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682 FIFTH REPORT OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL COMMISSION. 



T. B. Ashtoa informs me that be once found the fragments of one of 

 these beetles in the interior of a pine log. I hav'e met with it, in two 

 instances, stationed at the tips of the limbs of young spruce trees in 

 my yard, and it is probable that in its perfect state it feeds upon the 

 tender young buds of the pine and the spruce." (Fitch.) 



Mr. George Hunt tells us that it occurs on 

 ^^^ ^'""^^-^r-- ^^^ white pine and yellow pine (P. rigida) in 



\ /^' ,k' / northern New York. 



\\ " \ Le Conte states that it inhabits the Mid- 



KC;;^ . ^_ ] die States, Canada, and the Lake Superior 

 ■'j ^^ region. It varies in brilliancy of color ; the 



/"viililiiii I i male is narrower than the female, and has 



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I ! the tip of the abdomen more distinctly trun- 

 I cate, or, rather, more broadly rounded. 

 n ^ ? I i ' :^ j I I Allied to this species is Buprestis lauta 



i j (Le Conte), which is abundant in Washing- 

 I i ton and Oregon ; while we have received it 

 I from Utah, through Mr. J. L. Barfoot, cura 

 J/ vv , ) / tor of the Salt Lake Museum. It has also 

 ^ x^l I / been detected by Prof. F. H. Snow at Santa 



'"\iiy Fe, N. Mex. The male is a little narrower, 



Fio. 22z.-Buprestis striata.— says Le Conte, than the female, but the tip 

 Smith del. of the abdomen is somewhat truncate in both. 



Buprestis radians (Le Conte) also inhabits Oregon. It is shaped like 

 the male of B. lauta, but may be known by the very hairy front and 

 prosternum. The tip of the abdomen is somewhat truncate. 



Nearly allied to the two last named is B. adjecta (Le Conte) from 

 Oregon. It is said by Le Conte to be broader even than the female of 

 B. lauta, with intermediate elevated ridges on the elytra ; the tip of 

 the latter is distinctly bidentate, while the abdomen is less strongly 

 punctured and scarcely truncate. 



11. The ultramarine buprestis. 

 Buprestis ultramarina Say. 



This species has been found by Fitch in the middle of July in a forest 

 of pines and other trees, and is probably a pine insect. It is said by 

 Le Conte to be a broader form than B. decora Fabricius, to which it is 

 allied, with the intervals of the elytra less irregularly punctured, espe- 

 cially towards the suture, with the tips rounded, or haxdly truncate, 

 not bidentate as in that species. The abdomen is broadly rounded at 

 the apex. The following description is quoted from Fitch's Fourth 

 Eeport : 



The Ultramarine Buprestis is half aa iuch long aud of a brilliant green color tinged 

 with golden yellow, the sides of the thorax being pure golden, with also a stripe 

 along the middle, where is a very slight wide groove, scarcely obvious. The wing- 



