1939] 
New West Indian Buprestid Beetles 
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Head moderately convex, broadly, longitudinally depressed 
in front, with a narrow, longitudinal groove extending from 
clypeus to middle of front, deeply, narrowly, transversely 
depressed behind clypeus, with three deep fovese in the de- 
pression, one median and two lateral ; surface densely, 
coarsely granulose, with numerous coarse, shallow punc- 
tures intermixed; antennal cavities nearly contiguous in 
front. 
Pronotum nearly three times as wide as long at middle, 
considerably narrower at apex than at base, widest near 
base ; sides parallel along basal third, then strongly, obliquely 
converging to the apical angles, which are acute ; posterior 
angles subrectangular ; when viewed from the side the lat- 
eral margin is straight anteriorly, arcuate near posterior 
angle for the reception of the anterior leg ; anterior margin 
deeply, broadly, arcuately emarginate; base transversely 
sinuate on each side, the median lobe strongly produced, and 
broadly truncate in front of scutellum, disk with the antero- 
median part strongly, transversely convex, narrowly flat- 
tened along base, and very broadly flattened and uneven at 
the sides ; surface coarsely, sparsely punctate on convex me- 
dian part, densely granulose, with a few coarse punctures 
intermixed on the flattened areas. Scutellum triangular, dis- 
tinctly wider than long. 
Elytra nearly as wide as pronotum at base; humeral 
angles broadly rounded ; sides parallel from humeral angles 
to middle, then obliquely converging to the tips, which are 
conjointly broadly rounded; lateral margins feebly serrate; 
surface very uneven, coarsely, sparsely, shallowly, irregu- 
larly punctate, and each elytron with moderately elevated, 
broadly rounded gibbosities as follows: An oblique one on 
humerus, an elongate one along sutural margin behind 
scutellum, a rounded one near lateral margin just behind the 
middle, and an elongate one near apex. 
Abdomen beneath vaguely granulose or reticulate, with a 
few shallow, inconspicuous punctures intermixed; last vis- 
ible sternite broadly rounded at apex, the apical groove deep, 
and following outline of lateral margins. Prosternum 
feebly reticulate, sparsely, coarsely, shallowly punctate ; pro- 
sternal process broad, the sides obliquely converging to the 
apex, which is broadly rounded. 
