98 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xxvi. 



July 5 (Smith) ; Lakehurst. July 22 (Davis) ; New Jersey. Great 

 Falls, July 4, adults found on pine slash (Knull) ; Virginia. Duluth 

 (Doggett) Minnesota. Cincinnati; Ohio. State College, July 19 

 (Knull) ; Harrisburg, July 31 (Knull) ; Pennsylvania. White Sul- 

 phur Springs, July 8, August 11, on pine (Robinson) ; W. Virginia. 

 Ottawa; White Fish Point, Lake Superior; Sudbury, Out.; Gory, 

 Ont. ; Levis Co. (Fyles) ; Vaudreuil'Co. (Ouellette) ; Montreal Island, 

 July (Beaulieu) ; Canada. 



On pitch pine. (Blanchard.) Breeds in decayed Piniis rigida 

 and z'irgiiiiana. (Knull.) This is the eastern form separated by the 

 convex alternate interstices of the elytral strire and the pronotum 

 usually being sinuate and with a distinct swelling at the base. 



Buprestis leeviventris (Le Conte), 57-43. 



pugctana Casey, 09-94. 



This is a western species which can be readily separated by the smooth 

 surface of the elytra, the variable yellowish markings usually uninterrupted 

 by the black striae and the feeble punctuation of the abdomen. This species 

 quite often has a distinct greenish luster. Length 14-20 mm. 



Records.— ]\It. Shasta. July: Northern California (Chamberlin) ; 

 Truckee, 5800 ft., August (Wickham) ; Weed, August (Chamberlin) ; 

 McCloud, July 2 (Van Dyke) ; California. Tacoma; Washington. 

 Oregon. Arizona. 



Numerous in northern California, prefers old dry logs and poles 

 without bark; eggs deposited in or on logs where there is no bark; 

 many taken on railroad ties and in dust along road. (Chamberlin.) 

 On Phuts pondcrosa. Yellow, lodgepole, digger and sugar pines 

 (Garnett). 



Buprestis confluenta Say, 23-159. 



confiiiens Le Conte, 59-206. 



tessellafa Casey, 09-104. 



Elongate, slightly more oval than preceding species. Above bright 

 emerald green to bluish, elytra thickly and confluently spotted with yellow, 

 striae closely and intervals sparingly punctate. Antennae green. Head and 

 pronotum green, coarsely and thickly punctured. Prosternum green, densely 

 and coarsely punctured at sides, less so toward center. Ventral surface green- 

 ish with coppery luster, abdominal segments sparsely and finely punctate. 

 Legs green. Males with broad yellow vitta extending from the anterior 

 margin of the prosternum to near the apex of the first abdominal segment; 

 females without pale markings. Length 14. 7-1 6 mm. 



