MONOGRAPH OF WEST INDIAN STAPHYLINIDAE 97 



posteriorly, outer anf^les of incisure prolonged as triangular lobes; 

 ninth sternite longitudinally concave. Female^ vertex without 

 groove, pronotum three-sevenths wider than long, one-nintli wider 

 than head ; elytra one-fifth wider than pronotum, about one-third 

 wider than long; seventh and eighth sternites unmodified. Length 

 21/2 to 31/2 mm. 



Type locality. — ". . . insula Ceylan . . .; India orientali." Of 

 laevior^ Hiogo, Japan; of hledioides, "near Honolulu," Hawaiian 

 Islands; of laxipennis, Zanzibar. 



Types. — Presumably in the Deutsche Entomologische Institut, 

 Berlin-Dahlem. Of laevior and hledioides, in the British Museum; 

 of laxipennis, probably in the Musee Royal Histoire Naturelle Bel- 

 gique, Brussels. 



Records. — The following are the records known to me : 



Bermuda: (Brooks, in M.C.Z.), Tuckers Island (A. E. Verrill, in M.C.Z.). 



Cuba: (A.M.N.H.), Cayanias (Schwarz, in U.S.N.M.), Soledad (Weber and 

 Darlington, in M.C.Z. and U.S.N.M.), Baragiia (C. F. Stabl, in M.C.Z.). 



Jamaica: Black River (Blackwelder stations 413B, 416, 420), Spanisb Town 

 (Blackwelder station 377), Santa Ciuz (Blackwelder station 421), Trinity- 

 ville (Blackwelder station 428), ]\Iilk River (Blackwelder station 415), 

 INIay Pen (Blackwelder station 425C), Hope Bay (Blackwelder station 

 3r)3B), Bath in St. Thomas (Blackwelder station 392C), Kingston (Black- 

 welder stations IC, 385), Montego Bay (A.M.N.H.), Troy (Blackwelder 

 station 409), Newport (Blackwelder station 412A). 



Hispaniola: Haiti (Blackwelder) ; Dominican Republic, Puerto Plata (Black- 

 welder station 36), Boca Chica (Blackwelder station 41). 



Puerto Rico: Sabana Grande (Dozier, in U.S.N.M.), San German (Dozier, in 

 U.S.N.M.), Lajas (Dozier, in U.S.N.M.), Yauco (Dozier, in U.S.N.M.), Juana 

 Diaz (Dozier, in U.S.N.RI.), Guanajibo (Dozier, in U.S.N.M.), Coamo (Dozier, 

 in U.S.N.M.), Adjuntas (Blackwelder stations 48C, 49), Maricao (Black- 

 welder station 47A), Lake Cartagena (Blackwelder station 4GA), San Juan 

 (Blackwelder stations 45, 52, 315, 353B), INIameycs (Blackwelder station 57), 

 Mayagiiez (Busck and Dozier, in U.S.N.M. ; Blackwelder station 50A), Guanica 

 (Dozier, in U.S.N.M.; Blackwelder station 3o7B), Aibonito (Blackwelder 

 station 59), Aguadilla (Busck, in U.S.N.M.). 



St. Thomas: (Blackwelder station 67). 



St. Croix: (Blackwelder stations 317, 325, 327, 328, 330, 331, 332, 333, 335B, 

 338, 339, 341, 344). 



St. Kitts: (Blackwelder stations 299, 302, 304, 306). 



Antigua: (Blackwelder stations 275A, 280B, 281 A, 285A, 285B, 284, 287, 290, 

 292, 2M). 



Montserrat: (Blackwelder stations 265B, 263, 270; Hubbard, in U.S.N.M.). 



Guadeloupe: (Fauvcl, 1901; Blackwelder stations 70, 75, 77B, 78B, 86, 87, 89, 

 90B; A.M.N.II.). 



Dominica: (Blackwelder stations 236, 238, 240, 245, 2480, 250, 252, 254B, 257B, 

 258; A.M.N.II.). 



St. Lucia: (Blackwelder stations 212, 213), 



Barbados: (Blackwelder stations 188, 191, 195, 203, 202B). 



St, Vincent: (Fauvel, 1901; Blackwelder stations 164, 165, 168, 172, 175, 176B, 

 180. 181, 185). 



