ART. 9 WEST INDIAN BUPRESTIDAE FISHEK 33 



transversely truncate; surface densely and very coarsely punctate, 

 the punctures shallow, irregular, and nearly confluent, the sides 

 forming a network of polygonal areas, bottom of punctures smooth 

 and from each arises a short erect inconspicuous hair. Elytra 

 obsoletely flattened above, equal in width to the pronotum at middle, 

 and rectangular at humeral angles; sides nearly parallel to behind 

 the middle, (feebly sinuate at posterior coxae), then arcuately at- 

 tenuate to the tips, which are conjointly rounded, the lateral mar-gins 

 serrate to near the base, the teeth fine at the basal regions, but be- 

 coming very coarse toward the apex; humeri strongly developed; 

 surface striato-punctate, the striae on disk feebly impressed and 

 wider than the intervals at base, becoming more deeply impressed 

 and narrower toward the apex, the punctures large, very deep, and 

 more or less confluent on the basal region, becoming finer and more 

 shallow posteriorly, the intervals very narrow and somewhat con- 

 stricted in front of middle, but much broaded toward the apex, the 

 tops smooth, shining, and with a few fine, remotely placed punctures 

 from which arises short erect black hairs. Abdomen beneath densely 

 and coarsely punctate, the punctures deeply impressed on the basal 

 segments, but becoming smaller, more widely separated and not as 

 deeply impressed toward the apex, sparsely clothed with rather long 

 recumbent cinereous hairs, the intervals smooth and shining; last 

 ventral segment obtusely rounded at apex, and without a subapical 

 carina. Prosternum very coarsely and rather densely punctate, and 

 sparsely clothed with recumbent cinereous hairs; anterior margin 

 with a very feeble median lobe, which is obsoletely arcuately 

 emarginate in front; prosternal process parallel to behind the 

 anterior coxal cavities, scarcely two times as wide as the cavities, 

 and broadly rounded at the apex. 



Length, 7.5 mm. ; width, 2.75 mm. 



Type locality. — Jamaica. 



Type. — British Museum. 



This species is described from a single male received through the 

 kindness of the British Museum. It is simply labeled Jamaica with- 

 out any additional data and was received under the manuscript 

 name jarnaicensis, which I have retained for the species. 



It is one of the elongate subcylindrical species and can be sepa- 

 rated from all the other West Indian species of this genus, except 

 subcylindrica Fisher, by the antennae being serrate from the fourth 

 joint. From that species it can be distinguished by the yellow 

 elytral markings, which are not broken up into two longitudinal 

 rows of small spots, but has a large lateral area behind the humeri 

 enclosing a dark spot and with transverse fasciae toward the apex. 



