VOL, V. BROOKLYN, DECEMBER, 1889. NO. 12. 
NOTES ON THE HABITS OF BUPRESTID&A. 
By Frank H. CHITTENDEN. 
In a list of the Buprestidae of New England published in the 
present volume of ENnromoLoGicA AMERICANA (p. 29) the author—Mr. 
Frederick Blanchard—remarks that many species noted as occurring on 
the pitch pine (Pimus rigida) and at the same time as breeding in the 
white pine (P. s/rodus) may breed indifferently in either. 
In my experience in collecting Coleoptera that infest these trees, I 
have noticed that while some species evince a preference—e. g. the wee- 
vil Pessodes sirobi tor Pinus sirobus, or the longicoin Rhagium lineatum 
for P. rigida—few, if any, are restricted to either tree, but in the event 
of a scarcity of the favorite food plant, will attack other Conifer. 
‘To the list of Buprestidze mentioned in the article referred to, as in- 
festing either P. rigida or P. strobus 1 acd the following : Chalcophora 
wrgimeensis, breeding in P. rigida, Dicerca punctwata, breeding in P. 
rigida, and frequenting the trunk and foliage of P. srobus, LBuprestis 
sériafa, breeding in P. rigida, and Chrysoiothris floricola, frequenting P. 
strobus. ; 
Unless otherwise stated the following mentioned species were col- 
lected at Ithaca, N. Y., on the dates given. 
Chalcophora virginiensis Drury, C. héerfa Germar, and C. fortis 
Lec., appear during the first warm days of May, when they may be seen 
on wails and fences or flying in the noon-day sun, Of C. /ééer/a I have 
a specimen taken April 3rd, 1882, both “éeréa and wirginiensis are 
common in May and June, they occur also throughout July, and have 
been taken as late as August. Fiom what I have been able to learn, it 
seems that these species disappear, practically, at the end of July and 
re appear in the fullowing Fall. ‘This would indicate that there are two 
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