(COLEOPTERA: BUPRESTIDAE)

The following Agtilus was among material sent for identification. Agrilus howdeni n. sp. Male.—Size and form of A. celti Knull, shining greenish bronze throughout, front opaque green. Head convex, without median depression; surface on front granulose, with well separated light punctures, vertex strigose; antennae short, not reaching to middle of pronotum when laid along side, serrate from fifth segment. 2 Male genitalia of Agrilus howdeni n. sp. 1. dorsal view; 2. ventral view. Pronotum convex, wider than long, widest in front of middle, narrower at base than at apex; sides converging from back of apex toward base, then expanded at base; when viewed from side, marginal and submarginal carinae separated and joined at base; anterior margin sinuate, median lobe broadly rounded; base strongly sinuate, median lobe emarginate; disk convex, slight indication of median depression, a strong lateral depression each side, prehumeral carinae well developed; surface transversely rugose, punctate between rugae. Scutellum trans-versely carinate, surface reticulate. Elytra at base wider than base of pronotum; sides subparallel near base, constricted back of middle, then broadly rounded to rounded serrulate apices; disk with sutural margin elevated posteriorly, each elytron with a strong basal depression and a shallow elongate depression o