Btipreftis. COLEOPTERA; 77 



Genus XXIII. Buprestis. 



Linn. Syft. Nat. page 659. 



The antennas of the Bupreftis are feta- 

 ceous, and as long as the thorax. 



The head is half retraded, or drawn 

 back within the thorax. 



They are divided into three families, di- 

 ftinguifhed by the following marks. 



The elytra in the firft decline towards 

 the fides, being much elevated at the fu- 

 ture, and particularly fo, near their bafe. 



In the fecond, they are ferrated, or 

 armed with fhort fpines, near their extre- 

 mity. 



In the third, they are whole, or entire. 



Scopoli has arranged fuch of the Bupreftides 

 of our author as he knew, among his Mordellae, 

 of which genus he fays nothing more than that 

 they have an appendix or broad plate, which co- 

 vers and defends the hindmoft thighs, forming a 

 kind of cavity into which they are received. 



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