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Oeographic Range. Saskatchewan basin ; Ottawa, Canada ; New 

 Hampshire; Vermont; New York; Mich.; Wis.; Duluth, Minn. (Wol- 

 cott) ; Colo.; Arizona; New Mexico; Idaho; Wash.; Oregon; Calif.; 

 "Northern U. S. generally." 



40. Affriotes limosus Lee. Taken on flowers of the Cow Parsnip 

 (Heracleum lanatitm) in the clearing at the Light-house (I, 7) on 

 July 17 (G. 105) and on July 23 (G. 136). Five specimens. 



Geographic Range. Newfoundland; Mt. Washington (summit), N. 

 H. ; Ottawa, Canada ; Lake Superior ; Saskatchewan basin ; Michigan ; 

 Wisconsin; 



41. Melanotus paradoxus Melsh. A. One taken about the camp 

 at the Lighthouse (I, 7) on July 11 (G. 49), and near Lake Desor 

 (VII, '04) on August 21 (A. 139). 



Oeographic Range. Isle Eoyale, Mich. ; Colorado ; New Mexico 

 (Snow). 



42. Goryinbites medianus Germ. One taken on the beach south of 

 Tonkin Bay (I, 1) on July 10 (G. 41), "crawling over the sand in a 

 shaded place near a rock cliff." Gleason. 



Geographic Range. Ottawa, Canada; Mt. Washington (summit), N. 

 H. ; New York; W. Penn.; Michigan; Wisconsin. 



43. Corymhites aeripennis Kby. One taken at Scovill Point (IV, 

 1) on July 19 (G. 130). 



Geographic Range. Ottawa, Canada ; Nova Scotia ; Maine ; Mt. 

 Washington, N. H. ; New York ; Mich. ; Wis. ; Colo. ; New Mexico ; 

 Idaho; Oregon; Brit. Columbia. 



44. CorymMtes aratus I^ec. On July 19 one was taken at Tobin 

 Harbor (A. 29). 



GeograpMc Range. Canada; Lake Superior; Michigan; No. Wis- 

 consin. 



Buprestidae. 



45. Dicera prolongata Lee. A. Two were taken about camp at 

 the Light-house (I, 7) on July 10 (G. 45) and on July 15 (G. 86). 



Geographic Range. Saskatchewan basin; Ottawa, Canada; New 

 Hampshire; Mass.; New Jersey; Mich.; Wisconsin; Nebraska; Kansas; 

 Colo.; New Mexico; Idaho. 



46. Dicera tenebrosa Kby. Taken about the camps at the Light- 

 house (I, 7) on July 25 (G. 153), and at Siskowit Bay (V, 3) on 

 August 7 (G. 212), and 15 (G. 239). 



Geographic Range. Ottawa, Canada; Lake Superior; Mt. Washing- 

 ton, N. H. ; Mass.; Mich.; Duluth, Minn. (Wolcott) ; Wisconsin; 

 Colorado. 



47. Buprestis maculiventris Say. A. This was the most abundant 

 species of the family, and was very abundant about the camp on Sis- 

 kowit Bay (V, 3) during August; others were taken at the Light-house 

 clearing (I, 7) during July (G. 86, 117, 179, 195, 212, 222, 231), (A. 

 152). 



Food plants. Beetles have been found on balsam and spruce, and 

 emerging from pine timber. (Felt^ 1906, p. 674.) 



Geographic Range. Newfoundland ; Ottawa, Canada ; Lake Superior 

 region; Mt. Washington (summit), N. H. ; Vermont; Mass.; New York; 

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