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Type. — Location unknown to writer. 



Type locality. — Cuba. 



Material examined. — Thirty-six males and 22 females from Baragua, 

 Bahia Honda, Santiago de las Vegas, and Cayamas, Cuba. Most of 

 the specimens (34 males and 20 females) were collected at Baragua, 

 May 1932, by L. D. Christenson at the laboratory of the Cuban Sugar 

 Club, and I feel that there is no question of the association of the sexes. 

 It is probable that a female of this species served as type of Auperia 

 rhyticephala Chevrolat, but the fact is not established. 



26. ATAENIUS TERMINALIS (Chevrolat) 



jiLupanu lermmaiis Chevrolat, 1864, Ann. Soc. Ent. France, ser. 4, vol. 4, p. 414. 

 Ataenius terminalis Gemmingee and Haeold, 1869, Catalogus coleopterorum, 

 vol. 4, p. 1067. — Schmidt, 1922, Das Tierreich, pars 45, Aphodiinae, p. 438. 

 A[uparia] ciliata Chevbolat, 1864, loc. cit., p. 414. 



Piceous, apex and sides of elytra in apical half, tibiae, tarsi, an- 

 tennae, and trophi paler (entirely castaneous in A. ciliata Chevrolat). 

 Anterior margin of head broadly rounded each side of the very shal- 

 low median emargination, front finely and rather sparsely punctulate, 

 otherwise smooth in male, distinctly transversely rugulose in female, 

 vertex more coarsely punctured and more shining. Pronotum with 

 row of marginal setae broken for a short distance each side of scutel- 

 lum, marginal groove complete but rather fine across base. Surface 

 finely alutaceous, with a mixture of coarse and fine punctures, the 

 coarse punctures rather sparse in male, much more evident in female. 

 Elytral striae fine but sharply defined, strial punctures fine, close set, 

 intervals very feebly convex, almost flat, each interval rather strongly 

 alutaceous without visible punctures except under high magnifica- 

 tion. Lateral margin subcarinate in basal half, rounded toward apex, 

 epipleura shining, with single row of fine punctures in apical third. 

 Pygidial carina with a sharp median cusp, pygidial apex thickened. 

 Mesosternum finely sculptured, pubescent, metasternum shining, its 

 median area sparsely and finely punctured, median groove poorly 

 defined posteriorly but abruptly terminated anteriorly. Abdominal 

 sternites sparsely and indistinctly punctured, especially so in male, 

 first sternite finely and rather densely pubescent. Sternites separated 

 by fine transverse grooves which replace the usual row of pits. Ante- 

 rior femur without marginal groove, surface very sparsely punctured. 

 Posterior femur very minutely and sparsely punctured, without 

 marginal groove; posterior tibia without accessory spine. Length: 

 3.6-4 mm. 



Type. — Probably in collection of Felsche. 



Type locality. — Cuba. 



