ART. 27 NEW BtTPRESTID BEETLES — FISHER. 27 



the sides; last segment broadly rounded at apex; vertical portions 

 of the segments not consi^icuoiisly pubescent; pygidium vaguely 

 granulose, without a longitudinal carina. Prosternum coarsely 

 granulose, densely clothed with long, erect, white hairs at middle; 

 prosternal lobe narrow, strongly declivous, very broadly, deeplj^, arc- 

 uately emarginate in front; prosternal process rather narrow, the 

 sides parallel to behind the coxal cavities, then obliquely narrowed 

 to the apex, which is acute. Tibiae slender, unarmed at apices. Pos- 

 terior tarsi nearly as long as 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 

 cupreous, the prosternum without long, erect hairs at the middle, and 

 the first abdominal segment convex at the middle and without long, 

 erect hairs. 



Length, 5-5.75 mm ; width, 1.25-1.5 mm. 



Type localHy. — Tejupilco, Mexico, D.F. 



Type and pai^atypes.—U.S.'NM. No. 49565. 



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



Remarks. — Described from 11 examples (one male type) collected 

 at the type locality at an altitude of 3,960 feet, during July 1932, by 

 H. E. Hinton. 



This species resembles raptor Kerremans, but it differs from that 

 species in having the head longitudinally depressed in front, the tips 

 of the elytra broadly rounded, and the prosternal lobe broadly and 

 deeply emarginate in front. 



AGRILUS DAMPFI, new species 



Male. — Small, slender, slightly flattened above, feebly shining; 

 head pale green, becoming cupreous on occiput; pronotum purplish 

 black, vaguely cupreous along lateral margins; elytra bluish black 

 along sutural margins and on apical halves, reddish cupreous on 

 basal halves toward lateral margins, ornamented with white pubes- 

 cent designs; beneath black, with a more or less distinct aeneous 

 and cupreous tinge on the median parts. 



Head with the front wide, slightly convex, about equal in width 

 at top and bottom, lateral margins parallel, vaguely, longitudinally 

 depressed; surface coarsely, deeply rugose, the rugae transverse in 

 front, rather densely, coarsely punctate, clothed with a few short, 

 inconspicuous hairs; epistoma rather narrow between the antennae, 

 not elevated, but rather deeply, arcuately emarginate in front; an- 

 tennae short, serrate from the fifth joint, the outer joints rather com- 

 pact and about as long as wide ; eyes large, oblong, equally rounded 

 above and beneath. 



