azrT. 8. BUPRESTID BEETLES OF MEXICO—FISHER. 29 
with a few very shallow punctures intermixed with finer, obsolete 
ones, and finely, densely granulated in the depressed areas at poste- 
rior angles. Scutellum obsoletely punctate, and glabrous, with the 
anterior angles nearly rectangular. Elytra as wide as pronotum 
at base; humeral angles obtusely rounded; sides parallel to 
near the middle, then abruptly, obliquely attenuate to near the 
tips, where they are more strongly narrowed, tips separately and 
rather acutely rounded, the lateral margin rather strongly serrate, 
and when viewed from the side, is nearly straight, except for 
an abrupt sinuation for the posterior femora; each elytron with a deep, 
narrow depression between the humerus and lateral margin, extend- 
ing along margin from the humeral angles to a very deep, broad 
depression behind the humerus, basal depression not present ; sur- 
face finely, sparsely punctate, and sparsely clothed with short, incon- 
spicuous dark hairs, and with a narrow, transverse fascia of rather 
short, recumbent, cinereous hairs at apical third. Abdomen beneath 
moderately convex, sparsely and rather finely punctate, with a few 
inconspicuous hairs ; intervals finely and densely reticulate ; last seg- 
ment broadly rounded, with a short tooth at the apex, the portion 
in front of marginal groove acutely angulated at tip. Elytral epi- 
pleura narrow. Metasternum more coarsely punctured than the 
abdomen, and feebly emarginate in front. Prosternum obsoletely 
emarginate in front; prosternal process about three times as wide 
as the coxal cavities, sides slightly expanded behind the coxae, and 
very broadly rounded at apex; episternum short, flat, and triangu- 
lar. Prothoracic epipleura wide and nearly flat, with a deep longi- 
tudinal groove behind the antennal groove; lateral margin rectan- 
gular, becoming acute posteriorly ; antennal groove deep and rather 
wide, following the suture between the episternum and epipleura, and 
extending into the latter to about the middle, and nearly parallel to 
the lateral margin. 
Female.—Differs from the male in having the last abdominal seg- 
ment slightly produced, and obsoletely emarginate at apex, truncate 
and feebly sinuate on each side of the emargination; the ventral 
surface with a moderately deep, longitudinal groove, extending from 
the apex to apical third. The apex of the abdomen is probably 
somewhat deformed in this specimen. 
Length, 3 mm.; width, 1.9 mm. 
Type locality—Paraiso, Canal Zone, Panama. 
Type and allotype.—Cat. No. 25104, U.S.N.M. 
Described from two specimens, male and female, both of which 
were collected by KE. A. Schwarz at the type locality. The male was 
collected April 3, 1911, and the female May 10, 1911. 
