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from the other rows of punctures by a costa; humeri obsolete. Ab- 

 domen beneath finely and densely punctuate, the i)unctures sparser 

 on the median parts, but becoming much denser toward the sides, 

 and rather densely clotlied with short recumbent hairs, the intervals 

 smooth and subopaque; first segment moderately convex, 'and with- 

 out a densely punctated and pubescent spot at middle; last seg- 

 ment rather acutely rounded at apex. Prosternum strongly con- 

 vex, surface finely, sparsely punctate, and sparsely clothed with 

 long, very fine, erect hairs; anterior margin broadly rounded in front, 

 with a broadly arcuate emargination at the middle ; prosternal pro- 

 cess, short, moderately broad and with feeble marginal grooves, the 

 sides nearly parallel to the middle of anterior cox'al cavities, where 

 they are emarginate and abruptly narrowed, the apex broadly 

 rounded. 



Male. — Not seen. 



Length, 20-24 mm. ; width, 6.5-8 mm. 



Olivier (1790) had before him more than one species when he re- 

 described Buprestis depresta Linnaeus, but his figure is certainly 

 that of depressa and he records specimens from South America, 

 Antilles and Cayenne in the British Museum. Waterhouse (1904:) 

 states that the species described by Olivier as depressa is not the 

 one described by Linnaeus under that name, so he proposes the 

 new name olivieri for it, and states that there is in the British 

 Museum a very old specimen bearing the name depressa which he 

 believed is certainly the one mentioned by Olivier. At least some 

 of the specimens which Olivier had before him were the true depressa 

 as his figure and description applies to that species and not to the one 

 which Waterhouse has given a new name. Waterhouse further 

 states that the old specimens in the British Museum are without 

 locality, but recent examples in the Museum and in Oberthiir'h Col- 

 lection are from Jamaica. 



I have been able to examine two females from the British Mu- 

 seum Collection, labeled simply Jamaica, and from which the above 

 description was made. (One of these specimens has been donated 

 to the United States National Museum collection.) 



This species resembles angulosa Jacquelin Duval, but it is more 

 flattened above, without scutellar costae, and the elytral punctures 

 are much finer. From depressa Linnaeus and thomae Chevrolat, 

 which also have the scutellar costae absent, it can be separated by the 

 longitudinal costae on elytra not as distinctly elevated and the punc- 

 tuation much finer. 



