4lf> 
Meditahun- 
da. 
Atomaria. 
• Firidis^ 
*l-guttata. 
Linealis. 
Atra, 
Elata, , 
Pavida. 
INSECTS. COLEOPTERA. 44. Bupreftis. 
fV ' 
Shells entire, (hining brown : head and thorax copP 
body bronzed. 
Inhabits North America. Oliv. Ins. ^2. tab. 
Head and thorax green, deprefled at tht lides ; fntl^ 'n roH^ 
with a large iinprefied dot at the bale and a few finals 
on the back. 
Shells entire linear, with a raifed line down the 
body braiPy with numerous alhy fpecks. 
Inhabits 5 'ar/W/M ; 3 times as large as fi. viridls. 
Antennae, black : head brafly with ailiy fpecks : front 
impreffed ; thorax green bronzed I'peckled with cinc- 
line on the fiells fle.xuous at the bafe. 
Shells entire linear punftured: body elongated 
green and blue in (hades. 
Inhabits Europe. Dononsaris Englijh InfeHs s. plate 174 ' 
Eyes teftaceous : legs blue : tail 2-toothed. 
The larwa feeds on the leaves of the Birch tree. 
Shells entire linear, green with a white dot : abdom^^ 
with 3 white dots each fide. 
Inhabits England. Olint.Ins. 32. tab. y.fig- 75. 
Varies in having the blue and green- 
lliini^^ 
bix' 
Shells entire linear green : head and thorax dull ' 
Inhabits Denmark-, refembles B. viridis. 
Antennae bronzed :■ Jhells punctured ; hind-margin of 
finuate. 
Shells entire linear: body elongated black. .inX 
Inhabits Germany ; exaftly refembles B. viridis except 1 
Shells entire linear: body elongated (liining gold. 
Inhabits Saxony ; fize of the lall : body entirely bronze 
Shells entire linear : body blue-brown, beneath bra^^/ 
Inhabits About half the fize of B. atra. ^ 
Thorax caniculate: bAy above brown with a blue B 
neath bronzed. 
Emarginata Shells entire linear : body black : head grooved. 
Inhabits ; four times as finall as B. atra. 
