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A List of the BUPRESTID^ of New England. 



iW Frp:DERICK Jk.ANCHAKU. 



The present list of all the species of BupreslidLC known to me to 

 have been found in New England, at the same lime includes a strictly 

 local list, the species cjuoted from Massachusetts without any authority, 

 having occured in the immediate vicinity of Lowell. 



As bearing upon the local fauna it might be mentioned that the 

 Black Spruce grows near Low-ell only in cold swamps though generally 

 distributed farther north and in more elevated localities in this State. 

 The Poplar mentioned is probabl}- always the Popidus iremuhndes, al- 

 though the P. grandidentata is also credited to this locality. 



Two Buprestides only, appear to frequent herbaceous plants in such 

 a way as to indicate the probability of their breeding in them, namely, 

 Agrihis iiubellis and Pachyscelus luvigatus. It seems quite likely how- 

 ever that Taphrocerus gracilis may in this respect be classed with them. 



It will be observed that some sf)ecies are noted as occurring on 

 Pitch Pines and at the same time as breeding ui W hite Pines. ]\Iany 

 adult species frequent and feed upon the needles of the former, some- 

 times in very considerable numbers, while the White Pine yields very 

 few specimens of any kind in beating. 1 suspect that many species breed 

 indifferently in both ot the Pines mentioned. 



1. Chalcophora vvgmietisis, Drury. — Appears in the middle of May 



through June and into July and again in the Fall frequenting Pitch 

 Pines [P. rigida). A living specimen was dug from a White Pine 

 i^P. slrobus) stump in July. Another specimen is marked as taken 

 Oct. 17, Mass. 



2. C. libcria. Germ. — Appears with the above. One specimen is dated 



Aug. 2. A pair were once found dead in a Pitch Pine slump under 

 rather curious conditions. Their burrow s approached each other 

 obliquely and the two specimens were tightly wedged together at the 

 junction of the burrows about an inch from the outer opening. Mass. 



3. C. /or lis, Lee. — N. H. , Henshaw. 



4. Dicerca prolongala, Lee. — On trunks of}Oung Poplars and on Poplar 



logs in June. Mass., N. H. 



5. D. divaricala, Say. — June, July. Appears to breed in various decidu- 



ous trees. It has been dug from Red Maple {Acer rubruni) and 

 also from Poplar. Immature specimens have appeared in Sept. 

 Mass., N. H. 

 6. D. caudala, Lee. — Frequents Alders and Red Birches and is known 



to me to breed in the latter {Betula nigra). It appears in May, 



June, August and September. Mass. 



