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extend to, or nearly to, the base, and from two to four round or elon- 

 gate spots on each side. Scutellum transverse, broadly rounded at 

 apex, and the surface glabrous. 



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

 feebly wider than pronotum at middle; humeri rather strongly ele- 

 vated; sides nearly parallel from base to near the tips, which are 

 separately, rather narrowly rounded ; surface coarsely, densely punc- 

 tate, scabrous in basal regions, with a very short, inconspicuous hair 

 in the center of each puncture, each elytron ornamented with three 

 broad, transverse, zigzag fasciae, one near base, one at middle, and 

 the other one at apical fourth. 



Abdomen beneath feebly, sparsely punctate, and clothed with a 

 few long, semierect hairs; last segment broadly rounded at apex. 

 Prosternum broadly, transversely concave, glabrous, feebly, coarsely 

 rugose ; prosternal process rather narrow between the coxal cavities, 

 and strongly declivous posteriorly. Legs rather long, glabrous ; fem- 

 ora strongly, abruptly clavate, petiolate at bases, and each femur 

 armed with a short tooth on underside near the apex ; tibiae slightly 

 flattened, and the anterior pair feebly arcuate. 



Female. — Differs from the male in having the antennae only 

 slightly longer than the body, pronotum about as wide as long, and 

 the surface coarsely, uniformly scabrous. 



Length, 5-10 mm. ; width, 1.4-2.8 mm. 



Type locality. — Santiago de las Vegas, Cuba. 



Type., allotype., and paratypes. — U.S.N.M. No. 43736. 



Paratypes. — In American Museum of Natural History and in S. C. 

 Bruner collection. 



Remarks. — Described from eight examples (one type). All these 

 examples, labeled " No. 9399," emerged from some specimens of na- 

 tive wood sent to the Department of Botany, Estacion Experimental 

 Agronomica, at Santiago de las Vegas, Province of Habana, Cuba. 

 Two of them were collected September 6 and 17, 1930, by A. Otero, 

 and the other six were found dead in the Botanical Department, 

 November 29, 1930, by J. Acuiia. 



This species is allied to femoratus Fabricius, but it differs from 

 that species in having nearly all the antennal joints black at the tips, 

 the pronotum ornamented with black spots (anterior part black in 

 femoratus)., tips of the femora black, and each elytron ornamented 

 with three transverse, zigzag, black fasciae. 



OPHISTOMIS INSULARIS, new species 



Female. — Elongate, strongly attenuate posteriorly, and subopaque. 

 Black, except the underside of head, a transverse spot on upperside 

 of head in front of antennae, pronotum, medium third of elytra, 



