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17. CARPELIMUS VARICORNIS (Bernhaucr) 



Trogophloeus varicomis Beknhauer, 1904a, p. 24. — BiaiNHAUEu and Schubert, 



1911, p. 105.— Leng and Mutchlek, 1914, p. 403. 

 Trogophlocns (Taenosoma) laetipennis Camekon, 1923, p. 395. — Scheeepeltz, 



1933, p. 10S5. 

 Trotjophlocus (s. str.) laetipennis Cameron, Scheeepeltz, 1933, p. 1085. 



Description. — Piceous, pronotum rufopiceoiis, elytra testaceous. 

 Head with two moderate depressions between the antennal ridges; 

 eyes separated by about half their length from base. Pi^onotuin one- 

 fourth wider than long, the angles rounded ; disk with two feeble lon- 

 gitudinal depressions; punctures moderate but obscured by rather 

 indefinite ground sculpture. Elytra moderately coarsely punctate, 

 without very distinct ground sculpture. Length, II/2 mm. 



Type locality. — Grenada, Vendome Estate, Leeward side. Of 

 laetipennis., Grenada, Mount Gay Estate, Leeward side. 



Types. — Probably in the British Museum, although Bernhauer 

 made no mention of them and I did not find them there. Of la£ti- 

 pennis, in the British Museum. 



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



Cuba: Canto El Cristo, Oriente (Darlington, in M.C.Z. and U.S.N.M.), Soledad 

 (Darlington, in M.C.Z. and U.S.N.M.), Savana La Mar, Oriente (Darling- 

 ton, in M.C.Z. and U.S.N.M.), Maisi, Oriente (Darlington, in M.C.Z.). 



Hispaniola: Haiti, Port-au-Priuoe (Darlington, in M.C.Z.). 



Grenada: (Bernhauer, 1904; Leng and Mutchler, 1914; Cameron, 1923, as 

 laetipennis). 



Trinidad: Galeota Point (Weber, in M.C.Z.), St. Augustine (Weber, In M.C.Z.), 

 Nariva Swamp (Weber, in M.C.Z. and U.S.N.M.). 



/Specimens examined. — I have seen four examples (including the 

 type of laetipennis) in the British Museum. One of these was bor- 

 rowed for further study. Also 21 examples from the Museum of 

 Comparative Zoology. 



Renmrhs. — This is one of the species that is very difficult to place 

 in a key. The characters used above appear to be sufficient to set it 

 apart. There seems to be little doubt that the types of varicomis 

 and laetipennis came from the same material, although not from ex- 

 actly the same locality. One of the other examples of laetipennis 

 came from Vendome Estate where the type of varicomis was found. 



I find no record of the habits of this species. 



18. CARPELIMUS ARIDUS (DuVal) 



Trogophloeus aridus DuVal, 1S57, p. 43.— Fauvel, 1863, p. 439.— Sharp, 1887, 

 p. 098. — GUNDL.S.CH, 1S93. p. 300. — Bernhatei{, 1910, p. 356. — Bei{Nhauer and 

 ScHUBEKT, 1911, p. 97.— Lenq and Mutculer, 1914, p. 403; 1917, p. 198.— 

 WoLCOTT, 1924, p. 177; 1936, p. 198.— P.ierig. 3935a, p. 9. 



Description. — Black, pronotum and elytra sometimes more or less 

 rufes'-ent. Head with two rather feeble depressions between the 



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