Akt. 8, BUPRESTID BEETLES OF MEXICO—FISHER. veal 
Be elvan yaolaeeoe Ase s ae eGo. af sais a esht cielo . violaceipennis Waterhouse. 
Ee Cra O MUR Sen ts. stb o2S<1) 13h at ce epee elas Sed cs pals -ael-a'ssn sete 4 
4, Pronotum with sides arcuately attenuate from base to apical angles, and dis- 
tinctly narrower in front than behind................... lucida Waterhouse. 
Pronotum with sides nearly parallel, and scarcely narrower in front than behind. 
angustula Waterhouse. 
5. Each elytron with two or three rows of fine punctures.... dimidiata Waterhouse. 
Punctures on elytron not arranged in rows............ breviuscula Waterhouse. 
CALLIMICRA OBTUSA Waterhouse. 
Callimicra obtusa WaterHouse, Biol. Centr.-Amer. Coleopt., vol. 3, pt. 1, 
1889, p. 164. 
This species was described from Bugaba, Panama, and the type 
is in the British Museum. It is represented in the United States 
National Museum Collection by two specimens collected at Trinidad 
River, Panama, March 21, 1911, by August Busck, and another speci- 
men collected at La Chorrera, Panama, May 18, 1912, by the same 
collector. The specimens from Trinidad River have the underside 
piceous, with exception of the metasternum, which is green. One 
of the specimens has the front of the head uniformly dark blue, 
while in the other one it is bronzy. The specimen from La Chorrera 
differs slightly in being longer, underside entirely piceous, and the 
last abdominal segment more acutely rounded. 
CALLIMICRA VIOLACEIPENNIS Waterhouse. - 
Callimicra violaceipennis WaterHouse, Biol. Centr.-Amer. Coleopt., vol. 3, 
pt. 1, 1889, p. 165. 
This species was described from Playa Vicente, Mexico, and the 
type, which is in the British Museum, has not been examined. The 
species has been placed in the key solely upon the characters given 
in the original description. 
CALLIMICRA LUCIDA Waterhouse. 
Callimicra lucida WareRHOUSE, Biol. Centr.-Amer. Coleopt., vol. 3, pt. 1, 1889, 
p. 165. 
This species was described from Bugaba, Panama, and the type is 
in the British Museum. It is represented in the National Museum 
Collection by four examples; two collected at La Chorrera, Panama, 
May 18, 1912, by August Busck; one specimen collected at Paraiso, 
Canal Zone, Panama, April 29, 1911, by E. A. Schwarz; and the 
other one at Esparza, Costa Rica, September 18, 1905, by Frederick 
Knab. 
CALLIMICRA ANGUSTULA Waterhouse. 
Callimicra angustula WarERHOUSE, Biol. Centr.-Amer. Coleopt., vol. 3, pt. 1, 
1889, p. 166, pl. 9, fig. 10. 
This is one of the narrow species of the genus and was described 
from Tuxtla, Mexico; San Juan in Vera Paz, Guatemala; and Volcan 
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