ART. 8. BUPRESTID BEETLES OF MEXICO—FISHER. 83 
LEICPLEURA SUBOPACA, new species, 
Oblong, moderately convex, broadly rounded in front, broadly 
attenuate posteriorly, and slightly narrower behind than in front, 
subopaque; head and pronotum dull, dark green; scutellum piceous; 
elytra dark cyaneous; beneath piceous. 
Head feebly convex and broadly depressed on the front, the de- 
pression deep on the front, but becoming obsolete on the vertex, with 
a distinct narrow, longitudinal groove extending from the epistoma 
to a small, obscure fovea on the front; surface coarsely, irregularly, 
and sparsely punctate; intervals densely and finely reticulate-strio- 
late; antennae rather short and piceous, with a slight aeneous tinge. 
Pronotum moderately convex, three times as wide as long, narrower 
in front than behind, widest at base; sides nearly parallel to basal 
third, then strongly, arcuately attenuate to anterior angles; posterior 
angles feebly projecting and rather acute; anterior margin broadly, 
arcuately emarginate; base feebly, transversely sinuate to near 
middle of elytron, then feebly, arcuately emarginate for the elytral 
lobe, and turning obliquely backward to the scutellum, in front of 
which it is truncate; surface broadly and rather deeply depressed at 
the sides, the depression broader and obsoletely triangular at base 
and extending internally to the elytral lobe, sparsely punctate, the 
punctures very shallow and stelliform; intervals finely and densely 
reticulate-striolate, the striolation denser and coarser at the sides. 
Scutellum finely reticulate and broadly triangular. Elytra moder- 
ately convex, as wide as pronotum at base; humeral angles broadly 
rounded; sides nearly parallel to middle, then strongly, arcuately 
attenuate to the tips, which are separately and rather acutely 
rounded, the lateral margins obsoletely serrate; humeri rather promi- 
nent; each elytron with a rather broad, deep depression at the base, 
and narrow one between the humerus and lateral margin, extend- 
ing along the margin from the humeral angle to behind the humerus, 
where the depression is much broader; surface feebly wrinkled at 
the sides, coarsely, irregularly, and rather densely punctate, the 
punctures shallow, and becoming obsolete behind the middle; inter- 
vals finely and densely reticulate-striolate. Body beneath sparsely 
punctate, the punctures rather obsolete on the abdomen, but 
becoming coarser on rest of surface; intervals densely and rather 
coarsely reticulate-striolate, with a few long, widely separated rugae 
on the anterior part of the first abdominal segment. Abdomen 
very sparsely clothed with inconspicuous hairs, and the last segment 
broadly rounded at apex; prosternum with the anterior margin 
feebly, arcuately emarginate. 
Length, 2.9 mm.; width, 1.6 mm. 
Type locality—Paraiso, Canal Zone, Panama. 
Type.—Cat. No. 25128, U.S.N.M. 
