ART. 22 NEW CERAMBYCID BEETLES — FISHER 43 



Elytra two and one-half times as long as pronotum, and at base 

 feebly wider than pronotum at middle; sides feebly narrowed from 

 base to near the tips, which are separately, feebly, broadly emarginate, 

 but not spinose ; surface rather densely, coarsely, irregularly punctate, 

 very sparsely clothed with short, recumbent, whitish hairs, with a 

 few very long, erect, whitish hairs intermixed, and each elytron 

 ornamented with an irregular spot of moderately dense, white pubes- 

 cence at middle, and a similar spot near apex. 



Abdomen beneath sparsely, finely, irregularly punctate, vaguely 

 granulose, and sparsely clothed with long, fine, semierect hairs ; last 

 segment broadly rounded at apex. Prosternum sparsely, coarsely 

 punctate, feebly, transversely rugose anteriorly, and sparsely clothed 

 with recumbent, whitish pubescence; prosternal process very narrow, 

 feebly expanded behind the coxal cavities, and arcuately declivous 

 posteriorly. Mesosternum rather narrow between the coxal cavities, 

 and feebly declivous in front. Legs rather long, sparsely, irregu- 

 larly clothed with long, recumbent and erect, whitish hairs; femora 

 strongly clavate, but not spinose at apices. 



Length, 6.4 mm. ; width, 1.6 mm. 



Type locality. — Source Matelas, Haiti. 



Tyfe and paratype.—U.S.l^M. No. 43726. 



Remarks. — Described from two females (one type) collected at 

 Source Matelas, Haiti, at edge of the sea on " mangle " or mangrove, 

 March 24, 1930, by H. L. Dozier. 



The paratype (broken) is larger than the type, 8.2 mm. long and 

 2.2 mm. wide. This specimen differs slightly from the type in 

 having the pronotum ornamented with a few irregular spots of 

 whitish pubescence, and the white pubescent spots of the elytra more 

 distinct than on the type. 



This species resembles dozieri Fisher, but differs from that species 

 in being more slender, the pronotum more strongly rounded at the 

 sides, and the surface with elongate, alveolate punctures, elytra with 

 more or less distinct pubescent spots (not variegated as in dozieri)., 

 with the tips emarginate, and the legs longer. 



ELAPHIDION GRACILIS, new species 



Male. — Narrowly elongate, subcylindrical, slightly flattened above. 

 Above and beneath uniformly reddish brown, feebly shining, and 

 rather densely, irregularly clothed with pale yellow and whitish 

 pubescence intermixed. 



Head coarsely, confluently punctate, densely clothed with long, 

 recumbent, whitish pubescence (yellowish on the occiput), which 

 nearly conceals the surface, front wider than long, flat between the 



