Bupreflis. COLEOPTERA. 579 



The Bupreflis and Elater refemble one ano- 

 ther very much, and are bed d i ft ingui fried by 

 the fpines, which terminate the bread and tho- 

 rax of the latter. 



There are but few fpecies of this genus found 

 in Europe, and we are wholly unacquainted 

 with their larvae and metamorphofis ; they are 

 generally of bright mining colours, from which 

 circumftance Geoffroy has chofen the gencrical 

 name which he has given them. 



Genus 



