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this pile to collect only occasionally. Several hundred Chryso- 

 bothris, mostly C. caurina, were also taken at this wood. 



Thus California has within her borders over one-third of the 

 species of Buprestis north of Mexico, together with two varieties 

 of an eastern species. One of these species, B. fasciata Dej., it 

 is true is common to both east and west, but I think it may be 

 said without fear of contradiction that California has a greater 

 number of species of this genus than any other state in the 

 Union. 



