1939] 
New West Indian Buprestid Beetles 
165 
Type. — In the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cam- 
bridge, Mass. Type no. 23,701. Paratype in the United 
States National Museum. 
Described from two males (one type) collected at the type 
locality between May 30 and June 2, 1938, by P. J. Darling- 
ton, Jr. 
This species resembles Micrasta oakleyi Fisher, but dif- 
fers from that species in being uniformly black with an in- 
distinct bronzy-green tinge, in having the marginal carina 
on the pronotum more or less obsolete anteriorly, the pro- 
notum feebly, transversely depressed along the base, the 
scutellum acute at the apex, the surface of the elytra more 
feebly punctured, and in not having the clypeus transversely 
depressed. 
Micrasta sufocylindrica, new species 
Female. — Differs from Micrasta puertoricensis Fisher as 
follows : Elongate, subcylindrical, and strongly convex 
above, strongly shining, piceous; pronotum more coarsely 
punctured, widest at middle, with the sides arcuately 
rounded ; head coarsely, sparsely punctate, feebly, longitudi- 
nally depressed at middle ; scutellum longer than wide, acute 
at apex ; each elytron with a broad, triangular depression at 
base; abdomen and prosternum coarsely, densely punctate, 
the basal sternite without a round, median depression 
clothed with long hairs (this is a male sexual character) ; 
and the tarsi and apical halves of tibiae yellowish. 
Length 2 mm., width 0.75 mm. 
Type locality. — Soledad (Cienfuegos) , Cuba. 
Type. — In the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cam- 
bridge, Mass. Type no. 23,702. 
Described from a unique female collected during May 
1936 by P. J. Darlington, Jr. 
Micrasta monticola, new species 
Male. — Differs from Micrasta puertoricensis Fisher in 
being more robust, more strongly convex above, strongly 
shining, uniformly bronzy brown, and in having the prono-' 
turn and elytra coarsely, rather densely punctate, with the 
intervals smooth, pronotum widest along basal half, with 
the sides nearly parallel posteriorly, scutellum longer than 
