extraordinary skill as a marksman, has almost 

 passed into a proverb, in that country. I obtain- 

 ed two other specimens, during the progress of 

 Major Long's exploring party towards the moun- 

 tains. 



The thorax varies in being in some specimens 

 of a bright blue colour, in others purplish. 



The lower left figure. 



BUPRESTIS CAMPESTRIS. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Elytra serrate, quadrilineate 5 beneath canali- 

 culate. 



SYNONYM, 



BupRESTis Campestris. Nobis. Joiirn. Acad, 

 Nat. Sciences, vol. iii. p. 165. 



PLATE XXVI. 



