MONOGRAPH OF WEST INDIAN STAPHYLINIDAE 85 



"Head ^vitholJt impression on the vertex, closely and densely sculp- 

 tured, appearing to be coriaceous rather than punctured ; eyes large, 

 temples short. Antennae Avith the third point distinctly shorter than 

 the second, tlie fourth scarcely longer than broad, the fifth as long as 

 broad, larger than the fourth and sixth, sixth to the tenth transverse, 

 gradually increasing in breadth, the penultimate about half as broad 

 again as long. Thoi-ax transverse, widest about the middle, the sides 

 in front gently rounded and narrowed, rather strongly contracted in 

 a nearly straight line behind ; disk with four very obsolete impressions ; 

 densely coriaceous and with moderate close but obsolete puncturation. 

 Elytra nearly half as long again as, and distinctly broader than the 

 thorax, about as long as broad ; rather coarsely and pretty closely punc- 

 tured, finely and sparingly pubescent. Abdomen black, shining, very 

 finely and moderately closely punctured and pubescent, rather more 

 sparingly on the last two or three segments ; finely coriaceous. Length. 

 1.75 mm." 



Type locaVity. — Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. 



Types. — Unique type in collection of Dr. Cameron. 



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



Cayman Islands: Grand Cayman (Cameron, 1923; Cameron collection). 



Specimens examined. — I have seen no examples of this species. 



Remarks. — "Closely allied to T. misellus, Shp., but the thorax is 

 more transverse and more strongly contracted behind, the sculpture 

 more coriaceous, the puncturation appearing obsolete, the elytra 

 rather more coarsely punctured, the antennae longer, the penultimate 

 joints less transverse" (from original description). 



I find no record of its habits. 



36. CARPELIMUS DEMMELI (Bicrig) 



Trogophloevs demmeli Bieriq, 1935a, p. IG. 



Original description. — "Appears undoubtedly most closely related 

 to the previous species (discipennis) . However, it differs in the 

 concolorous brownish-black eltyra, the obscuro-ferrugineous legs with 

 the lighter knees and pallid tarsi. The sides of the elytra are more 

 parallel; on the disk of the pronotum, in certain lights, one can 

 see vestiges of the prebasal fossae; and the apical antennal enlarge- 

 ment appears more gradual. For the rest, one does not find differ- 

 ences of sufficient clarity to describe, they being of the same size" 

 (translated). 



Type locality. — Cuba. 



Types. — In collection of Alexander Bierig. 



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

 Cuba: Habana (Bierig, 1935), Caiinito del Giiayabal (Bierig, 1936). 



