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at apices; first joint robust, rather strongly clavate, and siibequal in 

 length to the third joint, which is longer than the fourth, the fol- 

 lowing joints becoming gradually shorter; eleventh joint subequal 

 in length to the tenth. 



Pronotum wider than long, and feebly wider at base than at apex ; 

 sides rather strongly, arcuately rounded ; disk nearly even, and orna- 

 mented with distinct, smooth, glabrous spots as follows : A longitudi- 

 nal, median spot, slightly expanded at middle, and extending from 

 anterior margin to near base, and five or six rounded spots on each 

 side; surface uniformly, densely clothed with moderately long, re- 

 cumbent, white pubescence, which conceals the surface, except on the 

 glabrous spots. Scutellum broadly triangular, curvilinear, and 

 densely clothed with recumbent, white pubescence. 



Elytra three times as long as pronotum, and at base slightly 

 wider than pronotum at middle; sides vaguely narrowed from base 

 to near the tips, which are separately, broadly truncate, bispinose, 

 with the lateral spine much longer than the sutural one; surface 

 sparsely, irregularly, coarsely punctate, the punctures becoming 

 smaller toward apices, and irregularly clothed with patches of mod- 

 erately long, dense, recumbent, white hairs. 



Abdomen beneath finely, densely punctate at sides, smooth and 

 glabrous at middle, densely clothed at the sides with long, recum- 

 bent, white pubescence, with a few long, inconspicuous, erect hairs 

 intermixed, a round, glabrous spot at the sides of each segment 

 except the last, which is vaguely, broadly emarginate at apex. 

 Prosternum smooth, glabrous at middle, and densely clothed with 

 long, recumbent, white pubescence at the sides; prosternal process 

 flat, broadly, arcuately expanded posteriorly, the apex rounded, and 

 abruptly declivous. Mesosternum broad, and abruptly declivous in 

 front. Femora slender, slightly clavate toward tips, the middle and 

 posterior pairs bispinose at apices, with the inner spine slightly 

 longer than the outer one. 



Mole. — Differs from the female in having the antenna slightly 

 longer than the body, basal joints more coarsely punctured, the last 

 joint subappendiculate, and armed with a minute spine on inner 

 side at middle, prosternum rather densely, finely punctate, and pubes- 

 cent at middle, and the last abdominal segment shorter, and more 

 broadly rounded at apex. 



Length, 13.5-17 mm.; width, 3.6-4.8 mm. 



Ty'pe locality. — Port au Prince, Haiti. 



Other localities. — Jeremie, Haiti; Sanchez, Dominican Republic; 

 " Sto. Tomas, Peninsula de Zapata, Cuba." 



Type., allotype., and paratype. — U.S.N.M. No. 43714. 



