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bronzy brown to brownish cupreous. The sides of the pronotum are 

 usually strongly converging from near the apex to the base, but occa- 

 sionally specimens are found with the pronotum widest at the middle 

 and the sides arcuately rounded. The punctures on the pronotum are 

 \ariable in size, but are separated from one another by at least their 

 own diameter. In the females the apex of the last visible abdominal 

 sternite has two margins (as in the males), but the upper margin is 

 usually transversely sinuate and the lower one slightly more arcuate 

 and strongly serrate. The length is from 6 to 9.5 mm. 



This species is closely allied to debilis and proso\pidis. but it differs 

 from both these species in having the sides of the pronotum reddish 

 cupreous. It also differs from debilis in having the greenish- or bluish- 

 black markings on the elytra absent and the abdominal sternites with- 

 out smooth lateral callosities. The male genitalia of lateralis and 

 debilis are similar, but in lateralis the dilation at the apex of the ante- 

 rior tibia is a little more strongly developed than in debilis. Horn 

 (1886) placed lateralis as a synonym of debilis but it seems to be a 

 valid species. 



(40) Chrysobothris carmelita Fall 



(Fig. 40; fig. 116, D) 



Chrysobothris carmelita Fall, 1907, Canad. Ent. 39: 236-237; Chamberlin, 1926, 

 Cat. Buprestidae North Amer., p. 142; Obenberger, 1934, in Junk (pub.), 

 Goleopt. Cat., pt. 132, p. 614. 



Figure 40. — Anterior tibia of male (A), clypeus (B), and last visible abdominal 

 sternite of male (C) and of female (D) of Chrysobothris carmelita. 



Male. — Moderately elongate, slightly convex above, moderately shining ; head 

 green in front, becoming aureo-cupreous on occiput ; pronotum purplish black 

 at middle, with anterior margin and sides anteriorly purplish red : elytra bronzy 

 brown, with a faint greenish reflection, costa bluish black and discal foveae 



