2 53 Rev. Mr. Kirpy’s Obfervations upon Infects that prey upon Timber, 
appearance. This advice was purfued, and the dock-yard timber 
received no further injury. ! 
We have fo few fpecies of the genus Buprefis in England, and 
‘thofe that we have are fo feldom met with, that it is no wonder if 
the habitation of their larva is not commonly known ; both De 
Geer (a), and Geoffroy (4), however, are of opinion that they are in- 
habitants of wood. But the timber-merchant and the builder have 
no greater énemies than the genuine Cerambyces, under which genus I 
. would, with De Geer (c), include thofe only which have reniform or 
lunar eyes, excluding C. Curfor, Lamed, meridianus, Inquifitory &c. and 
taking in Leptura Alni, arcuata, arietis, myftica, preeufla, &c. of Linn. 
'Thefe infects, as far at leaft ae we are acquainted. with them, not 
only devour the furface of the wood that lies under the bark, but 
penetrate deep and in all directions into the folid timber. What 
havock muft the larva of fo large an infeét as Cerambyx coriarius 
make in an oak tree(d)! I have taken the pupa of Cerambyx ar- — 
 euatus out of the heart of a folid piece of the fame timber, which ^ - 
had been perforated by that infect in all dire@tions. Once in the 
height of fummer, when the mid-day. fun fhone out warm, I was 
very much entertained with feeing feveral of thefe fine infects fly 
down upon a pollard oak that had been felled and the bark left 
npon it, and run all over it with great velocity, omes it is probables 
& place proper for depofiting their | eggs. 
. Amongft the Cerambyces of this country, 1 ii ingentous Mr. s 
van, in his elegant ie upon M Infe&s (e), has figured C. vios = 
(a) De Geer, Toa Wee 131. 
(4) Gezfr. Tom. i. Cucujus. m r. P* 125. n. 2. p. 126. 
. (c). De Geer, Tom. v.. p. 55, 56. 
(4) Habitat in betulis putridis. Linn. Syf. Nat. But I have known: it cut out Gas oak. 
(e) Donsv. Brit. Inf. Vol, ii. p. 73 Tab. 61. fig. r. 
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