AST. 9 WEST INDIAN BUPRESTIDAE FISHER 11 



Head nearly flat, without any depressions on the front, but with 

 an irre<;ular longitudinal carina on the occiput; surface very 

 coarsely, irregularly and densely punctate, the punctures variable in 

 size, coarse and irregular in form on the front, but becoming 

 smaller and more rounded at the sides and on the occiput, sparsely 

 clothed w ith rather long erect hairs, the intervals irregular in shape, 

 convex on top, smooth and shining, except on the epistoma where 

 they are granulose and subopaque; epistoma obsoletely arcuately 

 emarginate in front. Pronotum strongly transverse, two times as 

 wide iis long, only slightly narrower in front than behind, and widest 

 just behind the middle; sides obliquely expanded from the apical 

 jiiigles to just behind the middle, where thej'^ are broadly rounded, 

 then more obii(|uely attenuate to the posterior angles, which are 

 rather acute and covered by the elytra; anterior margin deeply arcu- 

 ately emarginate, with a broadly rounded median lobe; base bisinu- 

 ate with the median lobe strongly angulated; disk with a feeble 

 median depression, which is more deeply impressed near the scu- 

 tellum, and in some specimens feebly longitudinally gi'ooved ; surface 

 coarsely and deeply punctate, the punctures denser here and there, 

 and becoming coarse and confluent on the sides, more remotely 

 placed on the disk, where there are two large triangular opaque 

 spaces, which are very sparsely punctate, and separated from each 

 other by the median depression, the surface sparsely clothed with a 

 few very short, inconspicuous hairs. Scutellum small, oblong, 

 slightly wider behind than in front, and strongly convex. Elytra 

 feebly convex, slightly wider than pronotum at base ; humeral angles 

 obtusely angulated ; sides feebly expanded behind the humeral angles, 

 slightly sinuate at the posterior coxae, nearly parallel to apical 

 third, then arcuately attenuate to the tips, which are conjointly, 

 rather acutely rounded, the lateral margins coarsely and irregularly 

 serrate posteriorly; each elytron with three slightly elevated costae, 

 the scutellar one extending to the basal fourth, and two similar ones 

 on the disk, distinctly marked on the basal region, but becoming 

 obsolete toward the apex, the intercostae nearly as prominent as the 

 costae, irregular in shape, strongly interrupted by the puncture? 

 toward the sides, the tops with numerous punctures which are shal- 

 low but nearly as wide as the costae, the punctures betw^een the 

 costae, very coarse, deep, irregular in size and shape, and more or less 

 confluent; humeri feebly developed. Abdomen beneath coarsely, 

 densely punctate, and rather densely clothed with moderately long 

 recumbent hairs, the intervals obsoletely granulose; first segment 

 rather abruptly convex, with a densely punctured and pubescent 

 spot at the middle; last segment rather acutely rounded at apex. 

 Prosternum moderately convex, transveisely concave at middle, the 



