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Sixty-four specimens have been examined from California, Oregon, 
Washington, British Columbia, and Alaska, seventeen of which were 
typical vexatrix and thirty-three grading from vexatrix through quadrillion 
to an entirely black form. 
Type locality: Alaska. 
(55) Anoplodera pubera Say, 1827, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., (2), vol. 2, 
p. 279. 
Length 8 to 12 mm. An entirely black, shining species with the apex 
of the elytra more strongly declivous than usual. 
Ninety-three specimens were examined from Kansas, Ohio, New 
York, Maine, Quebec, Ontario, and Manitoba. Other localities cited in 
literature: New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Northern Illinois, 
Michigan, Massachusetts, Georgia. 
Type locality not given. 
(56) Anoplodera vittata Swed., 1787, Act. Stockh., 8, 3, No. 3, 20. 
vitiata Oiiv., 1792, Enclyc. Method., vol. 7, p. 523. 
abbreviata Germ., 1824, Ins. Spec. Nov., p. 523. 
limbata Knoch., 1801, New Species of Insects. 
semivittata Kirby, 1837, Fauna Bor. Am., pt. 4, p. 183. 
nitidipennis Provancher, Petite Faune, vol. 1, p. 622. 
Length 10 to 12 mm. The elytra are elongate, but little narrowed 
behind, usually bicoloured, with sides, suture, and apex black and a test- 
aceous or reddish longitudinal, median vitta on the basal two-thirds. The 
testaceous vitta is occasionally reduced to a feeble basal marking, and we 
have seen two specimens with the elytra almost entirely testaceous. 
One hundred and sixty-four specimens have been examined from 
North Carolina, Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, Maine, Nova 
Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario, and Quebec. Other localities given in 
literature: New Hampshire, New Jersey, Virginia, Georgia, Alabama, 
Northern Illinois, Michigan, Louisiana, and Wisconsin. 
Host plants: “Hickory?” (Bland), Abies, Pinus, Juniperus, Castanea 
(Craighead). 
Lepiura nitidipennis Prov. The type could not be found in the Prov- 
ancher collection, Quebec city, and the species is included here with vittata 
Swed. 
“(22) Lepture 4 61ytres briUantes. Lepiura nitidipennis , nov. sp. 
Long. 40 pouce, Enticement noire. T4te noire, prolong^ en arriCe des yeux. 
Antennes assez longues, distantes & la basse, ina6r^3s tout pres des yeux. Prothorax eon- 
vexe, avec une impression profonde k la base, r6tr6ci et resserr£ en avant, & ponctuation 
peu denses, pubescent. Elytres subparallfeles, polies, brillantes, & ponctuations peu 
denses, arrondies et distinctement rebord6es a lextrCnitA Dessous k pubescence grise, 
courte, soyeuse. 
Assez commune. Tr&s rapprochee par la forme de la vittata , & P exception t utefois 
c’e la tete qui n’est pas prolong4e en arri&re des yeux et dont lea antennes k la base sont 
aussi beaucoup plus distantes que dans celle-ci. ,, 
(Leptura ) rufula Hald. The type in the LeConte collection belongs to 
the genus Acmaeops Lee. 
(Leptura) ignita Schaeffer. We have examined the type and, through 
the kindness of Mr. Schaeffer, we have one specimen before us. This 
species evidently belongs close to the genus Euryptera. 
The remaining genera of the tribe will form the subject of the second 
part of this paper. 
