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as the body, densely clothed with short, recumbent, brownish-yellow 

 and whitish pubescence intermixed, with numerous long, erect, white 

 hairs on the underside of the joints; outer joints annulated with 

 white pubescence at bases; first joint robust, oblong, truncate at 

 apex, with a distinct cicatrix, and three-fourths as long as the third 

 joint, which is slightly shorter than the fourth, the following joints 

 gradually diminishing in length. 



Pronotum about as wide as long, subequal in width at base and 

 apex, and widest at apical third; sides arcuately rounded in front 

 of middle, obliquely narrowed posteriorly, with an obsolete tubercle 

 on each side at apical third ; disk moderately convex ; surface finely, 

 densely punctate, with a few coarse punctures intermixed, densely 

 clothed with short, recumbent, brownish-yellow pubescence, with a 

 few short, white hairs intermixed, and ornamented with a narrow, 

 longitudinal, median, white pubescent vitta, extending from anterior 

 margin to base. Scutellum triangular, and broadly rounded at apex. 



Elytra nearly four times as long as pronotum, and at base slightly 

 wider than pronotum at apical third; humeral angles broadly 

 rounded ; sides nearly parallel from base to apical fifth, then feebly 

 narrowed to the tips, which are separately, broadly, obliquely trun- 

 cate, with the lateral angle rather acutely produced ; disk moderately 

 convex, and each elytron with a vague, longitudinal costa near 

 sutural margin; surface sparsely, coarsely, irregularly punctate, 

 densely clothed with short, recumbent, brownish-yellow and whitish 

 pubescence, the white hairs more numerous on median parts, causing 

 the surface to have a variegated appearance. 



Abdomen beneath vaguely, finely punctate, densely clothed with 

 short, recumbent, brownish-yellow and whitish pubescence with a 

 few long, inconspicuous, erect hairs intermixed ; last segment broadly 

 subtruncate at the tip, with a broad, concave depression at the apex. 

 Prosternum moderately declivous in front, narrow between the coxal 

 cavities, arcuately declivous, and broadly, triangularly expanded 

 posteriorly. Mesosternum obliquely declivous in front, and feebly 

 elevated between the middle coxal cavities. Legs rather short, 

 densely clothed with short, recumbent, brownish-yellow and whitish 

 pubescence, with a few long, erect hairs intermixed ; femora strongly 

 clavate toward the tips, the posterior pair not quite extending to 

 third abdominal segment; tibiae subcylindrical, the posterior pair 

 feebly arcuate. 



Length, 13 mm. ; width, 3.6 mm. 



Tyfe locality, — Hinche, Haiti. 



Type. — U.S.N.M. No. 43749. A unique female collected May 

 20, 1925, by W. A. Hoffmann. 



Remarks. — Described from the type. 



