NEW BUPRESTID BEETLES — FISHER 341 



Type and paratyyes.—V.'^:^M.. No. 58792. 



Described from 10 specimens (one type) collected at tlie type local- 

 ity, Jmie 30-July 1, by Frederick Knab. 



This species belongs to Horn's Sinuatae group and is closely allied 

 to Acmaeodera faceta Fall, but it differs from the description given 

 for that species in being uniformly black, with a small triangular 

 red marginal spot at the middle of each elytron, instead of at the 

 apical fourth, and in not having a subapical carina at the apex of 

 the last visible abdominal sternite. 



ACMAEODERA MONTICOLA, new species 



Broadly elongate, robust, moderately convex above, broadly 

 rounded in front, strongly narrowed behind middle, rather strongly 

 shining, dark brown, with distinct cupreous and aeneous tinges; 

 pronotum ornamented with a narrow, yellow vitta on each side along 

 lateral margin, extending from base to apical third; each elytron 

 ornamented with yellow as follows : Lateral margin along basal third, 

 three irregular, strongly interrupted fasciae extending from lateral 

 margin to near sutural margin, and four small spots on disk (three 

 in front of middle and one near apex) . 



Head fiat in front, deeply, broadly depressed between eyes, trans- 

 versely depressed behind clypeus, coarsely, deeply, confluently alveo- 

 late-punctate, sparsely clothed with very long, erect, brownish hairs ; 

 clypeus broadly, deeply, angularly emarginate in front. Antenna 

 extending to middle of pronotum; segment 1 elongate, as long as 

 following three segments united ; segment 2 globose ; segments 3 and 

 4 slightly narrower and longer than 2, and subequal in length to 

 each other; segments 5-11 compact, twice as wide as long, and sub- 

 equal in length and width to one another, the fifth more or less 

 triangular. 



Pronotum twice as wide as long, distinctly narrower at apex than 

 at base, widest at base; sides nearly parallel along basal halves, 

 arcuately converging anteriorly, with the margin rather narrow and 

 visible from above ; disk slightly convex, broadly flattened at middle 

 on basal half, with a narrow, oblique depression on each side extend- 

 ing forward from base to near apical angle ; surface coarsely, deeply, 

 uniformly punctate at middle, confluently alveolate-punctate toward 

 sides, and sparsely clothed with long, semierect, black hairs. 



Elytra moderately convex, transversely depressed along base at 

 middle, at base subequal in width to pronotum at base; sides nearly 

 parallel along basal halves, then arcuately converging to the tips, 

 which are conjointly broadly rounded ; lateral margins coarsely ser- 

 rate along apical halves. Surface rather densely, irregularly punc- 

 tate basally, striately punctate posteriorly, the punctures in the striae 



