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posterior margins not well defined, sparsely clothed with long recum- 

 bent hairs along sides, and the intervals obsoletely granulose ; sides of 

 segments with flat smooth spaces and the posterior angles produced 

 into an acute tooth ; first segment feebly concave at middle ; last seg- 

 ment with the lateral margins entire, with a strongly elevated serrate 

 submarginal ridge, and broadly, but not deeply arcuately emarginate 

 at apex. Prosternum broadly and obsoletely emarginate in front, 

 without a median lobe ; surface transversely depressed along anterior 

 margin, sparsely and rather coarsely punctate, transversely rugose 

 anteriorly, and sparsely clothed with long cinereous hairs ; prosternal 

 process flat, strongly expanded behind the coxal cavities, and the 

 apex with a long triangular tooth. Anterior and middle femora 

 moderatel}^ robust, the former without the usual large tooth; poste- 

 rior pair subcylindrical and not enlarged at middle. Anterior and 

 middle tibiae feebly arcuate and subcylindrical; posterior pair 

 straight. 



Length, 15 mm. ; width, 7.5 mm. 



The locality given by Chevrolat (1867) in the original description 

 is Cuba, from the central part of the island in the collections of 

 Gundlach and Poey, Gundlach (1891) records it from Cuba with- 

 out giving any additional notes. 



The above description Avas made from two female specimens 

 kindly loaned by the Academy Natural Sciences Philadelphia, and 

 labeled Cuba (Poey Coll. No. 986). (One of these specimens has 

 been donated to the U. S. National Museum). There is also a single 

 example of this species labeled No. 839 in the Gundlach Museum in 

 Habana, which has not been available for studA^ 



The species is very closely allied to tranqueharica Gmelin and 

 might be easily mistake for that species. It is, however, easily dis- 

 tinguished from that species by the anterior femora not having the 

 usual large tooth on the outer margin, by being broader in propor- 

 tion to its length, sides of pronotum parallel at middle, posterior 

 foveae on the elytra more irregular and extending between the first 

 and fourth costae, and the last ventral segment of the abdomen in 

 the female broadly, but not deeply arcuately emarginate at the apex, 

 while in tranqueharica the female has two semi-circular emargina- 

 tions at the apex. The species seems to be rare in collections, as no 

 specimens have been recorded except the ones mentioned by Chev- 

 rolat in the Gundlach and Poey Collections. It seems to be confined 

 to Cuba, and probably has a different food plant from tranqueharica. 



CHRYSOBOTHRIS ANTILLARUM, new species 



Female. — Elongate, rather broad and moderately convex, sub- 

 opaque; head green, Avith the median parts violaceous-black; prono- 

 tum aeneous, with obsolete violaceous-black areas, and anteriorly mar- 



