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coarsely and irregular serrate posteriorly; surface striato-punctate, 

 the striae slightly impressed and the punctures fine, rather closely 

 placed, ruby-red at bottom, and sometimes forming irregular double 

 rows in the striae; intervals feebly convex, somewhat confused and 

 transversely rugose toward the base, and the surface densely and 

 obsoletely granulose ; elytral f oveae densely, coarsely granulose, with 

 a few larger punctures intermixed. Abdomen beneath coarsely and 

 irregularly punctate, the punctures very shallow, widely separated 

 on the median parts, but becoming finer and much denser on the 

 antero-lateral part of the segments, sparsely clothed with short in- 

 conspicuous hairs, the pubescence denser on the densely punctured 

 areas; intervals densely obsoletely granulose; first segment feebly 

 convex at middle; last segment broadly, deeply arcuately emargi- 

 nate at apex, with a sharp acute tooth on each side of the emargina- 

 tion. Prosternum coarsely and rather densely punctate, densely 

 clothed with rather long erect inconspicuous hairs, and with the 

 intervals finely and densely granulose; prosternal process feebly 

 convex, strongly expanded behind the anterior coxal cavities, then 

 strongly attenuate and arcuately emarginate to the apex, which is 

 broadly and feebly rounded. 



Female. — No specimens have been examined of this sex,, but the 

 last abdominal segment is recorded as being more truncate at apex, 

 and the lateral teeth not as strongly produced. 

 Length, 16-18 mm. ; width, 5.5-6 mm. 



Originally described by Chevrolat (1838) from Cuba. Jacquelin 

 Duval (1867), and Chevrolat (1867) both record it from Cuba, in 

 the collections of Gundlach, Poey and Chevrolat, and state that the 

 larvae live in the royal palm. Gundlach (1801) records collecting it 

 at Cardenas, Cuba. Gory (1840) also records it from Cuba, and 

 states that Chevrolat reports the larvae of this Buprestid living in 

 the "ecorce" of the royal palm {Oreodoxa reffia), (which had been 

 cut down) at a place six leagues northeast of the Bay of Jagua, on 

 the south side of Cuba, near a small stream. He collected about 20 

 examples during May, which were fully matured and ready to 

 emerge. 



Material has been examined from the following localities. Coll. 

 Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. : One specimen, labeled Cuba (Poey Coll. 

 No. 798). Coll. British Mus. : One specimen, without locality and 

 simply labeled Saunders 74^18. Coll. U. S. Nat. Mus. : One specimen 

 received from S. C. Bruner, collected at Camaguey, Cuba, August 10, 

 1921 (Angelica Rieto) ; and one specimen labeled Cuba (Poey Coll. 

 No. 798) (donated by the Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad.). There is a single 

 example labeled Pelecopselaphm lanicH No. 244 in the Gundlach 

 Museum in Habana, but has not been examined by the writer. 



