82 BULLETIN 18 2, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



with very fine but irregular punctures; without distinct ground 

 sculpture. Length, 2 mm. 



Tyfe locality. — Dominican Republic, Barahona. 



Types. — Holotype, Museum of Comparative Zoology, collected by 

 Dr. P. J. Darlington in September 1938. 



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



Kispaniola: Dominican Republic, Barahona (Darlington, in M.C.Z.). 



Specimens examined. — I have seen only the holotype. 

 Remarks. — This species differs from chapini principally in the 

 very different punctation of the elytra. 

 I have no record of its habits. 



31. CARPELIMUS CONFORMIS, new species 



Troffophloeus conformis Bieeig, MS. 



Description. — Black, the elytra feebly rufescent. Head with two 

 feeble depressions between the antennal ridges; eyes separated from 

 base by less than one-third their length. Pronotum about one-fifth 

 wider than long, angles rounded ; disk without trace of longitudinal 

 depressions ; with a vague trace of smooth midline ; punctures distinct 

 but not dense, intervals densely but not coarsely sculptured. Elytra 

 with rather coarse punctures, the intervals with very feeble ground 

 sculpture. Length, li/^ mm. 



Type locality. — Cuba, El Cano, Habana Province. 



Types. — Holotype in the United States National Museum (No. 

 52706), collected in April 1934 by Sr. Bierig. 



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

 Cuba: El Cano (Bierig, In U.S.N.M.). 



Specimens examined. — I have seen only the holotype in the United 

 States National Museum. 



Remarks. — This species may be distinguished by the distinct pro- 

 notal punctures among the ground sculpture. 



I find no record of its habits. 



32. CARPELIMUS AEQUALIS (DuVal) 



Trogophloens aeqnaUs DuVal, 1857, p. 44.— Fauvel, 1SG3, p. 441.— Bebnhauer and 

 ScHiTBERT, 1911, p. 97.— Leng and MuTf hler, 1914, p. 403.— Wolcott, 1924, 

 p. 77 ; 1936, p. 196.— Bierig, 1935a, pp. 9, 17. (Not Gundlach, 1893.) 



Trogophloens (Taenosoma) funestus Cameron, 1923, p. 393. — ScHEiiRPELTz, 1933, 

 p. 1086. 



Trogophloens (s. str.) funestus Cameron, SoHEEj^rELTz, 1933, p. 1086. 



Trogophloeus (Troginvs) ampUcoUis Bierig, 1935a, p. 17, fig. 9. 



Description. — Black, pronotum and elytra feebly rufescent. Head 

 with two feeble depressions between the antennal ridges; eyes not 

 distinctly separated from base. Pronotum about one-fifth wider than 



