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liumeral angles obtusely angulated; sides obliquely attenuate to 

 apical third, then more arcuately attenuate to the tips, which are 

 conjointly acutely rounded, the lateral margins coarsely serrate pos- 

 teriorly; humeri strongly developed; surface striato-punctate, in the 

 concave area the striae are deeply impressed, about one-fourth as 

 wide as the intervals, and the punctures fine, elongate and confluent 

 in the striae, toward the sides the striae are feebly impressed, nearly 

 as wide as the intervals, and the punctures very coarse, and more or 

 less confluent; intervals flat on the disk, becoming more convex 

 laterally, and with a rovv of fine, densely placed punctures, from the 

 center of which arises a long erect black hair. Abdomen beneath 

 densely, finely and rather regularly punctate, and sparsely clothed 

 with short erect cinereous hairs, intervals smooth and shining; sec- 

 ond segment with a round obsolete depression at middle along an- 

 terior margin; last segment broadly rounded at apex; without a 

 subapical carina. Prosternum punctate similar to that of the ab- 

 domen ; anterior margin with a distinct median lobe, which is deeply 

 arcuately emarginate in front ; prosternal process parallel behind the 

 anterior coxae, at least two times as wide as the coxal cavity, and 

 broadly rounded at apex. 



Length, 8-11 mm.; width, 4-5 mm. 



Originally described by Oliver (1790) from Santo Domingo. 

 Mannerheim (1837) records it from the same island on the foliage of 

 Crotinus cascarillae^ and from all accounts the distribution of this 

 species is restricted to that island. The following material has been 

 examined. Coll. U. S. Nat- Mus. : One specimen from Port-au-Prince, 

 Haiti (W. L. Rockwell), and another one from the same locality 

 collected by R. J. Crew, and received from H. F. Wickham. Coll. 

 British Museum: One specimen, Haiti (Saunders 74-18) ; one labeled 

 simply St. Domingo, and a third specimen, labeled Haiti (Mus. Paris, 

 Chevrolat Coll.). 



In size and form this species resembles pulcherrima Jacquelin 

 Duval, but it can be easily separated from that species by the elytra 

 having the apex fiery red, and the yellow markings arranged in two 

 longitudinal rows on each elytron. 



ACMAEODERA CUBAECOLA Jacquelin Duval 



Acmaeodera cubaecola Jacquelin Duval, in Ramon tie la Sagra's Hist. 

 Pliys. Polit. et Nat de I'ile de Cuba. Anim. Artie, 1857 (French Edi- 

 tion), pp. 57-58; (Spanish Edition) vol. 7, 1857, pp. 26-27. — Chrevolat. 

 Ann. Soc. Ent. France, ser. 4, vol. 7, 1867, p. .583 (separates, p. 159). — 

 GuNDLACH, Contribution k la Entomol., Cuba, vol. 3, pt. 5, 1891, p. 

 167, no. 1414. — Kekremans, Mon. Bupr., vol. 2, 1906, pp. 61-63, 

 pi. 11, fig. 5. 



Xarrowly elongate, subcylindrical, rounded in front, more acumi- 

 nate posteriorly, and strongly convex above, sinuate below and 

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