ART. 27 NEW BUPRESTID BEETLES FISHER 25 



Elytra slightly wider than pronotum at base, subeqiial in width 

 at base and behind middle; sides nearly parallel to behind middle 

 (vaguely constricted in front of middle), then obliquely narrowed 

 to the tips, which are separately narrowly rounded and finely ser- 

 rulate; sides of abdomen narrowly exposed above; disk vaguely 

 flattened along sutural margins, which are slightly elevated toward 

 apices, and with broad, shallow, basal depressions; surface finely 

 granulose, feebly imbricate-punctate, sparsely clothed with very 

 short, inconspicuous hairs, each elytron ornamented with a small, 

 vague, white pubescent spot along sutural margin at apical third. 



Abdomen beneath finely, sparsely marked with transverse, crenu- 

 late lines, finely, sparsely punctate, sparsely clothed with short, 

 recumbent, whitish hairs; first segment feebly, narrowly, longitudi- 

 nally depressed at middle, the suture between first and second seg- 

 ments not indicated at the sides ; last segment rather acutely rounded 

 at apex; vertical portions of the segments not conspicuously 

 pubescent; pygidium sparsel}^, coarsely jDunctate, but not distinctly 

 longitudinally carinate. Prosternum coarsely, densely granulose, 

 densely clothed with long, semierect, white hairs at middle; pro- 

 sternal lobe broad, feebly declivous, broadly, arcuately rounded in 

 front; prosternal process broad, the sides parallel to behind the 

 coxal cavities, then broadlj^ subtruncate to the median tooth, which 

 is acute. Tibiae slender, the anterior and middle pairs armed with 

 a minute tooth on inner margin at apices. Posterior tarsi slightly 

 shorter than tibiae, the first joint as long as the following three joints 

 united. Tarsal claws similar on all feet, cleft near the middle, the 

 inner tooth broad, shorter than outer one, and not turned inward. 



Female. — Differs from the male in having the front of the head 

 more aeneous, the tibiae unarmed at apices, the prosternum without 

 long, semierect hairs at the middle, and the first abdominal segment 

 convex at the middle. 



Length, 4.25-5 mm ; width, 2-2.25 mm. 



Type locality. — Real de Arriba, Mexico, D.F. 



Type and paratypes.—U.S.'N.'M. No. 49564. 



Paratypes. — In the H. E. Hinton collection. 



Remarks. — Described from a large series of specimens (one male 

 type) collected at the type locality at an altitude of 6,300 feet, during 

 July 1932, by H. E. Hinton. This seems to be a common species and 

 in many of the specimens examined the upper surface has a distinct 

 bluish tinge, but this seems to be due to discoloration. In some of 

 these examples the pubescent spots on the elytra are scarcely 

 visible. 



This species is allied to et^ans Waterhouse, but it differs from that 

 species in being uniformly reddish cupreous, and in having the 

 prehumeral carinae on the pronotum strongly elevated. 



