. ART. 9 WEST INDIAN BUPRESTIDAE FISHER 93 



costae ; last abdominal segment of female with two shallow semi-circular 



emarginations at apex tranquebarica (Gmelin). 



Anterior femora without a tooth on outer margin ; posterior foveae on 

 elytra irregular and situated between the first and fourth costae; last 

 abdominal segment of female broadly arcuately emarginate at apex. 



tumida Chevrolat. 



5. Elytra acuminate posteriorly and produced into a spine at apex. 



antillarum Fisher. 



Elytra broadly rounded at apex dentipes (Germar). 



6. Elytra acuminate at apex and prolonged into a spine at middle of each 

 elytron . bella Fisher. 



Elytra rounded at apex, without a distinct median spine on each elytron- 7 



7. Sides of pronotuni strongly angulated near the apical angles 8 



Sides of pronotum not angulated 12. 



8. Pronotum with transverse green, violaceous, and reddish-cupreous fasciae 



quadrimaculata ( Fabr icius ) . 



Pronotum unicolored 9. 



9. Elytra with two green fasciae lepida Castelnau and Gory. 



Elytra without green fasciae, but with round green or concolorous depres 



sions 10 



10. Elytral spots feebly cupreous or concolorous, the posterior two placed 

 transversely megacephala Castelnau and Gory. 



Elytral spots green, the posterior two placed obliquely 11. 



11. Epistoma with a narrow acutely rounded emargination at middle; elytral 

 spots large, and with a green humeral spot on each elytron. 



chlorosticta Thomson. 



Epistoma broadly angularly emarginate in front; elytral spots small, and 



without the green humeral spots parvofoveata Fisher. 



12. Sides of pronotum widest near apical angles 13. 



Sides of pronotum regularly arcuate, widest near the middle 16. 



13. Pronotum dark aeneous; elytra violaceous-black, with transverse green and 

 reddish-cupreous fasciae thomae Kerremans. 



Pronotum reddish-cupreous or violaceous 14. 



14. Pronotum violaceous-green ; elytra purpureous, with transverse green fa>;- 

 ciae wolcotti Fisher. 



Pronotum reddish-cupreous; elytra brownish-aeneous, with greenish or 

 violaceous markings 15. 



15. Each elytron with the base and two round discal spots green, and the basal 

 and median foveae deeply impressed ; pronotum with rather sparsely 

 placed elongate punctures hispaniolae Fisher. 



Each elytron with the base, suture at basal fourth, and two transverse 

 fasciae green or olivaceous, the median foveae only feebly impressed ; 

 pronotum with rather densely placed round punctures. 



thoracica (Fabricius). 



16. Anterior femora with the tooth serrate on the exterior margin. 



insulana Fisher. 



Anterior femora with the tooth not serrate on the exterior margin 17, 



17. Elytral markings golden-green ; antero-median spot transversely oblique and 

 usually connected along the lateral margin with the transverse basal 

 fascia ; pronotum arcuately rounded at sides sexfasciata Schaeffer. 



Elytral markings bluish-green, large, oblong, and not connected along the 

 lateral margin to the basal fascia ; pronotum feebly arcuately rounded 

 and nearly parallel at the sides sexfasciata, var. jamaicensis Fisher. 



