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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  vol.96 
  

  

  Type.—U.S.^M. 
  No. 
  57166. 
  

  

  Remarks. 
  — 
  Described 
  from 
  a 
  single 
  specimen 
  collected 
  at 
  the 
  type 
  

   locality 
  on 
  May 
  28, 
  1911, 
  by 
  August 
  Busck. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  allied 
  to 
  Droinaeoliu 
  moerens 
  Horn 
  but 
  differs 
  from 
  

   the 
  description 
  given 
  for 
  that 
  species 
  in 
  being 
  dark 
  brown, 
  with 
  the 
  

   legs 
  and 
  the 
  antennae 
  yellowish 
  brown, 
  and 
  in 
  having 
  the 
  third 
  seg- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  the 
  antenna 
  subequal 
  in 
  length 
  to 
  the 
  fourth, 
  the 
  elytra 
  rugose 
  

   at 
  the 
  bases, 
  and 
  the 
  pronotum 
  distinctly 
  wider 
  than 
  long. 
  

  

  Genus 
  FORNAX 
  Laporte 
  

  

  FORNAX 
  POEYI, 
  new 
  species 
  

  

  Elongate, 
  subcylindrical, 
  strongly 
  convex, 
  slightly 
  narrowed 
  

   posteriorly, 
  moderately 
  shining, 
  reddish 
  brown, 
  anterior 
  margin 
  of 
  

   pronotum 
  more 
  reddish, 
  and 
  legs 
  and 
  antennae 
  brownish 
  yellow, 
  

   rather 
  densely, 
  uniformly 
  clothed 
  with 
  short, 
  recumbent, 
  yellowish 
  

   hairs. 
  

  

  Head 
  strongly 
  convex, 
  without 
  depressions 
  or 
  carina, 
  coarsely, 
  

   confluently 
  ocellate-punctate, 
  and 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  granulose 
  ; 
  interocular 
  

   carina 
  strongly 
  elevated, 
  not 
  extending 
  on 
  base 
  of 
  clypeus; 
  clypeus 
  

   at 
  base 
  slightly 
  wider 
  than 
  distance 
  to 
  eye. 
  Antenna 
  slender, 
  ex- 
  

   tending 
  slightly 
  beyond 
  base 
  of 
  elytra, 
  not 
  distinctly 
  serrate 
  ; 
  segment 
  

   2 
  subequal 
  in 
  length 
  to 
  segment 
  4; 
  segments 
  4 
  and 
  5 
  united 
  longer 
  

   than 
  6; 
  the 
  following 
  segments 
  subequal 
  in 
  length 
  to 
  one 
  another; 
  

   segment 
  11 
  oblong 
  narrowly 
  rounded 
  at 
  apex. 
  

  

  Pronotum 
  slightly 
  wider 
  than 
  long 
  ; 
  sides 
  nearly 
  parallel 
  from 
  base 
  

   to 
  apex; 
  posterior 
  angles 
  acute; 
  disk 
  moderately 
  convex, 
  without 
  

   depressions 
  or 
  median 
  carina 
  ; 
  surface 
  rugose 
  and 
  finely, 
  confluently 
  

   ocellate-punctate. 
  

  

  Elytra 
  moderately 
  convex; 
  sides 
  parallel 
  to 
  behind 
  middle, 
  then 
  

   gradually, 
  arcuately 
  narrowed 
  to 
  tips, 
  which 
  are 
  conjointly 
  narrowly 
  

   rounded; 
  surface 
  finely 
  striate, 
  finely, 
  densely 
  granulose 
  basally, 
  be- 
  

   coming 
  more 
  sparsely, 
  finely 
  punctate 
  toward 
  apices; 
  epipleura 
  

   punctate, 
  not 
  grooved. 
  

  

  Body 
  beneath 
  rather 
  densely 
  punctate, 
  finely 
  on 
  abdomen, 
  coarsely 
  

   on 
  prosternum, 
  and 
  rugosely 
  on 
  metasternum 
  ; 
  last 
  abdominal 
  sternite 
  

   coarsely 
  granulose 
  toward 
  apex; 
  antennal 
  groove 
  narrowed 
  by 
  eye, 
  

   deep, 
  not 
  half 
  as 
  wide 
  as 
  propleural 
  triangle, 
  not 
  wider 
  in 
  front, 
  the 
  

   inner 
  margin 
  not 
  very 
  sharply 
  defined; 
  prosternal 
  process 
  flat, 
  sides 
  

   nearly 
  parallel 
  to 
  behind 
  coxae, 
  acute 
  at 
  apex; 
  first 
  segment 
  of 
  

   posterior 
  tarsus 
  subequal 
  in 
  length 
  to 
  the 
  following 
  segments 
  united. 
  

  

  Length 
  4.5 
  mm., 
  width 
  1.25 
  mm, 
  

  

  T]/pe 
  locality. 
  — 
  Cayamas, 
  Cuba. 
  

  

  Type.— 
  U.S.^.M. 
  No. 
  57167. 
  

  

  