeft'er); Beaverfoot Range, 

 Rocky Mts. (Wenman) ; Field, B. C, August i (Brown) ; Beaver 

 Mouth, B. C, July 14; Peachland, B. C, August 3 (Wallis) ; Golden, 

 B. C, August, Latitude 54, B. C. ; Cross Lake, Oxford House, Man, 

 (Bell); Cumberland House, Saskatchewan; Vancouver Is.; Canada. 

 Abundant in pine woods of Oregon and Washington. (Packard.) 

 Rather abundant in certain situations; of 79 specimens collected 63 

 were taken feeding on the needles of Piiiiis ponderosa; many ob- 

 served copulating during August; breeds in yellow pine and Douglas 

 fir and occurs in all northern counties of California. (Chamberlin.) 

 Pscudotsugce taxi folia, Abies grandis. 



This is a geographical variety of the preceding, from which it can 

 be readily separated by the strong elytral furrows, broader form 

 and blackish coloration. Although confined to the west, it has a 

 wide range north and south, examples having been taken from British 

 Columbia to New Mexico. This form has recently been split into a 

 number of species but the characters by which they are separated 

 such as impression along the pronotum and shape of thorax are vari- 

 able and unreliable. 



Buprestis maculativentris var. subornata (Le Conte), 59-20S. 



rubronotans Casey, 09-97. 



adonea Casey, 09-97. 



histrio Casey, 09-98. 



piinctiventris Casey, 09-99. 



violescens Casey, 09-99. 



Broad, moderately convex. Dorsal surface green to dull metallic green 

 or violaceous, slightly shining. Elytral intervals strongly and alternately 

 convex, sparsely punctate. Head deeply and distinctly punctate, anterior 

 portion variously marked with orange-yellow. Antennae green to dark green- 

 ish black. Pronotum coarsely, distinctly and unevenly punctate with a 

 smooth median line, sides nearly straight, often broadly arcuate at basal half, 

 anterior angles orange-yellow. Ventral surface and legs metallic green to 

 bronzed, moderately coarsely and closely punctate ; immaculate except for 

 two discoidal orange-colored spots on each abdominal segment more or less 

 connected with the lateral ones. Last segment truncate in female. Length 

 17-19 mm. 



