ART. 8. BUPRESTID BEETLES OF MEXICO—FISHER. 15 
broadly arcuately emarginate, then transversely truncate in front of 
scutellum; hind angles obtuse, not projecting beyond the humeral 
angles of the elytra and fitting closely to them; surface broadly, 
obsoletely depressed toward the sides, and with two small round 
depressions on the disk, sides sparsely punctate, the punctures large 
and very shallow, becoming nearly obsolete on the disk, very sparsely 
clothed with short inconspicuous cinereous hairs. Scutellum obso- 
letely granulated and glabrous, with the anterior angles rather broadly 
rounded. Elytra as wideas pronotum at base, widest at basal fourth; 
humeral angles obtuse; sides broadly arcuate, more attenuate pos- 
teriorly to the tips, which are conjointly rounded, the lateral margin 
entire, and when viewed from the side, is broadly arcuate from 
humeral angle to the apex; each elytron with a rather broad, shallow 
depression at the base, and a deeper one between the humerus and 
lateral margin, extending along the margin from the humeral angle 
to middle, and becoming broader behind the humerus; surface rather 
densely, coarsely punctate and sparsely clothed with recumbent 
cinereous pubescence, forming an indistinct transverse fascia at mid- 
dle and sparsely covering the apical fourth. Abdomen beneath 
slightly convex, sparsely and obsoletely punctate, the punctures very 
shallow and usually open on the one side, sparsely clothed with incon- 
spicuous recumbent hairs; intervals finely and obsoletely reticulate; 
last segment rather acutely rounded at apex. Elytral epipleura nar- 
row. Metasternum more coarsely punctured than the abdomen, and 
rather deeply arcuately emarginate in front. Prosternum nearly trun- 
cate in front; prosternal process rather narrow, a little more than two 
times as wide as the coxal cavities, sides slightly expanded behind 
the coxal cavities, with the apex broadly rounded; episternum nearly 
parallel, long, very narrow, and slightly concave. Prothoracic epi- 
pleura wide and nearly flat, except for a shallow longitudinal groove 
behind the antennal groove; lateral margin nearly rectangular; an- 
tennal groove very deep and extending to the lateral margin near 
the middle, and parallel to the tibial groove. 
Length, 2.4 mm.; width, 1.7 mm. 
Type locahty.—Panama City, Panama. 
Type.—Cat. No. 25096, U.S.N.M. 
Described from a unique male collected by A. H. Jennings, April 
12, 1911. 
In form and color this species resembles the variety of compacius 
Waterhouse with the cupreous head and pronotum, but it is more 
robust than that species, and also differs from it in being sparsely 
pubescent, the pubescence forming indistinct transverse fascia on the 
elytra. 
