ART. 9 WEST INDIAN BUPRESTIDAE FISHER 167 



Length, 13 mm. ; width, 4.25 mm. 



Pallas (1782) in his orio^inal description gives Brazil as the type 

 locality for this species which is probably an error. Fabricius (1787) 

 described the same species from Jamaica under the name corusca. 

 This species, as far as known, is confined to Jamaica, and specimens 

 have been examined from the following collections : Coll. W. J. Hol- 

 land: Three specimens, from Jamaica (F. Klages). Coll. British 

 Mus. : One specimen, labeled " Parry, compared with type corusca 

 Fabr. Coll. Banks, Saunders 74-18 " ; another labeled " Jamaica 

 (Tarnier)," determined by Kerremans as tereticollis Pallas; and a 

 third specimen simply labeled "Jamaica." Coll. U. S. Nat. Mus. : 

 One specimen, Jamaica (F. Klages) (donated by Dr. W. J. Holland) . 



Genus ANTHAXIA Eschscholtz 



Anthaxia Eschscholiz, Zool. Atlas, vol. 1, 1829, p. 9 (reprint, p. 8). — 

 SoLiEE, Ann. Soc. Ent. Prance, ser. 1, vol. 2, 1833, pp. 297-298, pi. 12, 

 fig. 22. — Castelnau and Gory, Mon. Bupr., vol. 2, 1839, pp. 1-2, pi. 1. — 

 Lacoruaire, Gen. Col., vol. 4, 1857, pp. 49-50. — Kekkkmans. Wytsnian's 

 Gen. Insectorum, fasc. 12, pt. 3, 1903, pp. 170-177. 



Cra torn ems Solier, Ann. Soc. Ent. France, ser. 1, vol. 2, 1833, pp. 295-296, 

 pi. 12, fig. 21.— Castelnau and Gory, Mou. Bupr., vol. 2, 18.39, p. l,.pl. 1. 



Head vertical, front flat or concave, sometimes impressed along 

 epistoma and not narrowed by the insertion of the antennae; ep- 

 istoma short, wide, and sinuate or emarginate in front; antennal 

 cavities small, round, not concealed by a carina, and situated nearer 

 the epistoma than the eyes. Maxillary palpi three jointed; first 

 joint elongate and enlarged at apex; second short, obconical ; the 

 third cylindrical or suboval. Antennae 11-jointed, short and slender, 

 except the males of some CrcUomen/s, which have it rather robust; 

 first joint elongate and clavate; second and third short, obconical, 

 the third usually longer than second ; the following joints triangular, 

 dentate on the inner side, and with terminal poriferous pores. Eyes 

 large, oval, subparallel or feebly converging on the vertex, and sinu- 

 ate on inner margin. Pronotum transverse, quadrangular, rarely as 

 long as wide; sides arcuately rounded; anterior margin bisinuate or 

 emarginate, with a more or less distinct median lobe; base trun- 

 cate or obsoletely rounded. Scutellum small, triangular, or ogival. 

 Elytra truncate at base, apex rounded, and the lateral margin dentate 

 or unarmed. Mesosternum divided. Metasternum truncate in front 

 and with a groove at the middle, the ei)imera visible at the side. 

 Posterior coxae moderately dilated internally, the anterior side sinu- 

 ate or horizontal, the posterior side oblique and a little arcuate. Legs 

 more or less robust, often slender; femora fusiform, rather thick, 

 the posterior pair sometimes swollen and arcuate ; tibiae slender and 

 cylindrical ; tarsi with first joint elongate, second shorter, third and 



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