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on the expanded basal parts, and entire posteriorly; surface striato- 

 punctate, the striae feebly impressed and the punctures rather coarse 

 anteriorly, but becoming finer toward the apex, intervals nearly flat 

 on the basal region, but becoming more convex posteriorly, rather 

 rugose toward the sides, and interrupted by numerous inconspicuous 

 punctured spaces, and clothed with a few very short inconspicuous 

 hairs. Abdomen beneath coarsely and rather densely punctate, the 

 punctures becoming finer, denser and somewhat crenulate toward the 

 sides, finely scabrous at the sides of basal segment, and rather densely 

 clothed with moderately long recumbent hairs ; first segment broadly 

 longitudinally sulcate at the middle; last segment subtruncate and 

 feebly sinuate at apex. Prosternum moderately convex, the anterior 

 margin obsoletely arcuately emarginate in the middle, and forming 

 an obsolete lobe on each side; surface sparsely, coarsely, and irregu- 

 larly punctate, and somewhat rugose at the sides ; prosternal process 

 moderately broad, nearly flat, and smooth at the middle, with a deep 

 marginal groove, which is coarsely punctate and sparsely clothed 

 with a row of long hairs, sides parallel to behind the anterior coxal 

 cavities, then strongly attenuate and feebly arcuately emarginate to 

 the apex, which is obtusely rounded. Posterior coxae with an obtuse 

 tooth on the posterior margin, situated closer to the legs than the 

 lateral margin. 



Feinale. — Similar to the male but slightly more robust, and the 

 last abdominal segment broadly rounded at apex. 



Length, 20-22 mm. ; width, 6.5-8 mm. 



Tyye locality. — Eleuthera, Bahamas. 



Type and allotype.— Q^^t. No. 26806, U.S.N.M. 



Paratype. — Coll. British Museum. 



This species was described from three specimens, two males and 

 one female, collected at the type locality, July 9, by Prof. H. F. 

 Wicldiam. 



It is allied to aurafa Saunders and aurifer Olivier, but the pro- 

 notum not longitudinally sulcate at middle, and the transverse 

 smooth spaces on disk not distinctly marked. This is the species 

 recorded by Prof. H. F. Wickham in the Canadian Entomologist as 

 Gyascutus carolinensis Horn. 



Genus EUCHROMA Solier 



Euchroma Solier, Ann. Soc. Ent. France, ser. 1. vol. 2, 1833, pp. 284-286, 

 pi. 11, fig. 14. — Castelnau and Goey, Mon. Bupr., vol. 2, 1837, pp. 5-7, 

 pi. 1. — Lacordaire, Gen. Col., vol. 4, 1857, pp. 20-21. — Kerremans, 

 Wytsman's Gen. Insectorum, fasc. 12, pt. 2, 1903, pp. 67-68; Mon. 

 Biipr., vol. 3, 1908, pp. 245-250. 



Head nearly flat or feebly convex, distinctly wider in front than 

 at vertex; front longitudinally grooved, but not narrowed by the 



