Topic · 3 of 8 editions · peak 1,572 chars
BUPRESTIS, in zoology, a genus of insects belonging to the order of coleoptera. The antennæ are fæcaceous, and as long as the thorax: The head is half drawn back within the thorax; to which may be added, that the antennæ are serrated: The mouth is armed with jaws, and furnished with palpi: The elytra are margined, and cover the abdomen; and the tarsi have five articulations: The feet are saltatorii. There are 27 species of this insect, most of them natives of
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| Edition | As printed | Type | Chars | Location | vs. previous |
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| 1st ed. (1771) | ① BUPRESTIS | article | 273 | vol. 1, p. 690 | |
| 2nd ed. (1778–83) | ① BUPRESTIS | article | 263 | vol. 2, p. 1523 | revised · J 0.87 |
| 3rd ed. (1797) | ② BUPRESTIS, in zoology, a genus of insects belonging to the o | sub_entry | 1,572 | vol. 3, p. 777 | |
| 4th ed. (1810) | BUPRESTIS | cross-reference | 32 | vol. 4, p. 794 | |
| 5th ed. (1815) | BUPRESTIS | cross-reference | 32 | vol. 4, p. 794 | |
| 6th ed. (1823) | BUPRESTIS | cross-reference | 32 | vol. 4, p. 794 |