78-4 



FAMILY XXXIX. BUPRESTID.E. 



1480 (4598). 



298. 



BupRESTis RUFiPES Oliv., Nat. Hist, des Ins.. II, ISOl, 16. 



I{)longate. Above green, tinged witli brassy, 

 sliining; elytra siiotted as described in key; an 

 ((l)li(ine yellow strlije near margin of thorax. Be- 

 neath green, with a median stripe extending from 

 month to second ventral segment and a row of 

 small spots along the sides, bright yellow; legs and 

 last three ventral segments purplish-red. Thorax 

 one-third wider than long, disli sparsely and coarse- 

 ly punctured ; an impressed spot before the scu- 

 tellnm. Elytra witli narrow, deeply punctured stria^ ; 

 tips l)identate. Length 18-25 mm. (Fig. 298.) 



Southern lialf of* State; scarce. June 10- 

 Jiily 4. One of the most brilliantly colored 

 and handsome of our native beetles. Usu- 

 ally occurs on old beech or maple trees and 

 logs, in the wood of which the larvae live. 



B. fasciala Fabr., length 20-23 mm., is a southern species re- 

 corded from (Jineinnati. 



1490 (4G01). BuPEESTis lineata Fab., Ent. Syst, I, 1798, 192. 

 Elongate-oval. Above black, with a brassy tinge ; elytra each with four 



yellowish spots, one sub-basal, one before and another behind the middle, 

 the fourth and smallest suliapieal ; these spots sometimes united to form 

 two broad stripes ; beneath dull bronze, the head and front margin of pro- 

 sternum yellowish. Thorax strongly narrowing from base to apex, disk 

 sparsely, irregularly and coarsely punctured. Elytra striate, the striae fine- 

 ly punctate; intervals subconvex, very sparsely and coarsely pimctate; tips 

 bidentate. Length 11-15 nmi. 



Lake County; rare. June 29-July 25. 



1491 (4000). BupRESTis MACULivENTRis Say, 



Long's Exped. to St. Peters 



Riv., II, 1824, 272; ibid. I, 



178. 

 Elongate-oval. Black, tinged with bras- 

 sy ; front angles of thorax, a small spot above 

 base of antennse and a row of spots along the 

 sides of abdomen, reddish-yellow. Thorax at 

 base one-half wider than long, sides rounded 

 and suddenly curved downward in front of 

 middle ; disk coarsely, sparsely and unevenly 

 punctate. Elytra with finely punctured striae; 

 intervals subconvex, more coarsely punctate. 

 Length 10 mm. 



Putnam County ; rare. June 18. Pre- 

 sented by (xuy Wilson. 



1492 (4009). BUPRESTIS striata Fab., Syst. 



Eleut., II, 1821, 192. 

 Elongate-oval. Above brilliant green, the 



'! M i!) %i 5* 



III 1 1 



Rk. 299. (After Packard in Fifth Rep. U 

 S. Ent. Coram.) 



