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ART. 9 WEST INDIAN BUPRESTIDAE FISHER 105 



prominent; base broadly rounded, without a distinct lobe; disk 

 rather flat, with a deep basal depression, the first costa along suture 

 distinct on apical half, terminating in front in a vague, smooth 

 space, between this costa and lateral margin are three somewhat 

 transverse, broad smooth spaces of irregular shape, the surface be- 

 tween these is densely, coarsely, and irregularly punctate. Abdomen 

 beneath coarsely but not very closely punctate, the punctures with 

 the posterior margins not well defined, and from the center of each 

 arises a very short inconspicuous hair ; intervals nearly smooth ; first 

 segment feebly depressed at middle ; last segment longitudinally 

 depressed along lateral margins, which are serrate, without a sub- 

 marginal ridge, and with the apex broadly arcuately emarginate. 

 Prosternum truncate in front and without a median lobe; surface 

 coarsely and sparsely punctate, more densely and finely along the 

 anterior margin, and sparsely clothed with long inconspicuous cine- 

 reous hairs ; prosternal process nearly flat, strongly expanded behind 

 the coxal cavities, and with a large acute triangular tooth at apex. 

 Femora robust: anterior pair with a large obtuse tooth on the outer 

 edge, closer to the apex than base, and serrate on the exterior margin. 

 Anterior and middle tibiae rather strongly arcuate, flattened on the 

 inner surface and feebly dilated near the apex ; posterior pair feebly 

 arcuate and subcylindrical. 



Female. — Di fibers from the male in having the head a little more 

 convex, more coarsely punctured, not as pubescent, and with more 

 or less distinct smooth callosities; last abdominal segment with a 

 very sm'all acute emargination at apex; anterior and middle tibiae 

 only feebly arcuate and the posterior pair straight. 



Length, 10-18 mm. ; width, 4-7 mm. 



This species is easily distinguished from any other species of this 

 genus found in the West Indies by the antennae having joints four 

 to eleven in the greater part distinctly testaceous. 



The species was described by Germar (1824) from North Americ'a, 

 and later under a number of names as given above by various 

 authors. The species is rather common and is found throughout 

 the greater part of the United States, the larvae living in various 

 species of pine. Castelnau 'and Gory (1837) described rotundicollis 

 from Saint Domingo, and the following is a translation of their 

 original description : 



Dark aeneous, strongly punctured. Thorax rounded on the sides, 

 with two elevated longitudinal lines, more obscure at the middle. 

 Elytra with irregular, cupreous impressions, of which the two most 

 prominent are situated a little posteriorly. Body and feet cupreous. 

 Length, 6 lines; width, 21/4 lines. 



A specimen received from the British Museum and labeled Haiti, 

 Saunders 74-18, agrees with the figure and description of rotundi- 



