NEW SPECIES OF BUPRESTID BEETLES—-FISHER 403 
of scutellum; prehumeral carinae strongly elevated, slightly arcuate, 
extending forward from posterior angles to middle of pronotum, 
and widely separated from marginal carinae; disk convex, shallowly 
depressed along sides, shallowly, transversely concave on basal half, 
vaguely flattened at middle behind anterior margin; surface densely, 
finely granulose, feebly, transversely, irregularly rugose, finely, in- 
distinctly punctate between rugae, with a few short, recumbent, white 
hairs along sides. Scutellum strongly, transversely carinate. 
Elytra broadly, shallowly constricted in front of middle, vaguely, 
irregularly depressed along sutural margins, tips separately broadly 
rounded and finely dentate; surface finely, densely imbricate-punc- 
tate, sparsely clothed with very short, inconspicuous hairs, and each 
elytron ornamented along sutural margin with two elongate, incon- 
spicuous, white-pubescent spots, one in front of middle and one at 
apical third. 
Abdomen narrowly exposed above, strongly convex beneath; sur- 
face indistinctly granulose, finely, sparsely punctate posteriorly, 
vaguely imbricate on first visible sternite, very sparsely clothed with 
short, inconspicuous hairs; first sternite longitudinally depressed at 
middle, vertical portions of sternites not conspicuously pubescent; 
suture obsolete between first and second visible sternites. Prosternum 
finely, densely rugose, sparsely clothed with short, recumbent, white 
hairs; prosternal lobe broadly rounded in front; prosternal process 
broad, constricted between coxal cavities, with an obtuse, median 
tooth at apex. ‘Tarsal claws similar on all feet, cleft near base, inner 
tooth of each short and not turned inward. 
Length 4.5 mm.; width 1 mm. 
Female—Unknown. 
Type locality —St. Augustine, Trinidad, British West Indies. 
Type.—uvU. 8. N. M., No. 56867. 
Remarks.—Described from a single male collected at the type lo- 
eality, May 12, 1942, by A. M. Adamson. This species is named for 
the collector. Since the antennae are missing, it may be a species 
having the antenna serrate from either the fourth or the fifth segment, 
and so it is placed under both sections in the key. 
AGRILUS ESCULENTUS, new species 
Male.—Elongate, slender, moderately shining; head bright green in 
front, black on occiput; pronotum and elytra purplish black, the 
latter with a faint bronzy tinge at humeral angles and at middle of 
each elytron, and ornamented with irregular pubescent markings; 
body beneath more strongly shining than above, dark brown, with a 
cupreous tinge, the legs in part greenish or cupreous. 
Head with front rather broad, convex, slightly wider at top than 
at bottom, with a deep depression behind clypeus; sides nearly 
