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lateral margins strongly serrate to the middle ; humeri rather promi- 

 nent : base strongly angularly lobed ; surface densely and finely punc- 

 tate, the punctures becoming coarser, confluent and somewhat rugose at 

 the "sides, the intervals finely and densel}^ granulose ; each elytron with 

 a distinct longitudinal carina along suture, extending from the apex 

 to middle, and a more obsolete one along the lateral margin, there is 

 a broad shallow impression at the humerus, and three deep round 

 green ones on the disk as mentioned above. Abdomen beneath 

 sparsely and coarsely punctate, the punctures shallow posteriorly, 

 irregularly placed, and from each one arises a rather long erect hair ; 

 intervals nearly smooth; first segment broadly, but feebly impressed 

 at middle; last segment with the lateral margins entire, without a 

 submarginal ridge, and the apex with tw^o semi-circular emargina- 

 tions, the median tooth nearly as long, but more obtuse than the 

 lateral ones. Prosternum with a distinct broadly rounded median 

 lobe in front, behind which, the surface is broadly depressed; sur- 

 face very coarsely punctured posteriorly, finely, transversely rugose 

 in front, and sparsely clothed with long inconspicuous hairs; pros- 

 ternal process nearly flat, strongly expanded behind the coxal cavi- 

 ties, and with a large triangular tooth at apex. Femora robust; 

 anterior pair Avith a large obtuse tooth on the outer edge near mid- 

 dle, which is strongly dentate on the exterior margin. Anterior and 

 middle tibiae arcuate, the former flattened on the inner surface, and 

 Avithout any dilatations; posterior pair straight and subcylindrical. 



Length, 12 mm. ; width, 5 mm. 



Type locality. — Bridgetown, Barbados. 



Type. — Coll. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 



Described from a single female collected at the type locality by 

 Dayton Stoner on May 11, 1918. It is closely allied to G. cordicollis 

 described by Castelnau and Gory from South America. Since their 

 description is so short and incomplete, and the specimen before me 

 does not entirely agree with the description given by these authors, 

 I am describing it as new. 



CHRYSOBOTHRIS DENTIPES (Germar) 



Buprestis dentipes Germak, Ins. Spec. Novae, vol. 1, 1824, pp. 38-39, No. 63. 

 Buprestis characteristica Hakeis, New England Farmer, ser. 1, vol. 8, 1829, 



p. 2, no. 1. 

 Chrysohothris dentipes Mannerheim, Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Moscou, vol. 



10, No, 8, 1837, p. 76. 

 Chrysohothris plicata Dejean, Cat. Coleopt., 2 ed., 1833, p. SO; 3 ed., 



1836, p. 90. (No description.) 

 Chrysohothris planata Castelnau and Gory, Mon. Bupr., vol. 2, 1837, 



Chrysohothris, pp. 56-57, pi. 10, flg. 77. 

 Chrysohothris posticaUs Castelnau and Gory, Mon. Bupr., vol. 2, 1837, 



Chrysohothris, p. 56, pi. 10, fig. 76. 

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