ART. 27 NEW BUPRESTED BEETLES — FISHER 45 



rower, the epistoma very narrow between the antenna! cavities, and 

 the antennae nearly contiguous at their bases. 



LIUS CALLIMICRIFORMIS. new species 



Male. — Oblong, moderateh' convex, broadly rounded in front, more 

 strongly attenuate posteriorly, strongly shining; head and pronotum 

 cupreous, with a slight reddish tinge; scutellum and elytra dark 

 greenish-blue, with a vagTie violaceous reflection ; beneath black, with 

 the prosternal process slightly cupreous. 



Head with the front slightly wider than the transverse diameter 

 of the eye, slightly wider at top than at bottom, lateral margins 

 feebly converging from top to bottom, deepl3% longitudinally de- 

 pressed, the depression extending to the lateral margins, but becom- 

 ing obsolete on the occiput, and without a distinct longitudinal 

 groove; surface glabrous, densely, finely reticulate, sparsely, rather 

 coarsely, irregularly punctate ; eyes moderately convex ; frontal pores 

 large, narrowly separated; epistoma very narrow between the anten- 

 nal cavities, strongh' elevated, and the antennae nearly contiguous. 



Pronotum moderately convex, twice as wide as long at base, dis- 

 tinctly narrower at apex than at base, widest at base; when viewed 

 from above the sides nearly parrallel or feebly sinuate posteriorly, 

 obliquel}^ narrowed anteriorl}^; posterior angles obtusely rounded, 

 not projecting; anterior margin feebly, broadly, arcuately emargi- 

 nate ; base feebly, transversely sinuate to middle of each elytron, then 

 turning obliquely backward to the scutellum, in front of which it is 

 feebly, arcuately emarginate ; surface uniformly convex, without dis- 

 tinct depressions, glabrous, finely, densely reticulate, very sparsely, 

 rather coarsely, irregularly punctate. Scutellum large, triangular, 

 anterior margin arcuately rounded, the surface smooth. 



Elytra moderatelj^ convex, slightly narrower than pronotum at 

 base, subequal in width at base and behind middle ; humeral angles 

 obtusel}^ rounded; sides nearly parallel from base to behind middle 

 (feebly, broadly constricted in front of middle), then arcuately nar- 

 rowed to the tips, which are separately narrowly rounded, with the 

 lateral margins entire; humeri not very prominent; surface glabrous, 

 more or less rugose, densely, coarsely, irregularly punctate, the punc- 

 tures becoming finer toward the apices. 



Abdomen beneath finely, densely reticulate, feebly, sparsely punc- 

 tate, sparsely clothed with short, inconspicuous hairs; last segment 

 broadly rounded at apex, with the apical groove deep, fcllowing the 

 outline of the lateral margins, but interrupted on each side of the 

 middle at apex. Prosternum finely, densely reticulate, the anterior 

 margin subtruncate and feebly elevated; prosternal process narrow, 

 sparsely, coarsely punctate, the sides feebly, broadly constricted at 

 the coxal cavities, broadly rounded at apex. 



