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long as wide, and broadly rounded behind, the surface densely 

 clothed on each side with whitish pubescence. 



Elytra five-sevenths longer than wide, and distinctly wider than 

 pronotum; humeri feebly developed; sides parallel to middle, be- 

 hind which they are feebly arcuately expanded, then arcuately at- 

 tenuate to the tips, which are narrow, and feebly obliquely truncate 

 internally, with the exterior angle obtusely rounded; surface with 

 a feeble broad depression along suture at basal third, the suture 

 slightly elevated posteriorly, rather strongly but not abruptly de- 

 clivous toward apex, and each elytron feebly tumid near base, with 

 a more or less distinct sinuate longitudinal elevation on disk behind 

 the middle; densely, coarsely punctate, and rather densely clothed 

 with brownish-white scalelike pubescence, with a large brownish 

 area at middle along lateral margin, and with numerous small, 

 more or less distinct, brown spots on basal region and along suture 

 and lateral margin. 



Beneath densely, coarsely punctate, but not very densely clothed 

 with short, recumbent, whitish pubescence, and with a few small, 

 brown spots on the abdomen; last abdominal segment broadly 

 rounded or subtruncate at apex; mesosternum obliquely declivous 

 anteriorly. 



Length, 4 mm. ; width, 1.75 mm. 



Type locality. — Cayamas, Cuba. 



Type and paraty pes. —C^ii. No. 28406, U.S.N.M. 



Described from four examples collected at the type locality be- 

 tween January 19 and 28, by E. A. Schwarz. 



Very little variation Avas found in the paratypes, but some of these 

 differ slightly from the type in having the brown markings a little 

 more distinct. 



This species differs from schwarzi Fisher in being much smaller, 

 of a darker color above, the elytra not abruptly declivous posteriorly, 

 without gibbosities on the declivit}', and the mesosternum without a 

 tubercle between the middle coxae. 



The species is named after the locality where Doctor Schwarz did 

 most of his collecting during the early part of 1903 and 1904, and 

 where manj' of the new species described in the present paper were 

 obtained. Cayamas is situated in the Province of Santa Clara, about 

 15 miles northwest of Cienfuegos, and about 5 miles west of the rail- 

 road leading from Cienfuegos to Cardenas. 



CYRTINUS SCHWARZI, new species 



Brownish-black, and verj' shining; elytra with a narrow obsolete 

 transverse testaceous fascia at basal third ; beneath similar to above, 

 except the legs, which are slightly more testaceous. 



