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letely indicated, interrupted at middle, and forming a smooth 
swollen area anteriorly; the angular carina sharply defined, 
extending arcuately from the posterior angles to the lateral 
carina at middle. Surface with a wide longitudinal sulcus, 
narrowed in front, the bottom of this sulcus with some little 
wrinkles; the sides of the pronotum each with a wide, 
oblique, strong depression at the middle of the margin and 
reaching the anterior angle, the bottoms of these depressions 
also with some wrinkles, the rest of the surface with some 
coarse punctures on a nearly smooth ground. 
Scutellum large, cordiform, the anterior margin straight, 
the apex strongly acuminate. 
Elytra scarcely wider at the base than the pronotum, 
nearly twice and three fifths as long as wide, slightly sinuate 
behind the shoulders, then narrowed and nearly straight, 
and again slightly sinuate laterally before the apex, where 
each is produced in a strong spine; the sutural angles 
slightly spinose ; the sides without any serration. Disk very 
finely sculptured, the punctures triangular and rather 
sparse ; a strong sulcus along the suture, widened on anterior 
third, attenuate near apex, and very rugose at bottom. 
Chin piece of the prosternum straight at middle, short. 
Prosternal process wide, rounded at apex, shining, smooth, 
and sparsely punctate. Last abdominal segment separated 
from the pleural margin by a groove; the pleural margin 
finely striate; surface of the last segment with a series of 
spiniform granulations intermixed with rigid, black, erect 
hairs. Abdomen slightly punctate, shining. First joint of 
the posterior tarsi as long as the second. 
Described from a single specimen (type, M. C. Z. no. 
22,517) collected at Nadarivatu, Viti Levu, Fiji Islands, by 
Dr. W. M. Mann. 
This species will be placed next to Agrilus taveuniensis 
mihi (Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. 1934, p. 145) . It is distinguishable 
by its violaceous black color, its smooth prosternal process, 
the first joint of the posterior tarsi not longer than the 
second, etc. 
Agrilus fidjiensis Obb. (Arch. f. Nat. 1924, p. 119) 
After a careful examination of the description of this 
species, it appears to me that it agrees with that of A. fissi- 
frons Fairm. from the Fiji Islands. A . fidjiensis is a syno- 
