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Cissites maculata (Swederus) 



Cucujus maculatus Swederus, 1787, p. 199, pi. 8, fig. 8. 



Horia maculata, Olivier, 1792, p. 102; 1795, No. 53 bis, p. 4, pi. 1, fig. a, 1.— 



Latreille, 1807, p. 211.— Castelnau, 1840, p. 279.— Fleutiaux and Salle, 1889, 



p. 433.— Champion, 1891-1893, p. 371; 1896, p. 52.— Leng and Mutchler, 



1914, p. 467; 1917, p. 216.— Denier, 1935, p. 151. 

 Cissites maculata, Gahan, 1908, p. 203.— Borchmann, 1917, p. 175.— Cros, 1928, 



pp. 108, 114.— Blackwelder, 1945, p. 482.— Wolcott, 1950, p. 321.— Enns, 



1958, p. 63. 

 HonaaMncwZa^oDuges (sic), Wolcott, 1924, p. 85; 1936, p. 209. Misidentification. 



Diagnosis: Orange. Antennae, mandibles, palpi, femoral apices, 

 tibiae, and tarsi black. Each elytron with a heavy basal and apical 

 black fascia and with two black fasciae between, the latter usually 

 interrupted or constricted at middle, each formed by approximation 

 or fusion of two spots. Upper surface shiny, subgiabrous. Head and 

 pronotum finely, densely punctate, smooth. Head unusually large, 

 strongly triangular; tempora in male larger than in female but not 

 so greatly swollen as to form a deep median groove on vertex and 

 not excavate behind. Pronotum only weakly convex, strongly 

 transverse, wider apically than basally. Antennae short; segments 

 elongate-monUiform. Tarsi compressed. Tarsal claws with dorsal 

 blade heavy, strongly curved, with a short double row of teeth ven- 

 trally at middle; ventral blade slender. Length, 18-25 mm. 



Type locality: Unknown. Given as "New York Americae" in 

 the original description, but this designation is probably incorrect. 



Geographic distribution: Southern Mexico (Morelia, Micho- 

 acan), Central America, Tropical South America (including the 

 Galdpagos Islands and Trinidad), and the West Indies. In the West 

 Indies the range extends along the arc of the Lesser Antilles to Puerto 

 Rico, Hispaniola, and Cuba. 



Seasonal distribution: Records exist of adults collected in the 

 West Indies in February, March, July, September, and November 

 and thus seem to indicate that the species reproduces more or less 

 continuously throughout the year. 



Records: cuba: De Zayas, (in litt.). dominica (Leng and 

 Mutchler, 1917). Guadeloupe: July 1957, INRA, one; Pointe-^- 

 Pitre (Fleutiaux and Salle, 1889); Trois-Rivi^res (Fleutiaux and 

 Salle, 1889). hispaniola: Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 21-29, 1922, 

 about 300 ft. alt. (Enns, 1958); "St. Dom.," BM, one. Puerto rico: 

 Camuy, November 1947, A. R. Rivera, UPR, one; Hormigueros 

 (Wolcott, 1950); Mayagiiez, February 8, 1944, J. A. Ramos, UPR, 

 one; March 1934, J. R. Inigo, MCZ, one; May 20, 1949, UPR, one; 

 July 1-31, 1953, J. A. Ramos, UPR, three; Rio Piedras, September 

 8, 1931, Alsina, MCZ, one; San Germdn, February 12, 1935, S. 



