akT. 8. BUPRESTID BEETLES OF MEXICO—FISHER. 17 
at basal third, a longitudinal one joined to the transverse band at mid- 
dle and extending arcuately to the suture at the apical third, and a 
more obsolete arcuate one at the apical fourth. Abdomen beneath 
rather convex, coarsely and rather sparsely punctate, the punctures 
very shallow and open on the one side, sparsely clothed with short 
inconspicuous hairs; intervals finely and obsoletely reticulate; last 
segment broadly rounded at apex, with 14 rather long, moderately 
broad, equal teeth, which are rounded at apex, placed close together 
and bent downward at right angles to the abdomen. Elytral epi- 
pleura narrow. Metasternum more coarsely punctured than the 
abdomen, and rather broadly arcuately emarginate in front. Pro- 
sternum rather deeply, arcuately emarginate in front; prosternal 
process rather broad, three times as wide as the coxal cavities, 
sides nearly parallel, and the apex broadly rounded; episternum 
long, flat, and triangular, strongly attenuate anteriorly. Prothoracic 
epipleura wide and nearly flat, feebly, longitudinally concave behind 
the antennal groove, which is very deep and extending to the lateral 
margin near the middle, and parallel to the tibial groove; lateral 
margin rather acute posteriorly, and nearly rectangular in front of 
the antennal groove. 
Length, 3 mm.; width, 2.25 mm. 
Type locality.—Porto Bello, Panama. 
Type and paratypes.—Cat. No. 25097, U.S.N.M. 
Described from three females, all collected by E. A. Schwarz; two 
of these collected at Porto Bello, Panama, February 26, 1911, and 
the other one at Paraiso, Canal Zone, Panama, on March 15, 1911. 
PACHYSCHELUS IRRORATUS Waterhouse. 
Pachyschelus irroratus WATERHOUSE, Biol. Centr.-Amer. Coleopt., vol. 3, pt. 1, 
1889, p. 149, pl. 7, figs. 23, 23a. 
Described from material collected by Mr. Hége at Mazatlan in 
Sinaloa, Mexico. It is represented in the National Museum Collec- 
tion by two specimens collected at Izamal, Yucatan, Mexico, during 
April, by C. H. T. Townsend, which agree very well with the de- 
scription. 
PACHYSCHELUS CARMINEUS Kerremans. 
Pachyschelus carmineus KERREMANS, Ann. Soc. Ent. France, vol. 63, 1894, pp. 
420-421. 
Described from material collected in the refuse of tobacco imported 
into Paris, France, from Mexico. The origin of the specimens col- 
lected under these conditions should be verified, as tobacco from Brazil, 
Mexico, and other localities was stored in the same building. The 
species is unknown to the writer and is placed in the key from the 
characters given in the original description. 
