BUPRESTID BEETLES COLLECTED BY THE MULFORD 

 BIOLOGICAL EXPLORATION IN BOLIVIA 



By Waeren S. Fisher, 

 Of the Bureau of Entomology, United States Department of Agriculture 



The present paper is the results of a study of the material of the 

 family Buprestidae collected by the Mulford Biological Exploration 

 during 1921-1922. This material was all collected in Bolivia, and 

 so far as I know, no species of this family have been previously 

 recorded from the region covered by this expedition, hence, as might 

 be expected, a large portion of the material proved to be of species 

 new to science, this being especially true of the smaller forms. All 

 of the specimens, except where noted, were collected by William M. 

 Mann. 



All of this material, including the types, has been deposited in the 

 United States National Museum, and consists of 45 species, 29 of 

 which are described as new. 



PELECOPSELAPHUS ELONGATUS Thomson 



Pelecopselaphus elongatus Thomson, Typ. Bupr., 1878, pp. 24-25. 



This species is represented by a single specimen collected at 

 Tumupasa, Bolivia, during December, 1921. 



CHRYSESTHES TRIPUNCTATA (Fabricius) 



Buprestis tripunctata Fabricius, Mant. Ins., vol. 1, 1787, p. 179. 



One specimen collected at Rurrenabaque (Beni River), during 

 December, 1921. 



EUCHROMA GIGANTEA, var. GIGANTEA (Linnaeus) 



Buprestis gigantea Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., 10 ed., 1758, p. 408. 



This species is represented by nine specimens collected at Rur- 

 renabaque (Beni River), Rosario (Lake Rogagua) during Novem- 

 ber, and at Isiamas during December, 1921. 



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