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at apical third, which does not extend to the hiteral margin nor 

 suture; beneath more shining than above, olivaceous-green with a 

 strong reddish-cupreous reflection, the legs more reddish-cupreous, 

 and the tarsi cyaneous. 



Length, 13 mm. ; width, 5.5 mm. 



Type locality. — Jamaica. 



Type. — ^W. J. Holland Collection. 



Faratype.—C^i. No. 26807, U.S.N.M. . 



Described from two specimens kindly loaned by Dr. W. J. Hol- 

 land, and which were collected by F. Klages. There is also a speci- 

 men loaned by the British Museum and labeled Jamaica 78-22, 

 which I have placed with this variety. It differs from the type only 

 in coloration, being more brownish-green, and not so reddish-cupre- 

 ous as in the type. 



This species is very closely allied to auronotata Castelnau and 

 Gory, but at least should be separated from that species as a good 

 variet3^ It differs from it in the coloration, which is of a reddish- 

 cupreous color, more shining, and not quite as convex, the elytra not 

 quite as densely punctate and the punctures more widely separated, 

 the base, suture, and posterior half of elytra margined with green, 

 elytral spots bright green, the two in front of middle larger and 

 nearly confluent, and with a short oblique fascia at apical third. 



Genus CHRYSOBOTHRIS Eschscholtz 



Chrysohotris Eschscholtz, ZooI. Atlas, vol. 1, 1829, p. 9; reprint, p. 8. 



Chrysobothris Solier, Ann. Soc. Ent. France, ser. 1, vol. 2, 1833, pp. 310- 

 311, pi. 12, fig. 29.— I.AcoRDAiuE, Gen. Col., vol. 4, 1857, pp. 75-76.— 

 Castelnau and Gory, Mon. Bupr., vol. 2, 183&-1837, pp. 1-59, pis. 1- 

 10. — Keeremans, Wytsmans Gen. Insectorum, fasc. 12, pt. 3, 1903, pp. 

 183-192.— HouA-, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 13, 1886, pp. 65-124, pis. 

 2-7. 



Odontomus Kirey, Richardson's Fauna Bor. Amer., vol. 4, 1837, p. 156. 



Head vertical, much wider in front than on vertex; front even or 

 uneven, narrowed hy the insertion of the antennae, and frequently 

 separated from the vertex by a sharp transverse carina; epistoma 

 broad, more or less sinuate or emarginate in front, and constricted 

 posteriorly by the antennal cavities, which are small, rounded, and 

 situated at a considerable distance from the eyes. Antennae moder- 

 ately long; first joint elongate, clavate and feebly arcuate; second 

 very short and globular; third elongate and more or less clavate; 

 the first three joints as long as the following joints united; following 

 joints triangular, usually transverse, and armed with a poriferous 

 fovea situated on the interior margin of the joints. Eyes very large, 

 elongate, inner margins very oblique, and much nearer to each other 

 on vertex than at the front. Pronotum much wider than long, and 

 variable in shape; base strongly bisinuate, frequently lobed at the 



