FAMILY I5LI'Ki;.STlD/E. 83 



Bupi'c.stid?c. 



(ir.MS BUPRESTIS (Linn.). 

 Antennrc siihfiliform, serrated in both soxes ; b<is;tl juint elongate, subclavated ; terminal 

 one small. Palpi, inaxillar}' snbfiliform, the terminal joint slightly tumid ; labial, 

 minute, the labrum attenuated and slightly emargiiiated in front. Mandibles slightly 

 bifid at the apex : maxilla? small, somewhat bilobcd at the tip. Head deflexcd, ^hort, 

 rctuse : thorax with the posterior margin elosely applied to the base of the elytra ; 

 the latter elongated, trigonate, entire or serrated : legs slender ; tarsi with the pe- 

 nultimate joint bilobed ( Stephens). 



A. Elijtra dottate, and serrate at the apex. 



BuPRESTis (Chalcophora) viRGiNicA ( Drury). ( Plate v, fig. 5.) 



Form oval : color dark brown and sometimes almost lilaek, with brassy metallic reflec- 

 tions, more distinct beneath. Surfaces, above and beneath punctm-ed ; above, sculp- 

 tured in interrupted parallel lines. Top of the head deeply indented longitudinally ; 

 indentation linear, and extending to the front. Thorax marked by three distinct 

 eminences, one of which is central. Elytra margined, sculptured or interruptedly 

 ridged ; base coarsely plicated ; outer angle rounded and serrate ; inner angle ter- 

 minated by a very short spine : the under side is furnished with a short whitish down. 

 It is nearly an inch in length, and quite robust. 

 The larv?e inhabit pine trees, to which they are very injurious. The perfect insect ap- 

 pears in June. 



BuPKEsTis FULvo-GiTTATA ( Harris). B. umcricana (Kirlij'). 

 Above black bronze ; underneath metallic, gloss}", punctured. Scutellvmi ver)' small. 

 Thorax marked by waving transverse lines. Elytra granulated and ornamented with 

 six yellowish spots, but variable in number ; tops roiuuled : underside of the ab- 

 domen, near the extremity, thickly punctured. Length 3- to 1-tenths of an inch. 

 The forelegs in this species are without teeth. It is the B. dnnnmondi of the foiu-th vo- 

 lume of the Fauna Boreali Americana. 



Found upon trunks of the white pine in June. 



BupREsTis (Anoplis) fasciata ( Fab.). (Plate v, fig. 1.) 



Flatteneil above. Color fine brilliant green, nearly of one uniform tint, punctured above 



and beneath. Mandibles stout and black : eyes black, ovate : thorax has four slight 



depressions : scutellum small and triangular. Elytra finely lined, and marked by 



transverse yellow bands : the first is a mere oblong transverse spot, near the middle ; 



