126 MIBC. PUBLICATION" 4 7 0, U. &. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 



smooth, longitudinal costa parallel to sutural margin, and with three irregular, 

 transverse, smooth, elevated areas. 



Abdomen beneath coarsely, irregularly fossulate-punctate, sparsely clothed 

 with inconspicuous, recumbent hairs, without lateral callosities, intervals densely 

 granulose ; first two visible sternites deeply concave at middle ; last visible sternite 

 deeply, semicircularly emarginate at apex, without a submarginal ridge, lateral 

 margins finely serrate; eighth tergite broadly, shallowly emarginate at apex, 

 densely granulose, coarsely, densely punctate, but not longitudinally carinate. 

 Prosternum coarsely, confluently punctate, densely clothed with long, recumbent, 

 whitish hairs ; anterior margin slightly rounded, but not distinctly lobed. Anterior 

 femur with a large, acutely triangular tooth, which is dentate on outer margin. 

 Anterior and middle tibiae arcuate, the former with a triangular tooth at apical 

 third; posterior tibia straight. 



Length 7 mm., width 3.5 mm. 



Female. — Unknown. 



Redescribed from the male holotype in the collection of J. N. Knull. 

 Type locality. — Silver City, N. Mex. 



Distribution. — The only specimen seen was the unique holotype, 

 collected January 28, 1934, by R T. Kellogg. 

 Host. — Unknown. 



(50) Chrysobothris parapiuta Knull 



(Fig. 50; fig. 118, B) 



Chrysobothris parapiuta Knull, 1938, Ent. Soc. Amer. Ann. 31: 138, pi. 1, fig. 5. 



Figure 50. — Anterior tibia of male (A), clypeus (B), and last visible abdominal 

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



Male. — Oblong, moderately convex above, rather strongly shining; pronotum 

 reddish cupreous anteriorly, bronzy black toward base ; elytra bronzy or olivaceous 

 green, with a distinct violaceous tinge; beneath bronzy brown, with a faint 

 violaceous reflection. 



Head bright green in front, becoming reddish cupreous on vertex and occiput, 

 with two smooth callosities on front, and a narrow, longitudinal carina on 

 occiput ; front slightly convex, vaguely depressed below vertex ; surface sparsely, 

 coarsely punctate, more densely and vaguely rugose behind clypeus, sparsely 

 clothed with long, recumbent, white hairs, intervals densely, finely granulose; 

 clypeus broadly, deeply, arcuately emarginate in front, arcuately rounded on each 



