110 GEO. H. HORN, M. D. 



surface moderately densely punctured, the punctures nearly equal, a little sparser 

 and coarser in the scntellar region ; body beneath dark bronze, sparsely punctate, 

 the punctures of the abdomen coarser, the sides of the ventral segments with 

 flat, smooth spaces, the hind angles of the segments slightly prominent ; margin 

 of last ventral segment entire, an elevated submarginal serrate ridge ; prosternum 

 not lobed in front ; anterior femur with a moderately strong tooth, vaguely ser- 

 rate on its distal edge. Length .48 -.56 inch ; 12-14 mm. (Fig. 198.) 



ilfa^e. —Prosternum very sparsely, finely punctate, transversely wrinkled in 

 front ; anterior tibia (202) suddenly flexed at middle, the apex not dilated ; mid- 

 dle tibia strongly arcuate, the posterior straight ; last ventral segment (200) 

 deeply semi-circularly emarginate, the angles prominent ; last dorsal coarsely 

 punctate, truncate. 



Female. — Prosternum as in the male; anterior and middle tibise slightly ar- 

 cuate, the posterior straight; last ventral (201) arcuately truncate at apex, the 

 angles prominent, a short carina at base with a depression each side ; last dorsal 

 coarsely punctate, the apex rounded. 



The peculiarities of this species in form, tlie approximate eyes and 

 the sculpture, are so well marked as to require no special mention. 



This species occurs at Surinam, and is recorded from Santo Do- 

 mingo. While mentioned by Chevrolat in his " Coleopteres de 

 Cuba," (Ann. Fr. 1867, p. 586) it is not credited to that island. In 

 the " Catalogus G. and H.," the species appears as a Colobogaster, 

 while in the " Catalogus Buprestidarum," Saunders, 1871, the specific 

 name tranquebarica is adopted. 



The specimens before me were collected at Key West, Fla., by 

 Morrison, and kindly given me by Mr. G. W. J. Angell, of New 

 York. 



41. C clialoophoroitles n. sp. — Form rather broad and robust, moder- 

 ately convex, piceous, the surface with a silvery bronze lustre, except on the 

 smooth spaces ; antennae gradually more slender to tip, piceous, the third joint 

 as long as the next three ; front 9 I'ather flat, very coarsely cribrately punc- 

 tured with callosities forming three irregular transverse bands; clypeus (204) 

 broadly triangularly emarginate at middle, on each side arcuate ; thorax twice 

 as wide as long, widest a little behind the apex, the sides in front very abruptly 

 wider, posteriorly straight and slightly convergent ; disc at middle rather flat, 

 with a median smooth space, on each side of which the punctures are close but 

 not coarse, nearer the margin the punctures are very coarse and deep, with ele- 

 vated tubercles of irregular form, a la^ge callosity near the front, another oppo- 

 site the middle of the base of the elytron ; elytra wider than the thorax, humeri 

 broadly rounded, the sides arcuately narrowing to apex, the sides feebly serrate 

 near the tip, the apices slightly obliquely truncate ; disc moderately convex, the 

 first costa extending two-thirds to base and expanding in a broad smooth surface, 

 second and third costiP replaced by large, irregular smooth spaces, the fourth costa 

 slender but entire, the intervals very densely and rather finely punctulate ; pros- 

 ternum with a short, very broad lobe in front, the surface smooth at middle, 

 coarsely punctate at the sides ; metasternum coarsely not deeply cribrate ; poste- 



