MONOGRAPH OF WEST INDIAN STAPHYLINIDAE 115 



3. BLEDIUS WITHYCOMBEI Bernhnuer 



Blcdius icithiicomhei Bkunhauek, 1!)34, p. 157. 



Descnptlon. — Head black, pronotum rufopiceous, elytra piceo- 

 testaceoiis with outer apical half luteoiis. Head convex above, without 

 fovea or impressions; supraantennal ridi^es rather feeble; antennae 

 not at all transverse; labruni over twice as wide as loni;, anterior 

 margin straight; third segment of maxillary palpus enlarged and 

 flattened, fourth very small ; surface with rather feeble dense scaly 

 sculpture. Pronotum one-sixth wider than long, subsemicircular but 

 with traces of lateral and basal angles; midline finely channeled; 

 with very large but very shallow and rather indefinite ]:)unctures, 

 separated by about their diameter; surface uneven but not distinctly 

 sculptured except possibly in front. Elytra dehiscent, apex more 

 broadly rounded internally than externally; Mith large and irregular 

 but shallow and somewhat indefinite punctures; without ground 

 sculpture. Length, 2 mm. 



Type locality. — Trinidad, St. Augustine, county of St. George, ward 

 of Tacarigua. 



Types. — One example labeled type in the British Museum, collected 

 en December 22, 1923, by C. L. Withycombe, and two others that 

 though not so labeled are probably paratypes. Examples from the 

 original series are also in the collection of Dr. Max Bernhauer. 



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



Trinidad: St. Augustine (Bernhauer, 1934; British Museum; Bernhauer col* 

 lection). 



Specimens examined. — I have seen only the three specimens in the 

 original series. One of these was borrow^ed for further study. 



Remarks. — This species is very similar to trinidadensis except in 

 details of sculpture. I have not seen sufficient material to enable me 

 to form a useful opinion on their true status, and I therefore include 

 them both as valid species for the present. 



I find no record of the habits of this species. 



4. BLEDIUS CUBENSIS, new species 



Description. — Rufopiceous, pronotum rufous, elytra piceotestaceous. 

 Head moderately convex above, with a small indefinite fovea at 

 center of vertex; supraantennal ridges rather abrupt but small; 

 antennal segments 6 to 10 transverse; labrum nearly three times aa 

 wide as long, anterior margin straight; third segment of maxillary 

 palpi enlarged and flattened, fourth small; surface with dense scaly 

 sculpture. Pronotum nearly one-foui'th wider than long; sides nearly 

 straight in anterior two-thirds, feebly rounded posteriorly, angles 

 rounded but base distinct; midline finely channeled; with rather large 



