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prominent; mesosternum not carinate; elytra extending beyond 

 metasternum posteriorly; posterior coxae contiguous, transverse, 

 scarcely expanded under the femora; abdomen widely margined; 

 sternites of first and second segments not present; femora unarmed, 

 tibiae spinose, fifth tarsomere longer than first four. 



Remarks. — This is a boreal genus but is represented in the Ameri- 

 can Tropics by more species than Omaliwn. It is distinguished from 

 Omalium principally by not having the mesosternum carinate. 



One species only is known from the West Indies. 



1. PHLOEONOMUS PEDICULARIUS (Erichson) 



Omaliuni pedicularimn Erichson, 1840, p. 887. — Fauvel, 1866, p. 14, 16. — Lenq 

 and MuTCHUER, 1914, p. 403.— Wor.coxT, 1924, p. 77 ; 1936, p. 196. 



Homalimn pedicularium (Erichson) GEMMiNCBai and Harold, 1868, p. 667. 



Homalium lacrymale Fleutiaux and Salle, 1889, p. 381. 



Pliloeonomus pedicular h/s (Erichson) Beenhauer and Schubert, 1910, p. 59. 



Omalium lacrymale (Fleutiaux and Sallt5) Bernhatter and Schubert, 1910, 

 p. 54. 



Omalium lachrymale Leng and Mutchler, 1914, p. 403. 



Description. — Piceous to piceocastaneous, pronotum and base of 

 abdomen castaneous, elytra testaceous with scutellar area, outer mar- 

 gin, and wide apical band piceocastaneous (sometimes testaceous with 

 head and elytral markings darker). Head with vague depressions 

 above base of antennae and in front of antennae; not punctate but 

 with distinct scaly ground sculpture. Pronotum nearly one-half 

 wider than long, evenly rounded at sides, anterior angles rounded, 

 posterior angles prominent; sides of disk scarcely explanate; with 

 two vague longitudinal impressions on the disk; the sparse and 

 feeble punctation obscured by the dense scaly sculpture. Mesoster- 

 num not at all carinate. Elytra fully one-fourth wider than pro- 

 notum, widest posteriorly, just broader than long; punctures mod- 

 erate, separated by a little more than their diameter but obscured 

 by the dense but rather feeble scaly ground sculpture. Abdomen 

 very minutely punctured; sculpture obsolescent. Length, 1% to 

 2 mm. 



Type locality. — Puerto Kico. Of lacrymale, Gourbeyre, Guade- 

 loupe. 



Types. — In either the Hope Museum, Oxford, or the Zoologische 

 Museum, Berlin ; of lacrynmle, possibly in the Musee National d'His- 

 toire Naturelle, Paris. 



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



Cuba: San Jnan Mountains (M.C.Z.). 



Jamaica: Santa Cruz (Blaeljwelder station 421), Maggoty (Blackwelder station 

 402), Trinityville (Blaclvwelder station 428), Moneague (Blackwelder sta- 

 tion 369B), Troy (Blackwelder station 409), Moutego Bay (A.M.N.H.), 

 Cinchona (A.M.N.H.). 



