ART. 22 NEW CERAMBYCID BEETLES FISHER 77 



Pronotum feebly wider than long, subequal in widjth at base and 

 apex ; sides parallel and rather strongly sinuate ; disk uneven, trans- 

 versely flattened along base and apex, and armed with two acute 

 tubercles, placed transversely at middle; surface concealed by the 

 short, dense, recumbent, white and dark brown pubescence, and 

 ornamented with a large, elongate, pale yellow, pubescent spot on 

 each side of middle, extending from anterior margin to basal third. 

 Scutellum transversely subtriangular, and broadly subtruncate at 

 apex. 



Elytra three times as long as pronotum, and at base one-third 

 wider than pronotum at middle; sides gradually narrowed from 

 base to apical fourth, then arcuately narrowed to the tips, which 

 are separately, transversely truncate; disk uneven, and each elytron 

 with three longitudinal costae; surface coarsely punctate, the punc- 

 tures arranged in double rows between the costae, densely clothed 

 with short, recumbent, whitish, yellowish, and dark brown pubescence 

 intermixed, with a few long, erect, white hairs, and each elytron 

 ornamented with four tufts of long, erect hairs, three placed longi- 

 tudinally near middle, the other one near humerus, and the two me- 

 dian costae densely clothed posteriorly with pale yellow pubescence. 



Abdomen beneath finely, densely punctate, and densely clothed 

 with long, recumbent and erect, whitish pubescence; last segment 

 broadly rounded at apex. Prosternum arcuately declivous in front 

 and behind, and rather narrow between the coxal cavities. Legs 

 rather short, mottled with short, recumbent, whitish and brownish 

 pubescence, with numerous long, erect, white hairs intermixed; 

 femora strongly clavate toward tips ; tibiae slender, straight, and 

 subcylindrical. 



Length, 6-10 mm. ; width, 2.6-4 mm. 



Type locality. — Baragua, Cuba. 



Other locality. — " Central Jaronu," Cuba. 



Tyfe and paratype. — U.S.N.M. No. 43751. 



Paratype. — In S. C. Bruner collection. 



Remarks. — Described from three males: The type, collected at 

 light. May 6, 1928, by L. C. Scaramuzza, labeled " T. P. R. F. Ent. 

 No. 3418 " ; and two paratypes, from " Central Jaronu," north coast 

 of Camaguey Province, Cuba, collected May 8, 1926, and June 20, 

 1926, by B. T. Barreto. 



This species is closely allied to hirtipes Gahan, but it differs from 

 that species in having two distinct yellow pubescent spots on the 

 pronotum, four tufts of erect hairs and two narrow yellow pubescent 

 vittae on each elytron, the punctures on the elytra much coarser, 

 and without small, black asperities on the pronotum. 



