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Records. — Weed. August ; California. Kansas. Utah. Ore- 

 gon. Montana. Las Vegas Hot Springs (Schwarz & Barber) ; 

 New Mexico. Colorado Spgs. (Oslar) ; Colorado. Food plants are 

 Pimis pondcrosa (Chamberlin) and Douglas fir (Garnett). 



This variety can be readily distinguished from the preceding by 

 the uniform green to violet hue and the arrangement of the spots 

 on the abdomen. The species described by Casey are undoubtedly 

 individual variations. 



Buprestis maculipennis Gory, 40-119 (Plate I, Figs, i and 2). 



inconstans Melsheimer, 46-146. 



deficiens Casey, 09-90. 



fusiforniis Casey, 09-91. 



scripta Casey, 09-91. 



reducta Casey, 09-92. 



leporina Casey, 09-92. 



Elongate oval. Elytra black with a distinct brassy tinge, yellowish mark- 

 ings extremely variable ranging from a few scattered spots to large confluent 

 patches covering entire elytra except humerus, suture, lateral margins and 

 triangular spot in center running from lateral margins to suture and apex 

 which are brassy black ; striae finely and closely, intervals coarsely punctate. 

 Antennae brassy to piceous. Head densely and coarsely punctate (J') having 

 anterior portion yellowish with two central spots and small dot at base of 

 each antenna brassy black; ($) entirely dark except for small yellowish spot 

 between the eyes and antennae. Pronotum brassy black rarely with greenish 

 tinge, deeply to distinctly punctate, anterior angles yellowish. Under side 

 and legs bronzed often with a greenish tinge ; entirely immaculate to irregu- 

 larly spotted with yellow, deeply and distinctly punctate. Anterior margin 

 of prosternum entirely pale to dark with pale dots ; prosternal spine bronzed 

 rarely entirely yellow distinctly and sparingly punctate. Last abdominal seg- 

 ment with a transverse yellowish to orange-red spot at sides near base, in 

 rare cases entirely wanting. Males with last abdominal segment truncate, 

 females rounded. Length 10-14.3 "''i''''- 



Records. — Big Pine (Davis) ; Florida. Vowell's Mill (June) ; 

 Louisiana. Cape Henry; Virginia. Belleport, L. L, July 23, Au- 

 gust 30, occurs with Uncata but not so abundant (Nicolay) ; Mas- 

 sapaequa, L. L, June 29 (Shoemaker) ; Sandy Plain near Au Sable 

 Forks; New York. Pennsylvania. Jamesburg, July 2 (Davis); 

 Lakehurst, July 11 (Davis); New Jersey. Miller's, July 21 

 (Selinger); July 2, 11 (Liljebald) ; Mineral Springs, July 4 (L. & 

 G.) ; Indiana. White Sulphur Springs, July 18 (Robinson) ; West 



