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Abdomen distinctly margined but generally much retracted and 

 scarcely visible; moderately densely but not coarsely punctured 

 throughout. Eighth tergite of male divided into three lobes, the me- 

 dian broad and feebly triangularly notched, the lateral pair with 

 black setae; eighth sternite with a shalloAv triangular notch, two- 

 thirds wider than deep, the angles rounded. Eighth tergite of female 

 with four narrowed lobes, the median pair a little longer, the laterals 

 bearing each a long black seta; eighth sternite with six lobes, the 

 median four nearly equal, median two each bearing four spinules at 

 tip ; each lateral with a long black seta. 



Tyfe locality. — Cuba. 



Localities represented. — This species has been found at the follow- 

 ing localities in the United States : Florida (Crescent City, Biscayne, 

 Indian River). It is a common Cuban species. 



In the Hubbard and Schwarz collection this species was labeled b.v 

 Schwarz as ^'■Erchomus n. sp." 



U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTINC OFFICE: 1931 



