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Nemognatha punctulata LeConte 



Nemognatha punctulata LeConte, 1853, p. 347. 



Nemognatha testaceiceps Pic, 1916, p. 7. New synonymy. 



Zonitis testaceiceps, Denier, 1935, p. 150. — Blackwelder, 1945, p. 481. 



Diagnosis: Orange-yellow. Elytra each with or without a black 

 or fuscous vitta. Antennae (except segment I), apices of mandibles, 

 last segment of palpi, apices of femora and tibiae, and tarsi black. 

 Under surface varying from entirely pale to largely black or fuscous, 

 the tip of abdomen always pale. Head with vertex tumid, tempora 

 inflated; surface moderately coarsely, moderately densely punctate. 

 Mandibles heavy, moderately long, curved at sides. Galeae pale, 

 attaining hind coxae. Antennae heavy, about three times as long as 

 pronotum; segment I attaining middle of eye. Pronotum transverse, 

 rectangular; sides subparallel; surface sparsely or moderately densely 

 punctate. Elytra finely, moderately densely punctate, densely micro- 

 reticulate, clothed with short, semierect pubescence. Hind tibial 

 spurs slender, acute. Male with third to fifth abdominal sterna each 

 with a pale punctulate area medianly which is clothed with pale setae. 

 Sixth sternum cleft and impressed in male, emarginate in female. 

 Length 6.5-12 mm. 



Type locality : Of A^. punctulata, Georgia. Of N. testaceiceps, Cuba. 



Geographic distribution: Jamaica, the Cayman Islands, Cuba, 

 the Bahama Islands, and Southeastern United States. 



Seasonal distribution: March 15 to October 2 in the West Indies. 

 Recorded by Enns (1956) in the United States from April 2 to Sep- 

 tember 27. 



Records: Bahamas: Andros Island, Lisbon Creek near South 

 Bight, April 28, 1953, E. B. Hayden, AMNH, 1; Cat Island, Bennetts 

 Harbour, March 24, 1953, E. B. Hayden, AMNH, 1; Great Abaco 

 Island, Marsh Harbour, May 6, 1953, E. B. Haj^den and L. GiovannoU, 

 AMNH, 1 ; Gun Cay, MCZ, 1 ; New Providence Island, 2 miles east of 

 Nassau, April 14, 1953, E. B. Hayden, AMNH, 1; North Bimini 

 Island, August 2, 1951, P. and C. Vaurie, AMNH, 1; South Bimini 

 Island, various dates from May to August 6, 1951, M. Cazier, W. 

 Gcrtsch, F. Rindge, and C. and P. Vaurie, AMNH, 14. cayman 

 islands: Grand Cayman, July 7-8, 1958, M. H. Hatch, RBS, UW, 4. 

 CUBA: Central Jaronii, May 27, 1930, L. C. Scaramusza, USNM, 1; 

 September 6, 1934, USNM, 2; Havana, C. E. Baker, USNM, 2; 

 Holquin, 1904, BM, 2; Las Tunas, July 16, 1933, S. C. Bruner, USNM, 

 1; Santiago de las Vegas, July 1916 and 1917, P. Cardin, USNM, 2; 

 July 1951, F. de Zayas, RBS, 1; Santo Tomds, Peninsula de Zapata, 

 May 5-9, 1927, S. C. Bruner and J. Acuna, USNM, 1; Taco Taco, 

 April 1-6, 1922, S. C. Bruner, J. Acuna, and C. H. Ballou, USNM, 1. 

 JAMAICA: Bowden, October 2, 1951, C. B. Lewis, IJ, 1; Carrovannts, 



