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then obliquely attenuate to the apical angles ; posterior angles nearly 

 rectangular; anterior margin arcuately emarginate, with a broadly 

 rounded median lobe; base rather strongly bisinuate; surface 

 coarsely, deeply, and irregularly punctate, the punctures more widely 

 and irregularly separated on the disk, but becoming more confluent 

 toward the sides. Scutellum subquadrate, truncate in front, and 

 rounded behind. Elytra slightly wider than pronotum at base, 

 strongly expanded behind the humeri, feebly obliquely attenuate to 

 apical third, then arcuately attenuate to the tips, which are trans- 

 versely truncate, feebly sinuate and bidentate; surface striato-punc- 

 tate, the striae not deeply impressed and the punctures fine and 

 rather closely placed; intervals flat, not alternately elevated, and 

 with a few shallow, coarse, and irregularly placed punctures. Ab- 

 domen beneath coarsely, sparsely, and irregularly punctate, and 

 sparsely clothed with short recumbent cinereous hairs; intervals 

 finely and densely granulose; first segment broadly obsoletely sul- 

 cate at middle; last segment broadly truncate and feebly sinuate at 

 apex. Prosternum feebly convex, shining, and very sparsely, 

 coarsely punctate ; anterior margin straight and narrowly declivous ; 

 prosternai process feebly convex, not sulcate at middle, parallel to 

 behind the anterior coxal cavities, then obliquely attenuate to the 

 apex, which is rather acutely rounded. Anterior femora slightly 

 more swollen at middle than the middle or posterior ones; anterior 

 tibiae emarginate, flattened on the inner side, and armed with a large 

 broad hook at apex ; anterior tarsi distinctly broader than posterior 

 ones. 



Female. — Unknown. 



Length, 14.5 mm. ; width, 5.5 mm. 



Type locality. — Vinales, Cuba. 



Tyj^e and paratype. — Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 



Paratype.—C2it. No. 26813, U.S.N.M. 



This species is described from three specimens received from the 

 American Museum of Natural History, which were collected by C. W. 

 Leng at the type locality between September 16 and 22, 1913, the 

 vegetation consisting of scattered pines with a few oaks, etc. 



BUPRESTIS DECIPIENS, new species 



Fem<de. — Form broadly elongate-oval; above uniformly piceous, 

 with a strong purplish or cupreous tinge, head with a few small 

 yellow spots on the front near epistoma, and the sides of the pro- 

 notum obsoletely reddish-brown; beneath brownish-cupreous, with 

 the sternal regions reddish-brown. 



Head feebly convex, with a very narrow obsolete carina on the 

 occiput; surface somewhat uneven, coarsely and rather deeply punc- 

 tate, the punctures irregularly placed and confluent in some places; 



