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in front ; prosternal process broad, the sides nearly parallel to behind 

 the coxal cavities, then obliquely narrowed to the apex, which is rather 

 acute. Tibiae slender, nearly straight; anterior and middle pairs 

 with a distinct tooth at apex, and the posterior pair feebly flattened. 

 Posterior tarsi slightly shorter than the tibiae, and the first joint 

 about as long as the following three joints united. Tarsal claws 

 similar on all feet, cleft near the middle, the outer tooth long and 

 acute at tip, the inner one much shorter and broader, and not turned 

 inward. 



Length, 13 mm. ; width, 3.5 mm. 



Female. — Differs from the male in being slightly more robust ; eyes 

 more narrowly oblong; last abdominal segment with a more or less 

 triangular smooth space at apex, sometimes interrupting the marginal 

 groove, the posterior tibiae more broadly flattened and abruptly 

 narrowed near apex, and none of the tibiae armed with a distinct 

 tooth at apex. 



Redescribed from the male and female cotypes (No. 3482) in the 

 Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 



Type locality. — Florida. 



DISTRIBUTION 



Material examined : 



Arkansas: No definite locality (H. Soltau collection). 

 Florida: Jacksonville, May. Dunedin, April 11 (Blatchley). 



Also recorded from : 



Georgia : No definite locality. 



Texas : Brownsville, June ( Schaeff er collection ) . 



Variations. — Very few specimens have been seen, and no variation 

 worthy of mention has been observed. 



Host. — The larval habits are unknown, but an adult has been swept 

 from low huckleberry bushes by W. S. Blatchley. 



Nearly all of the specimens examined are from Florida, and the 

 specimen labeled "Ark." in the United States National Museum may 

 be erroneously labeled. Horn (1891) in his original description gives 

 Georgia, but I was unable to find any specimens from that locality 

 in either the Horn or LeConte collections. Chamberlin (1926) re- 

 cords it from Texas, but the specimen has not been examined by the 

 writer. 



55. AGRILUS RESTRICTUS Waterhouse 



Figure 40 



Agrilus restrictus Waterhouse, Biol. Centr.-Amer., Coleop., vol. 3, pt. 1, 

 1889, p. 119, pi. 7, figs. 7, la. — Fisher and Nicolay, Ent. News, vol. 31, 

 1920, pp. 100-102.— Nicolay, Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc, vol. 29, 1921, 

 p. 175. — Chamberlin, Cat. Buprestidae, 1926, p. 79. 



