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Described from two specimens, probably both females. The type 

 was collected by E. A. Schwarz, May 9, 1904, and a paratype received 

 from S. C. Bruner, which was collected at Camaguey, Cuba, during 

 July or August, 1920, by J. Kutz. 



This is an elongate subcylindrical species and can be separated 

 from all other West Indian species of this genus, except jamaicensis. 

 by the antennae being serrate from the fourth joint. From jamai- 

 censis it differs in having the yellow elytral spots arranged in two 

 longitudinal rows, one along the lateral margin, the other near the 

 suture. 



ACMAEODERA JAMAICENSIS, new species 



Male. — Narrowly elongate, subcylindrical, rounded in front, more 

 acuminate posteriorly and feebly flattened above (nearly straight 

 below and feebly arcuate above when viewed in profile) ; head and 

 pronotum black, with a feeble aeneous tinge, the latter with a large 

 triangular reddish-yellow spot, situated on each side at the posterior 

 angles, extending internally for about one-third of the width of 

 the pronotum, and along the lateral margin to near the apical 

 angles; elytra black, with a slight purplish tinge, and each elytron 

 ornated with yellow markings as follows: A small spot at base 

 near scutellum, a large oblong area along lateral margin, extending 

 from humerus to middle, and internally to about the middle of the 

 elytron, and enclosing an oblong dark spot, a transverse fascia at 

 apical third, an oblique one just behind it, and a small round spot 

 at the apex; beneath aeneous, with a strong purplish tinge and 

 more shining than above. 



Head nearly flat, with an obsolete depression on the front, and 

 a short elevated carina on the occiput; surface densely and coarsely 

 punctate, the bottom of the punctures smooth, and from the center 

 of each arises an erect inconspicuous hair, the intervals rather nar- 

 row, smooth and shining; epistoma broadly and deeply arcuately 

 emarginate in front, forming a broadly rounded lobe on each side 

 of the emargination ; antennate serrate from the fourth joint, the 

 serrate joints strongly transverse and acuminate at apex. Pronotum 

 rather strongly transverse and moderately convex, nearly two times 

 as wide as long, apex and base nearly equal in width, widest just 

 behind the middle with a small foveate depression in front of the 

 scutellum, and on each side in the yellow area a similar but deeper 

 depression, situated a short distance from the base, there is also a 

 broad obsolete depression extending from this fovea obliquely for- 

 ward toward the lateral margin; sides arcuately rounded, slightly 

 more obliquely in front than behind, the margins narrowly flattened 

 and only partially visible from above; anterior margin feebly 

 arcuately emarginate, with a distinct angulated median lobe: baso 



