BUPRESTIS NITIDULA. 



Order Coleoptera. Fam. Buprestidae Leach. 



Ttjpe of the Genus B. nitidula. 



BupRESTis Linn., Fab., Ss-c. 



Antennce inserted near the base of the clypeus^ short, somewhat 

 iilit'orm, serrated in both sexes, 1 1 -jointed, first joint long, second 

 and terminal joints small, ((j.) 



Labrum small, exserted, attenuated before, slightly emargi- 

 nate. (I.) 



Mandibles gaping, small, more or less obtuse, bifid towards the 

 apex. (2. the under side : 2. a. the upper side.) 

 Maxilla; small ; the ai)ex slightly bifid, hairy : Palpi filiform, 

 4-jointed, (irst joint very small, last slightly securiform. (3.) 

 Menfum oblong-cjuadrate : Palpi very small, approximating, 

 .'J-jointed, nearly concealed. (1.) 

 Head very retuse. Thorax short, broad, transverse, depressed, having 

 a mucronated process between the anterior pair of legs ; the posterior 

 margin straight andapplied to the base of the elytra. Scutellum some- 

 what triangular, small. Elytra elongated, trigonate, depressed, 

 entire, neither serrated nor spined. Wings two. Abdomen not formed 

 for leaping. Feet short ; tarsi ^> -jointed, articulated, broad cordate 

 trigonate, the last joint cijlindrir with si)nple claws. (5.) 



Nitidula Linn. Syst. Nat. 2. Gfi2. Fab. Ent. Syst. t. 1 . pars2.p. 211. 

 H. 123. 



Ovate, golden green. Head and thorax minutely and irregularly 

 punctured, the latter having a slight impression down the centre 

 and a foveola near the postt rior angle. P^lytra more green than 

 the rest, broader at the base than the tiiorav, attenuated towards 

 the apex, rounded ; rugose, j)uncture(l, having obscure striae ; 

 beneath green, very glossy : legs and antenna- black, tinged with 

 brassy green. 



In the Cabinets of Mr. Dale and the Author. 



The superb family of Buprestida: has recently hcvn divided 

 into several Genera, agreeably to the geograpliical distribu- 

 tion of the various groups discovered in the East and West 

 Indies, the Brazils, the Cape of Good Hope and New Hol- 

 land : the European species have also been divided, the cy- 

 lindrical ones B. vin'dis Linn, and B. bigattaln Linn, havin"- 



