produce the most serious effects on the animal 

 economy, and even death itself, under the most 

 afflicting circumstances. 



BUPRESTIS RUFIPES. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Eljtra, each with four yellow spots, of whicli 

 the basal one is longitudinal. 



SYNONYM. 



BupRESTis RuFiPES. Olw. Ifis. vol. ii. No. 32, 

 p. 16, pi. 7, fig. 73, a. b. Fahr. Si/st. Eleut, 

 pt. 2, p. 188, No. 13. E7icyc, Meth. No. 15. 

 Herhst, Natur. pt. ix, p. 79, pi. 140, fig. 3. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Body green, polished, slightly tinged with 

 brassy: head rough with deeply impressed con- 

 fluent punctures ; an obsolete impressed line on 

 the vertex, becoming elevated on the front: 

 antennx rufous : thorax with small distinct pro- 



PLATE XXVI. 



