FAMILY BUPRESTID^. 83 



Buprestidse. 



Genus BUPRESTIS (Linn.). 

 Antennse subfiliform, serrated in both sexes ; basal joint elongate, subolavated ; terminal 

 one small. Palpi, maxillary subfiliform, the terminal joint slightly tumid ; labial, 

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

 bifid at the apex : maxillse small, somewhat bilobed at the tip. Head deflexed, short, 

 retuse : thorax with the posterior margin closely 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. Elytra dentate, and serrate at the apex. 



BupRESTis (Chalcophora) virginica (Drury). (Plate v, fig. 5.) 



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

 tions, more disMnct beneath. Surfaces, above and beneath punctured ; 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 larvae inhabit pine trees, to which they are very injurious. The perfect insect ap- 

 pears in June. 



BupREsTis injLvo-GDTT ATA (Harris). 5. amencflMa ( Kirby). 

 Above black bronze; underneath metallic, glossy, punctured. Scutellum very small. 

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

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

 domen, near the extremity, thickly punctured. Length 3- to 4-tenths of an inch. 

 The forelegs in this species are without teeth. It is the B. drummondi of the fourth vo- 

 lume of the Fauna Boreali Americana. 

 Found upon trunks of the white pine in June. 



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



Flattened 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 ; 



