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B U P R E S T I S S T E R N I C O R N I S .
G EN ERIC CHARACTER.
Antennas fctaceous, as long as the thorax. Head half re trac ed , or drawn back within the thorax.
S P E C IF IC CHARACTER.
Entirely ihining green, with grey impreíTed fpots. Win g cafes ferrated and terminated in three teeth.
A conic projecting horn on the breail.
B u p b e s t i s S t e r n i c o k n i s : e ly t r a t i s f e r r a t e t r i d e n t a t i s : p u n f t i s c iñ e r e i s im p r e if i s , f t e r u o p o r r em o c o n ic o .
L inn. Syfi. Nat. 2. 660. 5.
M u f. Lud. Ulr. 88.
F a i. Ent. Syji. T . 3. p. I. p. ig4. Sp. 35.
Among the infeiSts o f China, we have already defcribed a very beautiful fpecies o f the Bupreftis genus,
which the natives o f that country collect in confiderable numbers, and employ in the various ornaments
of their drefles, arms, &c. The Bupreftis Sternicornis, and Cfarylis, are collefted in India for
fimilar porpofes, but being fcarce, are efleemed more valuable than the other kind, which they receive a t
a low price from China.
Both fpecies are brought from Madras and Bombay, but generally in a mutilated ftate j for the Indians
perforate them at both ends and ftring them like beads, when they colled them.
B U P R E S T I S C H R Y S I S .
S P E C IF IC CHARACTER.
Thorax green, wing-cafes chefnut colour, and terminated in three teeth. A conic projecting horn
on the breaft.
Buprestis Chry sis: elytris ferrato tridentatis caftaneis, fterno conico porredo.
F a l. Ent. Syfi. T. 3. p. 1. p . 1Q4. Sp. 36.
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