BUPRESTIS. 
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point of size and splendor, though among them 
may be numbered several elegant insects. 
One of the largest is the Buprestis rustica, mea- 
suring about half an inch or rather more, and of a 
coppery colour, with several longitudinal furrows 
along the wing-shells, the thorax being of a deep 
blue-green, with numerous impressed points : it is 
found in woods. 
Buprestis salicis of Fabricius is much smaller, 
but of brighter colours; the wing-sheaths being of 
a reddish gold-colour, inclining to green towards 
the sutures, and the thorax bright green, with two 
impressed blue spots: it is sometimes found on 
willows. 
