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



Hispaniola: Dominican Retubuc, Barahona (Darlington, In M.C.Z.). 



Montserrat: (Blackwelder station 267A). 



Guadeloupe: (Blackwelder station 77A). 



Dominica: (Blackwelder station 240i/L>I>). 



Grenada: (Blackwelder station 162A). 



Tobago: (Blackwelder station 120). 



Specimens examined. — I have seen only the nine types and one 

 specimen in the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 



Remarks. — The sculpture of this species is similar to that of 

 espostts. This species is rather densely pubescent, the hairs appear- 

 ing- to be grayish white. 



I have collected it under seaweed on the beach and on the muddy 

 bank of a tidal lagoon. 



2. BLEDIUS ESPOSUS, new species 



Description. — Opaque black, apex of elytra indefinitely marked 

 with testaceous. Head moderately convex above, feebly longi- 

 tudinally depressed on each side; supraantennal ridges very feeble 

 but somewhat elongate; surface with very dense scaly sculpture; 

 antennal segments 5 to 10 transverse; labrum at least four times 

 as wide as long, triangularly notched at middle, not rounded; third 

 segment of maxillary palpi enlarged and flattened, fourth small. 

 Pron^otuiTh one-third wider than long, broadly rounded at sides, 

 slightly narrowed in front and strongly behind, posterior angles 

 rounded; midline very narrowly unsculptured but not impressed; 

 impunctate, but with dense fine scaly and tuberculate sculpture. 

 Elytra dehiscent in apical two-fifths; broadly rounded at apex ex- 

 ternally, a little more narrowly internally ; with large irregular punc- 

 tures separated by narrow convex ridges; ground sculpture present 

 but indistinct because of the density of the punctation. Abdomen 

 alone shining. Length, 2% mm. 



Tijpe Jocalify. — Antigua, St. Johns. 



Types.— R^Aoiyi^Q, U.S.N.M. No. 52375, collected by me in Sep- 

 tember 1936. 



Records. — The following is the only record known to me : 

 Antig-ua: (Blackwelder station 295). 



Specimens examined. — I have seen only the unique type. 



Remarks. — The sculpture of the head and pronotum is very dis- 

 tinctive though very fine. It consists of very minute but abruptly 

 elevated and rounded tuberculi among the dense fine hairs. The 

 punctures or sockets of the latter are invisible to me. 



The type was taken flying about the hotel in town. 



