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testaceous, abdomen piceocastaneous. Ilead with two moderate de- 

 pressions between the antennal ridges ; eyes at about one-fourth their 

 length from base. Pronoiutn over one-fourth wider than long, ir- 

 regularly liexagonal, sides with a single very blunt tubercle within 

 each posterolateral emargination, the anterior angles prominent and 

 bluntly tuberculate; disk with two very feeble longitudinal impres- 

 sions; with rather fine punctures obscured by indefinite ground sculp- 

 ture. Elytra with rather fine punctures of irregular shape and 

 obscured by indefinite ground sculpture. Length, 2i/^ to 3 mm. 



Tyjpe locality. — St. Croix, Wheel of Fortune Estate, one-half mile 

 east of Frederiksted. 



Types. — Holotype and 13 paratypes, U.S.N.M. No. 52467, collected 

 by me on November 17, 1936. 



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



Hispaniola: Haiti, Diquini (Mann, in M.C.Z.) ; Dominican Republic, Rio San 



Juan (Miller, in U.S.N.M.). 

 St. Croix: (Blackwelder station 332). 

 Guadeloupe: Basse Terre (Blackwelder station 79C). 

 St. Lucia: (Blackwelder stations 209A, 211A). 



Specimens examined. — I have seen 4 specimens in the United 

 States National Museum in addition to the 14 types, and 1 in the 

 Museum of Comparative Zoology. 



Remarks. — This species can be distinguished at once by the testace- 

 ous apical margin of the elytra. It is somewhat variable in the 

 strength of the pronotal ridges and depressions. 



My specimens were taken from bat guano, from beneath rotting 

 fruit, and from under stones and sand along streams. 



7. CARPELIMUS CORNUCOPIUS, new species 



Description. — Rufocastaneous, head piceous. Head with two 

 feeble depressions between the abrupt antennal ridges; the eyes at 

 very nearly their length from base ; antennae very slender, extending 

 to apex of elytra. Pronotum one-fifth broader than long, distinctly 

 hexagonal; anterior angles scarcely tuberculate, lateral angles 

 rounded, basal angles rather abrupt; disk with two distinct longi- 

 tudinal impressions united near base, and with vague depressions 

 laterally ; with dense but not fine punctures distinct ; without ground 

 sculpture. Elytra behind humerus with a series of tubercles and 

 gradually elevated to apical fourth into a spatulate posteriorly di- 

 rected horn; with punctures as on pronotum but a little less dense; 

 without sculpture. Ahdomen with tergites 7 to 8 each with a pair 

 of short abrupt longitudinal carinae. Length, 3% mm. 



Type locality. — Grenada, 6 miles southeast of Gouyave on road to 

 Grenville. 



