COLOR PLATES OF BUPRESTIDAE
Many original descriptions featured color illustrations. These are found in journals restricted to some research libraries but not widely available.

Deyrolle, H. 1864. Description des Buprestides de la Malaisie recueillés par M. Wallace. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 8(1864):1-312.
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Jakobson, G. G. 1913. Zhuki Rosij i zapadnoi Evropy II (Die Käfer Russlands und Westeuropas. Ein Handbuch zum Bestimmen der Käfer.) (The beetles of Russia and Western Europe). 2nd Edition. A. F. Devrien, St. Peterburg, Lief ix, pp. 721-864. [in Russian]
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Kerremans, C. 1902-1903. Coleoptera Serricornia, Fam. Buprestidae. In: P. Wytsman. (Ed.). Genera Insectorum (plates)

Kerremans, C. 1904-1914. Monographie des Buprestides (plates)


Laporte & Gory. 1835-1841. Monographie des Buprestides (plates)


Olivier, A. G. 1790. Entomologie, ou histoire naturelle des insectes, avec leurs caractères génériques et spécifiques, leur description, leur synonymie, et leur figure enluminée. Coléoptères. Tome 2, genera 9-34 (32. Bupreste), pp. 1-485, 63 plates, Baudouin, Paris.
       text & plates (here)


Saunders, E. 1867. Notes on rare and descriptions of new species of Buprestidae collected by Mr. James Lamb in Penang. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 5(7):509-521.
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Saunders, E. 1869. Descriptions of nine new species of Buprestidae. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 17:1-8.
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The Smithsonian Institution has scanned the entire contents of Biologia Centrali Americana and made these available online. The entire text and plates for Buprestidae can be found - here - see: Item 20, Vol. III, Pt. 1, Coleoptera Serricornia