AST. 22 NEW WEST INDIAN BEETLES — FISHER 3 



Female. — Differs from the male in l)ein<r more robust, antennae 

 shorter than body, and the last abdominal segment broader and 

 slightly more subtruncate at apex. 



Length, 14-18 mm. ; width, 5.5-8 mm. 



Tyfe locality. — Jamaica. 



Type and allotype.— Cat. No. 28381, U.S.N.M. 



Described from two examples, male and female. The type (male) 

 was labeled " Jamaica, W. I.," without any definite locality. The 

 allotype (female) is badly rubbed, and was collected in Jamaica 

 during October, 1923, by C. H. BaUou. 



ATAXIA ALBOSCUTELLATA, new species 



Fejjuile. — Elongate, parallel, castaneous; surface above rather 

 densely clothed with recumbent yellowish-brown pubescence which 

 partially conceals the punctures, especially on the head and pro- 

 notum ; the scutellum, a small spot on the pronotum in front of scu- 

 tellum, and numerous small spots on the elytra forming irregular 

 broken longitudinal lines of whitish pubescence ; there are also rather 

 short, semierect setae arising from the punctures, the antennae 

 sparsely clothed with short dark brown and whitish hairs intermixed, 

 the joints narrowly annulate at base, and rather densely ciliate 

 beneath ; underside rather densely clothed with long yellowish-brown 

 and cinereous hairs intermixed, the pubescence denser and longer on 

 the last abdominal segment, and with numerous long, erect, Avhitish 

 hairs arising from the j^unctures. 



Head sparsely and coarsely punctate, the front wider than long, 

 feebly convex, and rather deeply concave between the antennal 

 tubercles. Antennae as long as the entire body ; first joint elongate, 

 reversed cone-shaped, with a distinct cicatrix at apex, and equal in 

 length to the third joint; fourth, joint distinctly longer than third, 

 and feebly arcuate; the following joints gradually decreasing in 

 length. 



Pronotum onh' slightly wider than long, base and apex about equal 

 in width; sides feebly arcuately rounded, with a rather long sharp 

 tooth at the middle ; surface nearly even, sparsely, very coarsely and 

 irregularly punctate. Scutellum triangular, and rounded behind. 



Elytra four times as long as pronotum, and distinctly wider than 

 it at base: humeral angles broadly rounded; sides nearly parallel 

 to apical fourth, then feebly attenuate to the tips, which are con- 

 jointly broadly arcuately emarginate, with a rather long, sharp 

 spine at the lateral margins; surface regularly convex, obsoletely 

 longitudinally sulcate, and sparsely, coarsely, and irregularly punc- 

 tate, the punctures denser around the scutellum and more or less 

 arranged in rows toward the sides. 



Prosternum nearly flat in front, narrow between the anterior 

 coxae, behind which it is declivous, and broadly triangularly ex- 



