NEW BUPRESTID BEETLES — FISHER 333 



disk narrowly, longitudinally depressed from middle to base, the de- 

 pression carinate at bottom and broader posteriorly; surface finely, 

 confluently punctate toward margins, finely rugose at middle, very 

 sparsely clothed with short, inconspicuous hairs. Scutellum large 

 and nearly square. 



Eljrtra at base slightly wider than pronotum at base ; sides parallel 

 anteriorly, broadly, feebly expanded at middles, then arcuately con- 

 verging to the tips, which are separately broadly rounded or sub- 

 truncate ; lateral margins coarsely, irregularly serrate posteriorly ; disk 

 moderately convex, broadly depressed behind scutellum, and each 

 elytron with an elongate depression at lateral declivity extending from 

 near humeral angle to behind middle ; surface finely, shallowly striate, 

 densely, finely and coarsely, irregularly punctate, with a few very 

 short inconspicuous hairs toward apices. 



Abdomen beneath coarsely, densely, uniformly punctate, the punc- 

 tures elongate on basal sternites, impunctate along posterior margins 

 of sternites, sparsely, irregularly clothed with short, recumbent, in- 

 conspicuous hairs ; posterior margin of second sternite truncate ; last 

 visible sternite deeply depressed and acutely angulated at apex. 



Length 12 mm., width 5 mm. 



Type locality. — Elqui, north Chile. 



T^y^e.— U.S.N.M. No. 58786. 



Described from a single specimen collected during 1937, by Dr. 

 Edwyn P. Reed. 



This species is allied to Tyndaris planata Castelnau and Gory, but 

 it differs from that species in having the pronotum more strongly con- 

 vex, with an elongate median depression on the disk and with five 

 small, orange-red spots along the anterior margin, the elytra more 

 deeply striate and more densely punctured, and each elytron with 

 four or five orange-red spots. 



Genus ACMAEODERA Eschscholtz 



ACMAEODERA RURICOLA, new species 



Narrowly elongate, subcylindrical, strongly convex above, broadly 

 rounded in front, strongly narrowed behind middle, dark brown, with 

 a distinct aeneous or cupreous tinge, and each elytron ornamented 

 with yellow as follows : A broad band along lateral margin extending 

 to middle of disk, the inner margin of band very irregular and inter- 

 rupted at various places, and the band interrupted in apical region 

 by a small spot and transverse, brown fascia. 



Head flat in front, broadly, shallowly, longitudinally depressed 

 between the eyes, shallowly, transversely depressed behind clypeus, 

 coarsely, shallowly, confluently ocellate-punctate, sparsely clothed 

 with long, erect, inconspicuous hairs; clypeus broadly, deeply, arcu- 



