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ANNUAL REPORT OF NEW-YORK 
PINE. TRUNK. 
with a wide shallow groove along the middle, which is some¬ 
times very slight, the surface covered with coarse punctures 
which become dense and confluent along the sides, as they are 
upon the head also, which has a slender elevated line along its 
middle; the under side brilliant coppery. 
Like many other insects of this family, the Golden Buprestis 
is subject to some variations in its colors, which have led authors 
into the error of regarding it as forming two additional species, 
namely, 
The Striated Buprestis ( B. striata, Fabricius). The blue- 
green stripe on the wing covers wanting, their whole surface 
being coppery red. The name has allusion to the elevated lines 
on the wing covers. 
The Intricate Buprestis ( B. impedita, Say). The coppery 
red color of the head, thorax and under side tinged more or less 
with green. The name was suggested by the close resem¬ 
blance of this to the preceding and to some other species de¬ 
scribed by authors. 
Like most of the other insect borers in the pine, it appears to 
be the dead wood of logs and stumps which this species prefers, 
to living trees. T. B. Ashton informs me he once found the 
fragments of one of these beetles in the interior of a pine log. 
I have met with it in two instances, stationed at the tips of 
the limbs of young spruce trees in my yard, and it is probable 
that in its perfect state it feeds upon the tender young buds of 
the pine and the spruce. It will be liable to attract the notice 
and admiration of every one, wherever it presents itself, its 
sparkling lustre and the fine bright colors with which it is 
adorned, rendering it one of the most beautiful insects of our 
country. 
224. Ultramarine Buprestis, Buprestis ultramarina, Say. 
This truly elegant species, which closely resembles the prece¬ 
ding in size and colors I notice in connection with it, it having 
been but partially described by Mr. Say, from a specimen in 
which the head and thorax were wanting. I however know 
nothing of its habits, except that the beetle was met with the 
middle of July in a forest of pines and other trees. Its close 
relationship with the foro'going species indicates that it will 
