ART. 22 NEW WEST INDIAN BEETLES FISHER 37 



Head considerably wider than long and nearly flat in front, flat 

 between the antennal tubercles, which are very widely separated, and 

 scarcely elevated, the surface shining, coarsely, sparsely, irregularly, 

 but not deeply i^unctate, clothed with a few long, recumbent, cinereous 

 hairs, and with a narrow longitudinal groove extending from the 

 epistoma to vertex, the groove being more deeply impressed between 

 the antennal tubercles; eyes small, rather coarsely granulated, dis- 

 tinctly divided, and separated from each other on the top by one and 

 one- fourth times the width of the emargination of the eyes in front, 

 the lower lobes rounded, and the upper lobes round and very small. 

 Antennae 11-pointed, about as long as the body, testaceous, with the 

 apex of the joints more or less brown, and clothed with numerous 

 short, erect hairs. 



Pronotum one-fourth longer than wide, and distinctly narrower 

 at base than apex ; sides feebly expanded to near the middle, where 

 they are slightly rounded, strongly constricted at basal fourth, then 

 parallel to the base ; surface strongly convex, smooth, shining, with a 

 narrow transverse groove at basal fourth, sparsely, rather finely, 

 and irregularly punctate, the punctures more or less arranged in 

 gi'oups, and sparsely clothed with long recumbent cinereous pubes- 

 cence. 



Elytra two times as long as wide, and slightly wider than the pro- 

 notum at middle ; sides nearly parallel basally, broadly expanded at 

 apical third, then strongly arcuately attentuate to the tips, which are 

 conjointly broadly rounded; surface shining, transversely depressed 

 on basal third, strongly convex posteriorly, the basal tubercles feebly 

 indicated, sparsely and coarsely punctate on the basal region, but 

 becoming entirely smooth toward the apex and along the sides, 

 sparsely and irregularly clothed with a few long, recumbent, cinereous 

 hairs on the basal third, and also with rows of rather long, stiff, 

 semierect hairs. 



Beneath shining, the abdomen smooth and nearly glabrous, except 

 the last segment, which is finely densely punctate, and broadly sub- 

 truncate at apex ; femora strongly, abruptly clavate near apex, with 

 the club slightly flattened laterally. 



Length, 2.2 mm. ; width, 0.14 mm. 



Type locality. — Cayamas, Cuba. 



Type.— C^t. No. 28407, U.S.N.M. 



Described from a unique specimen collected at the type locality on 

 March 12, by E. A. Schwarz. 



This minute species is allied to Cyrtinus fauveli described by 

 Cameron from Haiti, but, according to the description given for 

 that species, schwarzi differs from it in having the basal fascia on 

 the elytra narrow and not covering the basal half, and the basal 

 tubercles only obsoletely indicated. 



