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impressed along base; surface as on vertex. Elytra finely scabro- 

 punctate, dull. Both hind tibial spurs thickened, spatulate, the 

 outer one usually wider. 



Male having fore tarsi with first to fourth segments greatly ex- 

 panded; first segment strongly asymmetrical, third only sightly so. 

 Fifth abdominal sternum deeply, broadly emarginate. Sixth sternum 

 moderately deeply, triangularly emarginate, impressed. Genitalia 

 with gonostyli gi-adually divergent, slender, compressed, notched 

 ventrally near apex; aedeagus slender, needlelike apically, lacking 

 ventral hooks; dorsal hook small. 



Female having fore tarsi only moderately expanded; segments 

 symmetrical. Fifth abdominal sternum entire or nearly so. Sixth 

 sternum truncate or very shallowly emarginate medianly. 



Type locality: Of T. quadrimaculata, North America. Of rufi- 

 collis, given as "Siberia," obviously in error. 



Geographic distribution: Trinidad, the Lesser Antilles, Puerto 

 Rico, Hispaniola, and the Coastal Plain and Piedmont of the south- 

 eastern United States from North Carolina to southwestern Alabama 

 (Mobile County) and northern Florida (Alachua and Putnam 

 Counties). 



Seasonal distribution: Adults have been collected in the West 

 Indies in every month of the year except November. In the United 

 States they are recorded from July 21 to October. 



Records: Grenada: Mount Gay Estate, leeward side, H. H. 

 Smith, BM, one. Guadeloupe: August 1956, R. Benard, INRA, 

 one; Camp- Jacob, 500-600 m., March (Fleutiaux and Salle, 1889). 

 hispaniola: Puerto Plata, Dominican Repubhc, August 29 to Sep- 

 tember 2, 1938, P. J. Darlington, MCZ, one; Villa Altagracia, 

 Dominican Repubhc, July 1938, P. J. Darhngton, MCZ, one. 

 montserrat: March 23, H. G. Hubbard, USNM, two; 1894, H. G. 

 Hubbard, USNM, one; H. A. Ballou (donor), USNM, one. Puerto 

 Rico: Country label only, RBS, one; Arroyo, February 1899, A. 

 Busck, USNM, one; Bayamdn, April 9, 1934, USNM, seven; 

 Guajataca, December 28, 1943, Rosamo, UPR, one; Haltillo, March 

 21, 1937, J. Bruast, UPR, one; Indiera Alta, Maricao, June 5, 1944, 

 J. A. Ramos, UPR, four; Isabela, January 1940, J. Usera, UPR, 

 one; Jayuya, December 1932, C. Gonzales, MCZ, one; mountains 

 east of Maricao, July 28, 1943, J. A. Ramos UPR, one; Trujillo Alto 

 (Wolcott, 1950); Vega Alta, May 23, 1933, Mills and Anderson, 

 USNM, two; Villalba, October 15, 1930, C. G. Salazar, UPR, one; 

 Yauco-Lares Road, Kilometer 22, July 25, 1953, J. A. Ramos, UPR, 

 three, st. thomas (Haag-Rutenberg, 1879). st. vincent: South 

 end, H. H. Smith, BM, one; windward side, 1896-1898, H. H. Smith, 

 USNM. one. 



