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14. CARPELIMUS DANFORTHI, new species 



DesG7iptio7i. — Black. Head with two very feeble depressions be- 

 tween the antennal ridges; eyes not distinctly separated from base. 

 Pronofuni one-sixth wider than long, all sides and angles rounded; 

 disk with feeble traces of two longitudinal depressions ; with moderate 

 punctures not very dense but almost completely obscured by dense and 

 distinct ground sculpture. Elytra coarsely punctate, the intervals 

 vaguely rugose; with rather irregular ground sculpture. Length, 2 

 to 2% mm. 



Type locality. — Puerto Rico, south side of Guanica Lake. 



Types. — Holotype and one paratype, U.S.N.M, No. 52469, collected 

 by me on January 5, 1937. 



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



Jamaica: Kingston (U.S.N.M.). 



Puerto Bico: Guanica (Blackwelder station 355A), Ensenada (A.M.N.H.). 



Specimens examined. — I have seen the two types, three other ex- 

 amples in the United States National Museum, and two specimens in 

 the American Museum of Natural History. 



Remarks. — This species may be distinguished among those with 

 coarsely punctate elytra by the strong ground sculpture of the pro- 

 notum which obscures the punctures. 



The paratype is quite pale in color but does not differ structurally 

 from the type. It is apparently immature in regard to the color. 

 The Jamaica examples have the pronotal sculpture somewhat less 

 distmct but do not seem to differ otherwise. 



The types were taken from under rubbish on the muddy bank of 

 the lake; the Jamaican examples were found abundantly in green- 

 houses. 



15. CARPELIMUS CUBENSIS (Bierig) 



Trogophloeus cubotsis Bierio, I'JSua, p. 15, 16, flg. 8. 



Description. — Black. Head with two moderate depressions between 

 the antennal ridges; eyes at about two-thirds their length from base. 

 Pronotum one-fourth wider than long, angles rounded; disk with two 

 feeble longitudinal depressions joining the basal foveae; without very 

 distinct punctation but granularly sculptured. Elytra with moderate 

 punctures very slightly obscured by traces of ground sculpture. 

 Length, II/2 to 13/j mm. 



Type locality. — Cuba. 



Types. — In collection of Alexander Bierig. One "cotypc" in the 

 United States National Museum (No. 62705). 



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



Cuba: Rio Almondaros (Bierig, lOS.'i), Playa de Jaimanitas (Bierig, 19.S")), 

 V.ilio del Yiimuri (Bierig, i;«5), Raiigel (Bierig, 1935), Sierra Bonilla 

 (Bierig, in U.S.N.M.), Sierra del Rosario (Bierig, in U.S.N.M.). 



Jamaica: Spanish Town (Blackwelder station 377). 



