64 COLEOPTERA. 



SPECIFICATION. 



Buprestis Mariana. Bu. elytris semftis longitu- 

 dinaliter rugosis : maculis duabus impressis, tho- 

 race sulcato. Linn. Si/st. Nat. p. 660. Gmel. 

 p. 1929. Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. 210. Spec. Ins. 1. 

 p. 27G. Mant. l.p.178. 

 Degeer, 4. p. 128. t. \.f. 18. 

 Schaejf. Icon. t. 49. J Vt. 



Inhabits most parts of Europe, Siberia, and North 

 America, and is found on the trunks of decayed and 

 worm-eaten fir-trees, &c. 



PL 23. a. The head. b. A horn. c. The thorax, 

 d. A leg. 



