NOTES ON THE GENUS BUPRESTIS LINNE IN 

 CALIFORNIA. 



By Richard T. Garnett, 



University of California, Berkeley, California. 



This genus is represented in California by seven species and 

 three varieties if the numbering of Henshaw's catalogue be 

 taken as gospel. B. fasciata var. langii LeConte is, however, 

 nothing but the female of the western phase of B. fasciata 

 Fabricius. I have before me a specimen of langii in which 

 the spots are identical with those of western fasciata, although 

 of an ivory color* instead of yellow. 



Three of our species are quite rare, two of these exceedingly 

 so, while the rest are either common or moderately so. 



The majority of the species work upon conifers, while two 

 are known to bore in broad-leafed trees. Variety langii is 

 also under suspicion of working on the latter, as it has been 

 taken resting upon the foliage of alders and willows. 



Buprestis aiirulenta Linn., 14-21 mm. in length, is quite 

 common in the Sierras and works in practically all of the pines 

 as well as Douglas fir, western red cedar, and spruce. It is 

 also found, but less commonly on the Coast belt, a specimen 

 sent to me by Mr. Freeborn of the Medical Parasitology depart- 

 ment of the University, having emerged in Berkeley. Specimens 

 in my collection were taken at Yosemite, Donner Lake, Inde- 

 pendence Lake, Calistoga, St. Helena, and Siskiyou County, 

 the dates ranging from June 8 to July 30. 



Buprestis laeviventris LeConte, 16-22 mm. in length, is 

 taken commonly throughout the Sierras, especially in the north, 

 and works on yellow, lodgepole, digger and sugar pines. Speci- 

 mens in my collection were taken at Eureka, St. Helena, 

 Mokelumne Hill, Sisson, Donner Lake, and Truckee between 

 June 18 and September 2. 



Buprestis maculiventris var. siiboniata LeConte, 17-20 mm. 

 in length is taken in the Sierras, in Northern California par- 

 ticularly, where it bores in Douglas fir, and has been taken 

 on the foliage of western yellow pine. It is moderately common 

 in some localities. Specimens in my collection were taken 

 at Donner Lake and in Oregon between June 10 and July 3. 



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