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margined and broadly lobed medially at base, rather more than twice 

 as wide as long, the strongly converging sides evenly and moderately 

 arcuate; scutellum equilateral, the sides feebly arcuate; elytra barely 

 at all longer than wide, the sides subparallel basally, obtusely sub- 

 ogival in about apical half, the strigiliform reticulation strong, the 

 transverse lunate scratches moderate in the internal series, with 

 smaller ones scattered over the intervals, but laterally becoming 

 very wide and almost interlacing; metasternal process very broad; 

 post-coxal plaque moderate in size and rather sharply angulate 

 posteriorly; second joint of the hind tarsi fully four times as long 

 as the first. Length 2.1 mm.; width 1.35 mm. Cuba (Bahia 



Honda), Wickham. A single male *quadrispinosus n. sp. 



Prosternal process only moderately expanded at tip and bearing two to 



four short slender hairs 3 



3 Body more or less broadly oval 4 



Body rather notably narrower, evenly elliptical 6 



4 Micro-reticuliform strigilation of the upper surface notably coarse, so 

 that the elytral lunules are not well defined except laterally, the 

 ground sculpture similar but fainter on the pronotum and almost 

 completely obsolete on the head. Body, very small in size, broadly 

 oval, shining, the elytra not distinctly alutaceous, piceous-black 

 throughout above, ferruginous beneath; head much more than half 

 as wide as the prothorax, finely, sparsely punctulate; antennae 

 slender, the third joint not quite as long as the next two, the fourth 

 slightly shorter than the fifth; club longer than the funicle, its first 

 joint much longer than the second; prothorax short, much more than 

 twice as wide as long, two-fifths as long as the elytra, strongly mar- 

 gined and very feebly lobed medially at base, the arcuate sides strongly 

 converging; scutellum equilatero-triangular; elytra scarcely at all 

 longer than wide, broadly and obtusely rounded at tip, the arcuate 

 sides more parallel basally, the single stria well impressed; lunuli- 

 form punctures very feeble and rather small, wider and more close-set 

 laterally; sterna moderate in width, the prosternal process with 

 four very slender hairs at tip; post-coxal plaque angulate behind; 

 second joint of the hind tarsi barely twice as long as the first. 

 Length 1.2-1.3 mm.; width 0.8-0.85 mm. Cuba (Bahia Honda), 



Wickham. Two females *detractus n. sp. 



Micro-reticuliform strigilation much finer and more close-set, the punc- 



tuliform lunules more distinctly defined 5 



5 Form of the body and ground sculpture throughout above nearly as 

 in the preceding, except that the reticulation is finer and the small 

 lunate punctules of the inner rows sharply defined, with intermediate 

 rows of smaller lunules; toward the sides the lunules become much 

 larger, close-set, irregularly disposed and less sharply defined; 

 coloration throughout as in the preceding; head nearly similar, the 

 antennal club not quite so long, increasing in width outwardly, not 

 quite as long as the funicle, its first joint slightly longer than the 

 second; prothorax as in detractus but less transverse, the scutellum 

 nearly similar; elytra more elongate, evidently longer than wide, 

 with very faint alutaceous lustre; prosternal process with four short 



