ART. 8. BUPRESTID BEETLES OF MEXICO—FISHER. 61 
on the disk, becoming finely granulated at the sides. Abdomen 
beneath sparsely and irregularly punctate, the punctures very shal- 
low and obsolete, sparsely «lothed with rather long, recumbent, cine- 
reous hairs which are slightly longer on the last segment; intervals 
finely, densely, and obsoletely reticulate-striolate; last segment nar- 
rowly rounded at tip, with a small triangular emargination at the 
apex. Metasternum more coarsely punctured, and the intervals 
smoother at the middle than on the abdomen, and with a deep, 
elongate emargination at the middle of the anterior margin. Pro- 
sternum finely and densely granulated, and with a few inconspicuous 
hairs; anterior margin broadly rounded; posternal process narrow, 
nearly parallel, sides carinate, the carinae parallel, and the apex 
broadly rounded. 
Length, 3.25 mm.; width, 1.6 mm. 
Type locality.—Tepic, Mexico. 
Type.—Cat. No. 25119, U.S.N.M. 
Described from a single male specimen collected by Gustav Eisen 
and labeled “U.S.N.M. Acc. 31016.” 
This species is closely allied to ares Saunders, but differs from it in 
being entirely aeneous, pronotum obsoletely, longitudinally grooved 
at middle, eyes flat, scutellum longer, head more densely punctured, 
and the last abdominal segment of the male more deeply emarginate. 
LIUS DISSIMILIS Waterhouse. 
Tius dissimilis WatErHovusE, Biol. Centr.-Amer. Coleopt., vol. 3, pt. 1, 1889, 
pp. 135-136, pl. 7, fig. 18. 
Described from material collected by Mr. Champion near Guatemala 
City, Guatemala, at an elevation of 5,000 feet. The type, which is 
in the British Museum, has not been examined, and the species has 
been placed in the key from the characters given in the original 
description. 
LIUS PARVULUS Waterhouse. 
Lius parvulus Wateruouse, Biol. Centr.-Amer. Coleopt., vol. 3, pt. 1, 1889, 
pp. 136-137. 
This species was described from material collected by Mr. Champion 
at Bugaba, Volcan de Chiriqui, and Taboga Island, Panama, without 
designating any definite type locality. It is represented in the 
National Museum Collection by a single specimen, which is probably 
a paratype, received from F. D. Godman, and labeled ‘ Bugaba, 
800-1500 ft. Champion.” Besides this specimen the National Museum 
Collection also contains the following: Seven specimens collected at 
Paraiso, Canal Zone, Panama, between January 17 and April 6, 1911, 
by E. A. Schwarz, and another specimen collected at the same locality, 
April 10, 1911, by A. H. Jennings. 
