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Providence (Nassau), Andros, Barry (Fraziers Hog Cay). Barbados. Puerto 

 Rico: Mayaguez, Ponce, Fajarda. Guadaloupe. Dominica: Roseau, Ports- 

 mouth. St. Vincent. Jamaica. 



Remarks: Iu addition to the specimens mentioned above I liave 

 seen aspecimen labeled "Port Hope, Ontario. Dr. Bethune. Wickham 

 Collection," and another labeled "Cal., H. F. W. Casey Collection." 

 These two localities arc so far from the known distribution it seems 

 unwise to accept the label data without further confirmation. 



The .Mabama record of Ligyrus tumulosus Burmeister published 

 in the Loding (1945, p. 108) list was based on a misidentified speci- 

 men of L. suhtro-picufi Blatchley. I have examined the Loding speci- 

 mens. 



Bm'meister dGSCviheAHeteronychus tumulosus from "Nord-Amerika 

 (Sud-Carolina) und Westindicn (St. Domingo)." The specimens 

 labeled South Carolina may have been picked up on Bermuda on a 

 voyage to or from the colon}' in South Carolina. The species does 

 not occur in South Carolina. 



Bothynus laevicollis (Bates) 



Ligyrus laevicollos Bates, 1888, p. 316. — Schaeffer, 1909, p. 384. 

 Ligyrus bryanii Rivers, 1891, p. 97. 



Length 21 to 26 mm., width 12 to 14 mm. Oblong, shining, 

 piceus. Clypeus bidentate, the teeth practically contiguous at base, 

 sides finely, sharply margined, front and clypeus finely rugose, frontal 

 carina reduced to two widely separated, rather large, conical tubercles. 

 Pronotum convex, finely margined apically and laterally, the slightly 

 sinuate base without margin, apical median denticle small with a more 

 or less triangular flat to very slightly concave, finely rugose area 

 behind it, this area about one-fourth as wide as apical margin, apical 

 angles acute; surface smooth and shining basally with very fine 

 punctures becoming more evident at sides and gi-adually becoming 

 fine to moderate in anterior angles where they are separated by about 

 one diameter or less, occasionally a few are confluent. Scutellum 

 smooth and shining with a few scattered minute punctures. Elytra 

 1 to 2 mm. longer than wide, sides slightly divergent, widest slighth' 

 beyond the middle; humeral and apical umbones, first wide interval 

 and narrow strip across base, smooth and shining with only scattered 

 minute punctiu-es, oblique geminate striae and remainder of disc 

 coarsely, distinctly punctate, the punctures annular, evenly dis- 

 tributed, separated by one or two diameters in the intervals, punctm-es 

 rapidly becoming fine to very fine and close laterally outside third pair 

 of striae, apically beyond the umbone the punctures ai'e close, mixed, 

 fine and moderately coarse. Female pygidium with somewhat 

 unevenly scattered but fairly closely spaced fine to moderate punctiu-es 



