THE COW-BURNER, 
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Genus XXIII. — Buprejlis. The Cow-lurner. 
These animals, both in their external figure and man- 
ners, nearly telemble the fkippers already defcribed ; 
their colours, however, are far more refplendentj and, 
when viewed with a microscope, their effulgence dazzles 
the eye. From this circumftance, they have obtained in 
France, where they are more numerous than in this 
country, the name of Richards. 
The chara&ers of this genus are, fetaceous antennae ; 
the head drawn back within the thorax ; the mouth arm- 
ed with jaws, and furnifhed with palpi. 
Bupreftis guttata.': This elegant fpecies is found on 
fandy ground, below timber that hat.s begun to rot. Its 
head enters within the thorax, and the elytra are fur- 
rowed, and adorned each with four or five fpots of a 
bright yellow ; the upper fide of the abdomen is blue *. 
The larvae of this and the other fpecies belonging to thj-s 
tribe are unknown. 
Vol. III. 3 D 
* Regne Animal?, p- 
