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Fifteen specimens were examined from California, Washington, and 
British Columbia. Other localities cited in literature: Nevada and Oregon. 
Host plants: Finns ponderosa Laws., Ts'uga, Abies (Craighead). 
Type locality: Shoal water bay, Ore. 
(31) Anoplodera insignis Fall, 1907, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc., vol. XXXIII, 
p. 251. 
Length 20 to 25 mm. This species, although resembling valida Lee., 
may be easily distinguished by its rounded elytral apices. It is apparently 
very local in its distribution. 
Only four specimens were seen, all from Monterey, California. 
Type locality: Monterey, California. 
(32) Anoplodera obscura n. sp. 
Length 17 mm., length of elytra, 11 mm., width of elytra, 5 mm., 
width of pronotum, 3-5 mm., length of pronotum, 3 mm. Colour reddish 
throughout, with eyes and indistinct transverse markings on the elytra 
black. Head closely punctured, tempora inflated and strongly constricted, 
eyes rather coarsely granulate, strongly emarginate, the dorsal lobe rela- 
tively narrow, antennae stout and short, less stout than in crassicornis and 
not serrate; the pronotum with broad median and lateral impressions, and 
oblique subcarinate elevation on each side before the middle, punctures 
small, rather sparse on centre of the disk, close in front and on the sides, 
with deep apical and basal transverse impressions, the apical impression 
roughened by punctures; the seutellum closely punctured, broadly rounded 
at the apex; the elytra with the sides parallel, the apex rounded at the 
outer angle, feebly mucronate at the sutural angle; punctures small and 
close, pubescence short, pale, suberect, two feeble cost® on each side, the 
sides and base mostly yellowish, the disk reddish, with antemedian and 
median lateral black spots merging into the dark reddish disk, which be- 
comes darker behind, suggesting a normal colour pattern of three oblique 
black bands on a yellow or reddish background. 
This species is closely allied to valida Lee. and insignis Fall through 
the characters of the pronotum and the base of the elytra. The pronotum in 
these species is subquadrate, moderately convex, strongly impressed in front 
and behind, along the middle line and on the sides of the disk; the fore- 
coxal cavities are completely closed behind, and the first segment of the 
hind tarsi is densely pubescent beneath. 
Holotype, 9, Blue mountains, Wash.; C. V. Piper, 21-vii-96, (16). 
In the collection of the U.S. National Museum, Washington, D.C. 
(33) Anoplodera aspera Lee., 1873, S.M.C., No. 264, p. 228. 
var. parkeri Hipp., 1822, Can. Ent., vol. XIV, p. 66. 
Length 10 to 14 mm. This species is easily recognized by the opaque 
lustre and the peculiar granulate punctation of the elytra. It is usually 
entirely black, but two specimens have been seen from Terrace, B.C., of 
the type of parkeri Hipp., and also one other with the elytra reddish- 
testaceous. These specimens, kindly loaned by Mr. C. A. Frost, appear to 
be identical with aspera Lee. except for the lighter colour on the elytra, a 
character of doubtful value in this genus. 
