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ART. 8. BUPRESTID BEETLES OF MEXICO 
sternum finely and densely reticulate-striolate anteriorly, becoming 
much smoother, and with a few fine punctures on the prosternal pro- 
cess; anterior margin feebly, arcuately emarginate. Metasternum 
finely and densely reticulate-striolate, with a few coarse, widely sepa- 
rated rugae at the sides. 
Length, 3.4 mm.; width, 2.3 mm. 
Type locality Cordoba, Vera Cruz, Mexico. 
Other locality.—Tuxtla, Mexico. 
Type and paratype.—Cat. No. 25131. U.S.N.M. 
Described from two specimens. ‘The type was collected by Fred- 
erick Knab, April 1, 1909, and the paratype by O. W. Barrett. 
This species is allied to contigua Waterhouse, but it is broader, 
antennae and femorae entirely black, and the green and black areas 
on the pronotum are more distinctly separated. 
LEIOPLEURELLA, new genus. 
Head wide in front, rather flat and longitudinally grooved; epistoma 
separated from the front by a deep, transverse groove, rather strongly 
constricted between the antennal cavities, which are narrowly sepa- 
rated, anterior margin truncate. Antennae short, inserted when 
at rest, in a long, deep groove in the prosternum; joints 1 and 2 
globular, and about equal in length; third joint narrow and equal 
in length to the second; joints 4 to 10, shorter than the second, 
about equal in length, very compact, and becoming slightly wider 
anteriorly, the outer joints nearly square; last joimt oblong and 
rounded at the apex. LHyes large, elliptical, and parallel on the 
front. Pronotum much wider than long, strongly convex, without 
a median groove or carina; base bisinuate. Scutellum large, tri- 
angular. EHlytra strongly convex, subparallel, obsoletely depressed 
at base, strongly declivous posteriorly; lateral margins serrate pos- 
teriorly; surface not costate. Prosternum wide, flat, and broadly 
rounded at apex; anterior margin truncate. Metasternum broadly 
emarginate in front for the reception of the prosternal process. Body 
beneath rather flat. Posterior coxae narrow, rather strongly dilated 
internally and externally; anterior margin sinuate; posterior margin 
broadly concave. Legs free, but inserted in rather shallow depres- 
sions; femora rather robust, somewhat flattened, and strongly nar- 
rowed at the apex; tibiae slender and feebly arcuate; tarsi short, 
the joints about equal in length; claws with a broad tooth at base, 
which is nearly as long as the outer acute tooth. 
Genotype.—Leiopleurella splendida, new species. 
This genus is closely allied to Callimicra Deyrolle. It differs, 
however, from that genus in having the body beneath rather flat, 
epistoma truncate in front, pronotum evenly convex and not de- 
pressed at sides and along base, antennae compact, and the joints 
