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 PLATE CLXXIV. 



BUPRESTIS VIRIDIS, 



Green Buprestis, 



coleoptera. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Antennae fetaceous, and as long as the Thorax. Head drawn 

 within the Thorax. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



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STNO NTMS. 



Linear, fhining blue and green in fhades, a few exceedingly 

 minute fpots fprinkled over fome parts. 



BupRESTis ViRiDis : elytris integerrimis linearibus pundatus, cor- 

 pore viridi elongate. Fab. Spec. Inf. i. 281, 54. — 

 Syjl. Ent. 223. 38. — Linn. Syji. Nat. 2. 663. 25.' — 

 Fn. Sv. 762. 



Buprejiis mr'idh nitida, corpore elongato, elytris linearibus fcabris 

 integcrrimus. Degeer. Inf. 4. I. 33. 6. tab, 5. 



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 Cucuius Virxdi cupreus oblongus. Geoff. Inf. I. 127. 5. 

 Mordella ferraticornis. Seop. Cam. 190. 



ogaeEIE^aDD 



The Larva of this Infed feeds on the Birch-tree (Betula Alba). 

 It is rarely met with in England ; and if we may form any opinion 

 from the filence of Naturalifts, it is not common in any part of 

 Europe. , , 



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