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behind eyes, one-fifth wider than long; base three-sevenths as wide as 

 apex, sides interrupted by two hirge pocketlike folds of the margin, 

 equally prominent ; punctures coarse but irregular, separated by one- 

 half to two times their diameter; without ground sculpture. Elytra 

 at base as wide as pronotum, one-half wider at apical fourth ; humeral 

 angles finely tuberculate; not distinctly punctate, but with large and 

 shallow but vague depressions; surface uneven but without ground 

 sculpture; extending for nearly one-third their length beyond the 

 metasternu.m. Abdomen not distinctly punctate but with vague 

 ground sculpture. Length, 2 mm. 



Type locality. — Guadeloupe, Gourbeyre. 



Types. — Holotype, American Museum of Natural History. 



Records. — The following is the only record known to me : 



Guadeloupe: Gourbeyre (A.M.N.H., Ace. No. 4860). 



Specimens examined. — I have seen only the unique holotype. 



Remarks. — This species may be distinguished from wolcotti by the 

 feeble interruptions of the thoracic margins and from assistans and 

 striatulus by the lack of strong ground sculpture on the head. 



I have no record of its habits. It was purchased by the American 

 Museum of Natural History from a French dealer in 1916. 



3. INOPEPLUS ASSISTANS. new species 



Description. — Flavous, apical half of elytra cinnamomeous except 

 for the margins. Head moderately coarsely punctate, punctures usu- 

 ally separated by their diameter; ground sculpture minute and scaly, 

 more distinct anteriorly; midline very vaguely and feebly impressed 

 at middle; sides behind e^^es nearly straight but strongly narrowed. 

 Pronotvmi just equal in width to head behind the eyes, a little more 

 than one-fourth wider than long; base onc-lialf as wide as apex; 

 sides interrupted twice by large pocketlike folds of the margin; 

 punctures coarse but not deep, separated by one to two times their 

 diameter; smooth, without ground scul])ture. Elytra at base about as 

 wide as pronotum; humeral angles finely tuberculate; nearly one-half 

 wider at apical fourth; not distinctly punctate, but with large and 

 shallow but vague depressions (more punctiform posteriorly) ; sur- 

 face uneven but without ground sculpture ; extending for at least one- 

 third their length beyond the metasternum. Abdomen above finely 

 but sparsely punctate, vaguely strigulose in part. Length, 2% mm. 



Tyj)e locality. — St. Lucia, DuBoulay Estate, St. Rem}'' district, 3 

 miles southeast of Soufriere. 



Types.— Roloty^Q, U.S.N.M. No. 52359, collected by me on May 8, 

 1936. 



Records. — The following is the only record known to me : 



St. Lucia: (Blackwelder station 220G). 



