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FAMILY XXXIX. BUPRESTIDZE. 



Fig. 298. 



1489 (459S). Buprestis rufipes Oliv., Nat. Hist, des Ins., II, 1801, 16. 



Elongate. Above green, tinged with brassy, 



shining; elytra spotted as described in key; an 

 oblique yellow stripe near margin of thorax. Be- 

 neath green, with a median stripe extending from 

 mouth to second ventral segment and a row of 

 small spots along the sides, bright yellow ; legs and 

 last three ventral segments purplish-red. Thorax 

 one-third wider than long, disk sparsely and coarse- 

 ly punctured; an impressed spot before the scu- 

 tellum. Elytra with narrow, deeply punctured striae ; 

 tips bidentate. Length 18-25 mm. (Fig. 298.) 



Southern half of State: scarce. June 10- 

 July 4. One of the most brilliantly colored 

 and handsome of our native beetles. Usu- 

 ally occurs on old beech or maple trees and 

 logs, in the wood of which the larvae live. 



B. fasciata Fabr., length 20-23 mm., is a southern species re- 

 corded from Cincinnati. 



1490 (4601). Bupbestis lineata Fab., Ent. Syst., I, 1798, 192. 

 Elongate-oval. Above black, with a brassy tinge ; elytra each with four 



yellowish spots, one sub-basal, one before and another behind the middle, 

 the fourth and smallest subapical ; these spots sometimes united to form 

 two broad stripes ; beneath dull bronze, the head and front margin of pro- 

 sternum yellowish. - Thorax strongly narrowing from base to apex, disk 

 sparsely, irregularly and coarsely punctured. Elytra striate, the stria} fine- 

 ly punctate; intervals subconvex, very sparsely and coarsely punctate; tips 

 bidentate. Length 11-15 mm. 



Lake County; rare. June 2 9- July 25. 



1491 (4606). Bupbestis maculiventeis Say, 



Long's Exped. to St. Peters 

 Pviv., II, 1824, 272; ibid. I, 

 178. 



Elongate-oval. Black, tinged with bras- 

 sy ; front angles of thorax, a small spot above 

 base of antennae and a row of spots along the 

 sides of abdomen, reddish-yellow. Thorax at 

 base one-half wider than long, sides rounded 

 and suddenly curved downward in front of 

 middle; disk coarsely, sparsely and unevenly 

 punctate. Elytra with finely punctured stride ; 

 intervals subconvex, more coarsely punctate. 

 Length 16 mm. 



Putnam County ; rare. June 18. Pre- 

 sented by Guy Wilson. 



1492 (4609). Bupbestis striata Fab., Syst. 



Eleut., II, 1821, 192. 



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Elongate-oval. Above brilliant green, the 



Fig. 299. 



(After Packard in Fifth Rep. U 

 S. Ent. Comm.) 



