AET. 



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teriorly. Mesosternum rather narrow, even between the coxal cavi- 

 ties, and rather abruptly declivous in front. Legs short, sparsely, 

 irregularly clothed with long, recumbent and erect, whitish hairs 

 intermixed ; femora strongly clavate, but not spinose at apices. 



Feirmle. — Differs from the male in having the antennae about as 

 long as the body, and the pronotum slightly more rounded at the 

 sides. 



Length, 6.6-8 mm. ; width, 1.8-2 mm. 



Tyfe locality. — Port au Prince, Haiti. 



Other locality. — Manneville, Haiti. 



2^y^g._U.S.N.M. No. 43724. Male, collected March 28, 1930, by 

 H. L. Dozier. 



Allotype. — In American Museum of Natural History. Collected at 

 Manneville, between February 6 and 10, 1922. 



Retnarks. — Described from the type and allotype. 



This species resembles a small, short specimen of villosum 

 Fabricius, but it differs from that species in having the joints of 

 the antennae feebly, longitudinally grooved, but unarmed at the 

 apices, elytra broadly rounded at the tips, the surface variegated 

 with white pubescence, and the femora short and strongly clavate. 



ELAPHIDION COSTIPENNE. new species 



Female. — Small, narrowly elongate, slightly flattened above, 

 brownish black, rather strongly shining, legs and antennae slightly 

 more reddish, the elytra subcostate, and irregularly clothed with 

 grayish pubescence. 



Head coarsely, irregularly punctate, longitudinally rugose, 

 sparsely clothed with long, recumbent, grayish pubescence, with a 

 few long, erect hairs intermixed, front wider than long, flat between 

 the antennal tubercles, which are widely separated, and vaguely 

 elevated; eyes deeply emarginate, separated from each other on the 

 top by nearly three times the width of the upper lobe. Antenna not 

 quite so long as the body, basal joints sparsely, coarsely punctate, 

 sparsely clothed with long, recumbent and erect, grayish hairs, apical 

 joints finely, densely punctate, rather densely clothed with short, 

 recumbent pubescence; joints 3 to 7 more or less unispinose at apices; 

 first joint robust, rather strongly clavate, subequal in length to the 

 third joint, which is twice as long as the fourth; eleventh joint 

 flattened and subequal in length to the tenth. 



Pronotum vaguely wider than long, and about equal in width at 

 base and apex; sides strongly, arcuately rounded, rather strongly 

 constricted at base and anterior margin ; disk even, ornamented with 

 a broad, glabrous median vitta, extending from base to anterior 

 margin, and with a number of small, irregular, inconspicuous, glab- 



