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beft fuited for the amufement. 
Living fubjeéls are ever préférable 
to dead onesj and the naturalift 
will always find bis labour in 
fearching after the objedls, amply 
repayed by the fatisfailion and 
pleafure he will enjoy in viewing 
them alive. 
The larvæ of ail this genus live 
under ground, and are, as well as 
the perfeél infeds, tigers in their 
nature, attacking and deftroying 
ail they can overcome.. 
plus propres à cet amufement. On 
doit toujours préférer les fujets 
vivans à ceux qui ne le font pas; 
et le phyficien fe trouvera toujours 
bien payé de fa peine à rechercher 
les objets, par la fatisfadlion & le 
plaifir dont il jouira à les voir en 
vie. 
Toutes les larves de ce genre 
vivent fous terre, et font auffi bien 
que les infedes parfaits de vrais 
tigres de leur naturel, attaquant et 
détruifant tout ce qu’ils peuvent, 
fnrmonter. 
GENUS 2g. B U P R E S T I S. Tab. VL 
G H A R A G T E R G E N E R I S._ 
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Antennæ fetaceæ longitudine thoracis. Caput dimidium intra thora-»- 
çem retradum.. Linn. fyil. nat. p. 659.. 
23d GENUS. The COW-BURNER. PI. VL 
CHARACTER OF- THE GENUS. 
The antennæ are fetaceous, and as long as the thorax. The head is; 
half drawn back within the thorax. To which may be added, that the 
antennæ are ferrated.. The mouth is armed with jaws, and furnilhed 
with palpi, The elytra are margined, and cover the abdomen; and the 
tarfi bave five articulations. The feet are faltatorii. 
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