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



Jamaica: Milk River (Blackwelder station 415), Spanish Town (Blackwelder 



stitiou 377). 

 Puerto Eico: Guanica (Blackwelder station 357A). 

 Vieques Island: (Leonard, In U.S.N.M.). 

 St. Tho:nas: (Blackwelder station 68). 

 Antigua: (Blackwelder station 295). 



Speciviens examined. — I have seen the 11 types and 8 other speci- 

 mens in the United States National Museum. 



Remarks. — This species is one of the group that differ in details of 

 sculpture and in arrangement of colors. These are separated as 

 shown in the key. 



My specimens were taken from under seaweed on the beach or flying 

 at dusk or to light. 



23. CARPELIMUS FLAVIPES (Erichson) 



TroffopJiloeus flavipes Ekichson, 1840. p. 80S.— DuVal, 1857, p. 44.— Fattvel, 

 1S63, p. 441. — Beknhaukk and Schubert, 1911, p. 99. — Leng and Mutchi^eb, 

 1914, p. 403. (Not Motschulsky, 1861.) 



Trogophloeus hiemalis Bii:rig, 1935a, p. 13, 14, 15, fig. 3. 



Trogophloens flavihasis Bierig, 1935a, p. 13, fig. 4. 



Description. — Black, pronotum rufopiceous, elytra rufocastaneous. 

 Head with two feeble depressions between the antennal ridges; eyes 

 separated from base by less than one-fourth their length. Pronotum, 

 about one-fourth wider than long, anterior angles rounded ; disk with 

 two feeble short depressions not united with basal foveae: with 

 rather fine punctures a little indistinct but without distinct ground 

 sculpture. Elytra not very finely but rather irregularly punctate, 

 the punctures angular and somewhat obscured by indefinite ground 

 sculpture. Length, ly^ to 2 mm. 



Type locality. — "Americae meridionalis insulis St. Johannis et St. 

 Thomae." Of hiemalis^ Cuba ; of flavibasls, Cuba, Sierra del Rosario, 

 vicinity of Cayajabos. 



Types. — Either in the Hope ISIuseum, Oxford, or the Zoologische 

 Museum, Berlin. Of hiemalis and favibasis, m collection of Alex- 

 ander Bierig (one "cotype" of each in the United States National 

 Mu.seum, Nos. 52701 and 52704). 



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



Bahamas Islands: Nassau (Knab, in U.S.N.M.). 



Cuba: (Fauvel, 1863; DuVal, 18.57; Leng and Mutchler, 1914), Playa de Mari- 



anao (Bierig, 1035), Aspiro (Bierig, 1935; U.S.N.M.), Cayamas (Schwarz, in 



U.S.N.M.), Cayajabos (Bierig, 1935, as flaviba.'iis; U.S.N.M.). 

 Jamaica: (Hubbard, in U.S.N.M. ; Cameron collection), Santa Cruz (P>lack- 



welder station 421), Spanish Town (Blackwelder station 377), Bath in St. 



Thomas (Blackwelder station 392H). 



