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A List of the BUPRESTID of New England. 
By FREDERICK BLANCHARD. 
The present list of all the species of Bupreside known to me to 
have been found in New England, at the same time includes a strictly 
local list, the species quoted 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 Lowell only in cold swamps though generally 
distributed farther north and in more elevated jocalities in this State. 
The Poplar mentioned is probably always the Populus tremuloides, al- 
though the P. grandidenta/a 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, 
Agrilus imbellis and Pachyscelus levigatus. It seems quite likely how- 
ever that Zaphrocerus gracilis may in this respect be classed with them. 
It will be observed that some species are noted as occurring on 
Pitch Pines and at the same time as breeding in White Pines. Many 
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, I suspect that many species breed 
indifferently in both of the Pines mentioned. 
1. Chatcophora virginiensis, 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 
(P. s/robus) stump in July. Another specimen is marked as taken 
Oct. 17, Mass. 
2. C. hber/a, Germ.—Appears with the above. One specimen is dated 
Aug. 2. A pair were once found dead in a Pitch Pine stump under 
rather curious conditions. Their burrows 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. fortis, Lec.—N. H., Henshaw. 
4. Dicerca prolongata, Lec.—On trunks of young Poplars and on Poplar 
logs in June. Mass., N. H. 
5. D. divaricata, Say.—June, July. Appears to breed in various decidu- 
ous trees. It has been dug from Red Maple (Acer ruérum) and 
also from Poplar. Immature specimens have appeared in Sept. 
Mass, NN. H. 
6. D. caudata, Lec.—Frequents Alders and Red Birches and is known 
to me to breed in the latter (Bef/ula nigra). It appears in May, 
June, August and September. Mass. 
