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the two ends of the chain. This distribution is almost unique among 

 West Indian staphylinids. 



My specimens were taken under bark of an immortelle log and 

 flying at dusk. 



7. LISPINUS INSULARIS Fauvel 



Lispinus insularis Fauvel, 1863, p. 442 ; 1865, pp. 47, 52, 53 ; 1878, p. 13.— Sharp, 

 1887, p. 720.— Fleutiaux and Saix^, 1889, p. 382. — Bebnhauer and Schubebt, 

 1910, p. 22. — Leng and Mutchijir, 1914, p. 403; 1917, p. 198.— Bernhauek, 

 1929, p. 187. 



Lispinus granadensis Faxtvel, 1865, pp. 47, 52.— Shakp, 1887, p. 719, 720.— Bebn- 

 HAUEB and Schubert, 1910, p. 22. — Leng and Mutchlek, 1914, p. 403. 



DescjHption. — Rufopiccous. Head narrowly truncate in front; 

 without impressions but with a pair of large umbilicate punctures be- 

 tween the eyes ; surface punctures moderately coarse, separated by one 

 and one-half to two times their diameter; ground sculpture feeble but 

 not scaly. Pronotwn fully one-fourth wider than long ; sides slightly 

 arcuate but narrowed from apex to base ; lateral depressions deep and 

 coarsely sculptured, extending past middle; midline not canaliculate; 

 punctures very large, slightly elongate, sometimes coalescing longi- 

 tudinally near base, frequently separated longitudinally by less than 

 their length; ground sculpture feeble but not scaly. Scutellnm with a 

 few strong punctures and obsolete sculpture. Elytron with sutural 

 stria impressed ; discal stria not impressed but marked by two irregular 

 rows of posteriorly excavated punctures ; punctures of disk moderate, 

 somewhat excavated behind, separated by one to four times their 

 diameter; linear sculpture stronger than on pronotum. Abdominal 

 sieimites with fine diagonal carina© at sides. Length, 3 to 3% mm. 



Type locality. — "Santo Domingo" (= Dominican Republic). The 

 type locality of L. granadensis is Grenada, Nicaragua. 



Types. — One example labeled type in the Chevrolat collection in 

 the British Museum. The type of granadensis is in the same museum. 



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



Cuba: (Fauvel, 1803, 1805; Sharp, 1887; Long and Mutchler, 1914, as both; 



Bierig collection). 

 Hispaniola: (Leng and Mutchler, 1914, as both), II.uti, Grande Riviere (Mann, 



in M.C.Z. and U.S.N.M.) ; Dominican Kepubuc (Fauvel, 1863, 1805; Sharp, 



1887). 

 Puerto Rico: Fa.lardo (lUisck, in U.S.N.M.). 

 Montserrat: (Hubbard, in U.S.N.M.). 



Guadeloupe: (Fleutiaux and Sall6, 1889; Leng and Mutchler, 1917). 

 Dominica: (A.M.N.H.). 



St. Vincent: (Bernhauer and Schubert, 1910; British Museum). 

 Grenada: (Bernhauer and Schubert, 1910, as both; British Museum). 

 Central America: Nicaragua (Fauvel, 1865, as granadcn.si.^ ; Sharp. 1887, as 



ffranadeuttis), Guatemala (Sharp. 1887, as both ; U.S.N.IM.), Mexico (Fauvel, 



1865; Sharp, 1887, as both; U.S.N.M.). 



