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but the phase that is all black with the exception of the fasciae, 

 the P. obliquus Casey, as well as intermediates. Both phases are 

 to be met with in various parts of middle and northern California. 

 In Tulare Co., Qal., we have another phase or more properly a 

 geographical race. This is like obliquus except that the anterior 

 fasciae are wanting and the posterior much reduced. ■ This I would 

 designate as the variety posticus. I have at present before me 

 one from Camp Nelson, Tulare Co., Cal., collected July, 1913, 

 which will serve as the type and three specimens belonging to 

 Mr. Ralph Hopping. One of these is from Camp Greeley and 

 two from Colony Mill, Tulare Co., Cal. No true specimens of 

 P. varius Fab., with which the black phases of decussatus have 

 been confused, have been seen from the Pacific Coast. 



Phymatodes vulneratus Lee, 



This species likewise has several color varieties and also varies 

 greatly in size. In the cooler and more northern parts of its 

 range, it is apt to be all black with the exception of the fasciae, 

 while in the valleys bordering on San Francisco bay, the speci- 

 mens are more apt to have the base of the elytra, the meso- and 

 metathorax and the legs rufous. It breeds in the Douglas fir, 

 Pseudotsuga taxifolia Britt. 



Phymatodes ater Lee. 



Three specimens of this rare species, two received from Mr. 

 H. W. Wenzel, from Five Mile Beach, New Jersey, and one from 

 Mr. L. H. Weld, from Evanston, 111., show that this species be- 

 longs to the f asciate group of the genus. In one of the New Jersey 

 specimens, the fasciae are lacking as is the case with the Le Conte 

 type, in the other the anterior fasciae are well defined and the 

 posterior just vaguely indicated, while in the Evanston specimen, 

 both sets of fasciae are very distinct, very oblique, the posterior 

 almost as oblique as the anterior. The characteristic coarse 

 elytral punctuation which so readily distinguishes this species, is 

 equally evident in all three. 



Callimus hoppingi n. sp. 



Rufo-castaneous, elytra piceous except at base, suture and outer margin, 

 moderately pilose. Head finely, densely and shallowly punctured poste- 



