BUPRESTID-BEETLES. 



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trees; or they are found running up and down the trunks, enjoy- 

 ing the sunshine. 



The eggs are deposited in the crevices in the bark of such 

 trees, also in that of the peach. Here they hatch, and the young 

 larvae eat their way through the bark, and hereafter live in and 

 destroy the sapwood underneath. The larva has the general ap- 

 pearance of a flat-headed borer. 



THE FLAT-HEADED APPLE-BOREK. 



(Chrysobothris femorata Fab.). 



The members of the large genus Chrysobothris are quite flat- 

 tened above ; the wing-covers possess irregular depressions and 

 elevations, and the pro-thorax has curved sides and is narrowed 

 behind. The species under discussion is well illustrated in Fig. 

 63. It measures from three-eighths to half an inch or more in 



Fig. 63. — Chrysobothris femorata. Fab. Enlarged. After Division of Entomo- 

 logy, U. S. Department of Agriculture. 



length, is of a flattish, oblong form, shines greenish-black, and 

 has three raised lines on each of the wing-covers, the outer two 

 interrupted by two impressed transverse spots of a brassy color, 

 which divide each wing-cover into three almost equal portions. 

 The under side of the body and the legs are of burnished 

 copper, the feelers are green. The insect varies . great- 

 ly in size, and there are a number of variations 

 found in the United States, some being very much brighter 

 in colors than others. The name, "flat-headed apple-tree borer," 



