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pressions, two at the base and two in front of the middle, forming 

 a transverse quadrangle, the two basal ones more deeply, abriiptly 

 and transversely impressed; surface coarsely, deeply and rather 

 densely punctate, the punctures more remote on the post-median 

 part, and the four impressions rather densely clothed with short 

 cinereous hairs. Scutellum rounded, subtruncate in front, and the 

 surface obsoletely striolate. Elytra distinctly wider than pronotum 

 at base, broadly rounded at humeral angles, arcuately expanded to 

 behind humeri, nearly parallel to apical third, then strongly arcu- 

 ately attenuate to the tips, which are truncate and rather deeply 

 emarginate; surface striate-punctate, the striae feebly impressed, 

 somewhat confused, and interrupted by the foveae, and the punctures 

 in the striae very small and obsolete, intervals flat, and coarsely, 

 rather densely, and irregularly punctate ; each elytron with a number 

 of feebly impressed foveae, arranged as follows: First, near scutel- 

 lum; second, third, and fourth on the second stria, the second one 

 small, and situated at middle, fourth, and fifth larger, one at the 

 apical third, the other at apex; fifth and sixth large, round, and 

 situated between the third and fifth striae, one just in front of mid- 

 dle, the other behind the middle ; seventh near humeral angle ; eighth 

 behind the humerus; six along the lateral margin, one behind the 

 humerus, one near the apex, and the other four about equally dis- 

 tance apart; all of the impressions rather densely clothed with short 

 fulvous hairs. Abdomen beneath coarsely, rather densely and ir- 

 regularly punctate, and rather densely clothed with long recumbent 

 cinereous hairs; first segment feebly flattened at middle; last segment 

 truncate at apex, with a deep transverse crescent shaped depression 

 behind the apical margin. Prosternum feebly convex; surface 

 coarsely, sparsely punctate, and nearly glabrous; anterior margin 

 broadly, abruptly and strongly declivous along entire margin; 

 prosternal process feebly convex, parallel to behind anterior coxae, 

 then obliquely attenuate to the apex, which is acutely rounded. 



Female. — Similar to the male with the exception that the head is 

 dark aeneo-cupreous, the punctures are not green at the bottom, and 

 the body beneath not quite as pubescent. 



Length, 15-17 mrii. ; width, 5-5.75 mm. 



This species is closely allied to albonotata and 7nultipunctata, but 

 differs from both these species in being more robust and parallel 

 posterior^, the elytra more broadly rounded behind the humeri, the 

 elytra! foveae of a different color from the remainder of the surface, 

 and the anterior margin of the prosternum not interrupted at the 

 middle. 



The species was described by Chevrolat (1867) from Cuba, and 

 stated that it was found in the central and eastern part of the island 



