April, ’18] 
BURKE: BUPRESTID NOTES 
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Chrysobothris trinervia Kirby.—South Dakota, Colorado; mines 
bark and sapwood of dying and dead limbs and trees; limber pine 
(Pinus flexilis) and western yellow pine ( Pinus ponderosa) ; according 
to Mr. B. T. Harvey this species kills young yellow pine saplings 
in the Black Hills of South Dakota by girdling them close to the 
ground; in the laboratory emerges in June, in the field flics in August. 
Chrysobothris breviloba Fall.—Colorado; mines bark and sapwood of 
dying and dead trees; western yellow pine ( Pinus ponderosa) ; accord¬ 
ing to Mr. B. T. Harvey this species lays its eggs between the scales of 
the bark; flies in July and August. 
Chrysobothris exesa Lee.—Arizona; mines bark, sapwood and heart- 
wood of dying and dead trees; mesquite ( Prosopis juliflora); young 
beetles found in the heart wood of dead trees in Februarv and March; 
in the laboratory emerges in June. 
Chrysobothris texana Lee.—Colorado; mines bark and wood of dying 
and dead trees; Mountain juniper ( Juniperus scopulorum). 
Chrysobothris gemmata Lee.—Arizona; mines bark, sapwood and 
heart wood of dying and dead limbs and trunks; mesquite ( Prosopis 
juliflora); present observations indicate that this species may kill 
branches and entire trees; the work causes severe injury to the wood. 
Chrysobothris merkelii Horn.—Arizona; mines bark, sapwood and 
heartwood of dying and dead stumps, limbs and trees; cats claw {Aca¬ 
cia greggii) and mesquite {Prosopis juliflora) ; may kill trees; young 
beetles taken from the wood in February. 
Actenodes calcarata Chev.—Arizona; mines sapwood and heartwood 
of dying and dead trees; palo verde {Cercidium torreyanum) and prob¬ 
ably bacchata {Zizyphus obtusifolia ). 
Acmceodera conoidea Fall.;—Arizona; mines dead flower stalks of the 
sotol {Dasylirion wheeleri) ; in the laboratory emerges in August and 
September. 
Acmceodera larrece Fall.—Arizona; mines heartwood of dying and 
dead stems of the creosote bush {Covillea tridentata) ; adults taken from 
the wood in January. 
Tyndaris olneyce Skinner.—Arizona; mines sapwood and heart wood 
of dead limbs; cats claw {Acacia greggii), mesquite {Prosopis juliflora) 
and palo verde {Cercidium torreyanum ). 
