ENTOMOLOGY. 



PLATE LXII. 



FIGURE I. 



BUPRESTIS JUCUNDA 



COLEOPTERA. 

 GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Antennae filiform, serrated, and as long as the thorax ; feelers 

 four, filiform ; the last joint obtuse or truncated : head partly re- 

 tracted within the thorax. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 

 AND 

 SYNONYM. 



Wings- cases serrated, blue ; band behind and lateral dot blood 

 red: thorax canaliculated. 



BuPRESTiS JucUNDA : elytris serratis cyaneis: fascia postica 

 punctoque laterali sanguineis, thorace canahcu- 

 lato. Linn, Trans, t, 12.^. 2. p, 881. w. 9. 



A native of Brazil, described from a specimen in the possesapn 

 of Mr, Hancock. 



