been formed into another Genus; and Fabricius having long 

 since estabhshed the Genus Trachijs^ we had but one true 

 Buprestis (Salicis) known to inhabit this country until the 

 brilhant little species figured was detected by Mr. Dale and 

 myself the early part of last June in an excursion to the New 

 Forest: we beat four out of white -thorn flowers in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Brockenhurst in the heat of the day, at which 

 time they flew with great celerity. 



The larvae of this family live in wood, and are very destruc- 

 tive : in their oeconomy they resemble the CcramhycidcB, and 

 like them also they are frequently conveyed in an imperfect 

 state in timber from their native country; which accounts for 

 the splendid exotics belonging to these families that are occa- 

 sionally met with by Entomologists in this kingdom. 



Mr. Marsham in the 10th volume of the Linnean Transac- 

 tions relates an extraordinary fact concerning the longevity of 

 a species of this Genus [B. splendeiis Fab.); the perfect insect 

 was seen to emerge from a desk made of Baltic fir that had 

 been in the Office at Guildhall upwards of 20 years : it is 

 most probable that it remained in the larva state the greater 

 portion of that long period. The desk having been after- 

 wards planed, the passage which the insect formed was disco- 

 vered. — In the 1st volume of the same Transactions an ac- 

 count is also recorded in the Minutes of a species resembling 

 the B. canaliculata of Fab. having eaten through 15 pieces of 

 muslin from Bengal. 



Messrs. Kirby and Spence inform us that the brilliancy of 

 some of the eastern species has rendered them of value to the 

 ladies of China, whose dresses are embroidered with the re- 

 splendent elytra of the Buprestis vittata. 



CratcEgusOxT/acantha (Haw-thorn or White- thorn) is figured 

 in the Plate. 



