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truncate in front, with an arcuate emargination at the middle, and 

 with a narrow longitudinal groove on the disk. Prosternum wide, 

 and feebly convex ; anterior margin truncate or arcuately emarginate, 

 with the margin narrowly elevated; prosternal process very broad, 

 flat or feebly convex, and not sulcate at the middle. Posterior coxae 

 dilated internally; anterior and posterior margins sinuate. Legs 

 slightly robust ; anterior and middle femora feebly swollen at middle, 

 the posterior pair subcylindrical, and flattened on both sides; an- 

 terior tibiae strongly carinate on the outer margin ; tarsi compressed, 

 the first joint of the posterior pair as long as the following two joints 

 united. Body elongate, navicular, and acuminate at apex. 



This is a small genus containing about nine described species, all 

 of which are distributed from Mexico to South America, with the ex- 

 ception of one unrecognizable species, which has been recorded from 

 the Antilles. 



PELECOPSELAPHUS STRICTUS (Linnaeus) 



Buprestis stricta Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., 10 ed., 1758, p. 409, no, 4; Syst. 



Nat., 12 ed., vol. 1, pt. 2, 1767, p. 659, no. 4. — Gmeun, Linnaeus, Syst. 



Nat., 13 ed., vol. 1, pt. 4, 1788, p. 1929. 

 Pelecopcephalus stricta Hope, Coleopterist's Manual, vol. 3, 1840, p. 52. 

 Pelecopselaphus stricta Saunders, Catal. Bupr., 1871, p. 19. 

 Pelecopselnphus strictus Kerremans, Mon. Bupr., vol. 3, 1908, p. 2G2. — 



Leng and Mutchleb, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist, vol. 37, 1917, p. 



205. 



The following is a copy of the very short original description 

 given by Linnaeus: 



B. elytris serratis siilcatis, tibiis angulatis, abdomine glabro. Habitat in 

 Indlis. 



Saunders (1871) lists the species from Brazil, Leng and Mutch- 

 ler (1917) from the Antilles, and Kerremans (1908) records it from 

 South America and the Antilles, saying that he has not seen the 

 species, and also that it is the only Linnean species which he has not 

 examined. Hope (1840) says that it is probably a Pelecopcephalus 

 of Serville, and that Gmelin mentions the locality South America, 

 as well as India, but he regards it as belonging to the former. 

 Linnaeus (1758) in the original description gives "Indiis" as the 

 locality, which may refer to either the East or West Indies, and not 

 to India as stated by Gmelin. 



The species is practically unknown, is unrecognizable from the 

 short description, and the locality is also very questionable. It 

 probably is a South American species and does not belong to the 

 West Indian fauna, but is included in the present paper, since it 

 has been recorded in the literature from the Antilles. 



