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conspicuous hair, whieh is more erect than those in the striate. Ab- 

 domen beneath coarsely and rather densely punctate, and sparsely 

 clothed with rather long recumbent hairs, with a few denser pubes- 

 cent areas at the antero-lateral part of the segments; first segment 

 convex, without a median sulcus; last segment broadly truncate at 

 apex. Prosternum convex, the anterior margin feebly arcuately 

 emarginate, and feebly declivous, the surface coarsely and rather 

 densely punctate and sparsely clothed with short erect inconspicuous 

 hairs; prosternal process nearl}- flat, rather densely punctured, and 

 not sulcate at the middle, the sides parallel to behind the anterior 

 coxal cavities, then obliquely attenuate to the apex, which is acutely 

 rounded. Posterior coxae with the median tooth on posterior margin 

 only feebly developed. 



Length, 15-17 mm. ; width 5.5-6.5 mm. 



This species was described by Jacquelin Duval (1857) from Cuba, 

 and its distribution is probably confined to that island. Chevrolat 

 (1867) records it from Cuba, in the collections of Gundlach and 

 Poey. Gundlach (1891) reports collecting it in the western part of 

 Cuba. 



Through the kindness of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Phila- 

 delphia, I have been able to examine two specimens from their col- 

 lection labeled Cuba (Poey Coll. No. 14), from which the above de- 

 scription was made, and which are probably the specimens referred 

 to by Chevrolat. The specimens are probably both females. (One 

 of these specimens has been donated to the U. S. Nat. Mus.) There 

 is also a single example of this species labeled No. 308 in the Gund- 

 lach Museum in Habana, and another one in the British Museum, 

 which have not been examined. 



Kerremans has placed this as a synonym of mtidicollis Castelnau 

 and Gory, but it is a distinct species. The elytra are aeneo-cupreous 

 and more finely punctured, pronotum distinctly narrower in front 

 than behind, and widest at base, the surface more finely punctured 

 and the longitudinal depressions on each side of the middle more 

 obsolete, prosternum more densely punctured, the anterior margin 

 declivous, and not elevated, and the underside of the body green, 

 with a violaceous tinge. 



Genus CHALCOPHORA Solier 



Chalcophora Solier, Ann. Soc. Ent. France, ser. 1, vol. 2, 1833, pp. 278-279, 

 pi. 10, lig. 9. — Castelnau and Gokv. Mon. Bupr., vol. 2. 1837. liuprestis, 

 pp. 7-19, pis. 2-4.— Lacordaire, Gen. Col., vol. 4, 1857, pp. 21-22.— 

 Kerremans, Wytsman's Gen. Insectorum, fuse. 12, pt. 2, 1903, pp. 

 77-78.— Casey. Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci., vol. 11, 1909, pp. 77-78.— 

 Kerremans, Mon. Bupr., vol. 4, 1909, pp. 17-49, pi. 28. 



Head more or less, rugose, longitudinally impressed at the middle, 

 and slightly wider in front than at vertex; front not narrowed by 



