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INSECTS. COLEOPTERA. 44. Bupreftis, 



Modefia. Shells ferrate, rather opake, with 3 imprefTed gold fpots. 

 Inhabits Brafil. Olinj. Ins. 32. tab. J. fig. J 2. 

 //iWimpreffed green: eye s teitaceous : thorax punctured brafTy 



with 3 imprefTed fpots : Jhelh fomewhat grooved, more poiifh- 



ed at the bale, with 3 impreffed gold fpots. 



Blanda. Shells ferrate, tapering, grooved, brafTy-green with coppery 

 grooves. 

 Inhabits South A?nerica. Ol-v. Ins. 32. tab. 9. fig. 94. 

 Body brafTy -green pohfhed : thorax with a dorfal imprefTed line of 

 a green and coppery fplendor. 



Aurata. Shells ferrate : body golden : thorax brafTy. 

 Inhabits America. Oli<v. Ins. 32. fig. 33. 



Head grooved brafTy : eyes teitaceous : antennae brafTy with black 

 teeth : thorax fmooth : Jhells flightly flriate. 



Fulgida. Shells ferrate : body bralTy-green : thorax with 2 rufous 

 coppery fillets, fhells with one. 

 Inhabits Eafi India ; large. Oliv. Ins. 32. tab. <).fig 

 Head grooved : Jhells fmooth : body brafTy. 



l-punclata. Shells ferrate flriate coppery, with 3 impreffed gold dots. 

 Inhabits South America. Oli-v. Ins. 32. tab. 2. fig. 10. 

 Body golden : head and thorax coppery immaculate : tail 2- 

 toothed. 



Ekgans. Shells ferrate : body brafTy poliflicd : thorax with 2, fhells 

 with 1 gold line. 

 Inhabits thQ Cape ofi Good Hope. Oli-v. Ins. 32. tab. 8. fig. 89. 

 Head rough green : thorax punctured and nearly variolous, braf- 

 {y with 2 approximate gold lines : fiiells green with 4 raifed 

 lines, the interfaces much punctured : body beneath brafTy. 



Trifafciata Shells ferrate : body black-brafTy pubefcent ; fhells with 

 3 yellow bands, the anterior one dilated at the 

 margin. 



Inhabits South America ; twice as large as the next. 



Antenna black : head brafTy : thorax pubefcent brafTy, the edge 

 yellowifh at the bafe: firffc band on the fulls in the middle- 

 with a fmall black dot, and a little abbreviated at the future ; 

 fecond abbreviated; third entire : near iixzfcutel is a fmall ab- 

 breviated line nearly obfolete : body villous. 



q-macuiata Shells ferrate: body black: front with I, thorax 2 and 

 fhells with 3 yellow- dots. 

 Inhabits Sourthern Europe. Oli<v. Ins. 32. tab. 4. fig. 30. 

 Spot at the bafe of the Jhells 2-lobed behind. 



Porcata. 



