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Bruner; and two paratypes, collected at Pico Turquino, Cuba, July 

 20, 1922, by the same collectors. 



This species is allied to nivicinctus Chevrolat, but it differs from 

 that species in being uniformly bluish black above, and each elytron 

 ornamented with a short, transverse, whitish pubescent fascia, which 

 does not extend to the sutural margin. 



TILLOCLYTUS MINUTUS, new species 



Female. — Small, elongate, slightly depressed above, nearly gla- 

 brous, and subopaque. Above bluish black, each elytron with a 

 broad, transverse, white fascia at middle, the fascia arcuately emar- 

 ginate in front at sutural margin, and connected posteriorly to a 

 yellow vitta extending along the sutural margin to apex; antennae 

 and underside of body dark brown, the legs and basal joints of 

 antennae slightly paler. 



Head glabrous, rather coarsely, confluently punctate, front wider 

 than long, flat between the antennal tubercles, which are widely sep- 

 arated, but not elevated; eyes small, oblong, rather strongly convex, 

 and not emarginate. Antenna extending to basal third of elytra, 

 and the outer joints slightly enlarged; first joint long, feebly arcuate, 

 cylindrical, slightly expanded toward apex, and subequal in length 

 to the third and fourth joints united; third joint twice as long as the 

 fourth, which is distinctly shorter than the fifth. 



Pronotum nearly one-half longer than wide, distinctly narrower 

 at base than at apex, and widest near apical third; sides feebly, 

 arcuately rounded from apex to behind middle, then strongly nar- 

 rowed to the base ; disk rather strongly convex anteriorly, and trans- 

 versely depressed on basal third ; surface coarsely, deeply alveolate- 

 punctate, and clothed with a few long, erect, stiff, white hairs. 

 Scutellum small, elongate, rounded at apex, and slightly pubescent. 



Elytra one and three-fourths times as long as pronotum, and at 

 base slightly wider than pronotum at apical third ; sides nearly par- 

 allel from base to behind middle, where they are feebly, arcuately 

 expanded, then strongly, arcuately narrowed to the tips, which are 

 conjointly, broadly rounded ; disk strongly flattened on basal halves, 

 strongly convex on apical halves ; surface coarsely, deeply alveolate- 

 punctate, with a few long, erect, stiff, white hairs posteriorly, and 

 each elytron with a narrow vitta of short, recumbent, whitish hairs 

 along the sutural margin near apex. 



Abdomen beneath smooth, shining, and nearly glabrous ; last seg- 

 ment broadly rounded at apex. Prosternum very sparsely, feebly, 

 coarsely punctate, and nearly glabrous ; prosternal process very nar- 

 row between the coxal cavities, strongly expanded posteriorly, and 

 truncate at apex. Metasternum and mesosternum with a small spot 



