﻿90 
  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  vol.96 
  

  

  sternum, 
  and 
  metasternum 
  rather 
  densely, 
  coarsely 
  punctate 
  ; 
  antennal 
  

   groove 
  absent 
  but 
  replaced 
  by 
  a 
  smooth, 
  shining 
  space. 
  Metasternal 
  

   episternum 
  very 
  narrow, 
  wider 
  behind 
  than 
  in 
  front. 
  Posterior 
  coxae 
  

   not 
  strongly 
  expanded 
  internally. 
  

  

  Length 
  3 
  mm., 
  width 
  0.9 
  mm. 
  

  

  Type 
  locality. 
  — 
  Cayamas, 
  Cuba. 
  

  

  Ty^e.— 
  U.S.N.M. 
  No. 
  67172. 
  

  

  Remarks. 
  — 
  Described 
  from 
  a 
  single 
  male 
  collected 
  at 
  the 
  type 
  lo- 
  

   cality, 
  March 
  15, 
  by 
  E. 
  A. 
  Schwarz. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  allied 
  to 
  Ai-rhifis 
  cubcmus 
  Fisher 
  but 
  differs 
  from 
  

   that 
  species 
  in 
  being 
  yellowish 
  brown, 
  with 
  very 
  short, 
  inconspicuous 
  

   hairs, 
  and 
  in 
  having 
  the 
  pronotum 
  convex 
  at 
  the 
  middle 
  and 
  not 
  

   flattened, 
  the 
  outer 
  segments 
  of 
  the 
  antenna 
  vaguely 
  wider 
  than 
  long, 
  

   the 
  metasternal 
  episternum 
  very 
  narrow, 
  and 
  wider 
  behind 
  than 
  in 
  

   front, 
  the 
  prosternal 
  process 
  triangular 
  behind 
  the 
  anterior 
  coxae, 
  the 
  

   pronotum 
  arcuately 
  deflexed 
  along 
  the 
  base, 
  and 
  in 
  not 
  having 
  the 
  

   elytra 
  striate. 
  

  

  Genus 
  DIRHAGUS 
  Laporte 
  

  

  DIRHAGUS 
  ALBOFASCIATUS, 
  new 
  species 
  

  

  Elongate, 
  subcylindrical, 
  moderately 
  shining, 
  reddish 
  brown, 
  except 
  

   legs, 
  which 
  are 
  yellowish 
  brown, 
  the 
  pronotum 
  and 
  elytra 
  ornamented 
  

   with 
  whitish 
  pubescence. 
  

  

  Head 
  strongly 
  convex, 
  vaguely 
  depressed 
  near 
  clypeus, 
  without 
  

   longitudinal 
  carina, 
  densely, 
  finely 
  granulose, 
  rather 
  densely 
  clothed 
  

   with 
  short, 
  erect, 
  inconspicuous, 
  whitish 
  hairs; 
  interocular 
  carina 
  

   elevated, 
  broadly 
  interrupted 
  at 
  middle; 
  clypeus 
  at 
  base 
  one-half 
  as 
  

   wide 
  as 
  distance 
  to 
  eye, 
  truncate 
  at 
  apex; 
  eyes 
  large, 
  not 
  incised 
  

   beneath. 
  Antenna 
  about 
  two-thirds 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  body, 
  strongly 
  pecti- 
  

   nate 
  from 
  segment 
  4 
  in 
  male, 
  acutely 
  serrate 
  from 
  segment 
  3, 
  except 
  

   segment 
  11, 
  which 
  is 
  narrowly 
  elongate, 
  in 
  female; 
  segment 
  3 
  much 
  

   longer 
  than 
  2. 
  

  

  Pronotum 
  distinctly 
  wider 
  than 
  long, 
  strongly 
  convex, 
  a 
  short, 
  

   longitudinal, 
  antescutellar 
  carina 
  with 
  a 
  slight 
  depression 
  on 
  each 
  

   side 
  ; 
  sides 
  parallel 
  ; 
  anterior 
  margin 
  arcuately 
  rounded, 
  the 
  anterior 
  

   supplementary 
  carina 
  strongly 
  elevated, 
  short, 
  not 
  extending 
  to 
  middle 
  

   of 
  pronotum 
  ; 
  surface 
  densely, 
  finely 
  ocellate-punctate, 
  sparsely 
  clothed 
  

   at 
  middle 
  with 
  short, 
  erect, 
  inconspicuous 
  hairs, 
  and 
  at 
  sides 
  and 
  

   toward 
  base 
  with 
  long, 
  recumbent, 
  whitish 
  hairs. 
  

  

  Elytra 
  moderately 
  convex 
  ; 
  sides 
  slightly 
  converging 
  from 
  bases 
  to 
  

   tips, 
  which 
  are 
  very 
  broadly 
  conjointly 
  rounded; 
  surface 
  vaguely 
  

   striate 
  along 
  sutural 
  margins 
  near 
  apices, 
  densely, 
  coarsely, 
  rugosely 
  

   punctate, 
  sparsely 
  clothed 
  with 
  short, 
  semierect, 
  inconspicuous 
  hairs, 
  

   and 
  irregularly 
  clothed 
  with 
  longer, 
  recumbent 
  whitish 
  hairs 
  along 
  

  

  