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Reitmrhs. — The example from Haiti is in rather poor condition 

 but appears to be this species. Through the kindness of Andre 

 Audant at the Service Technique this specimen will be retained in the 

 United States National Museum. 



This species has been collected under bark of the silk cotton 

 tree, flying at dusk, by sweeping low herbage, and in trash on 

 banana boats. 



5, PSEUDOLISPINODES DANFORTHI, new species 



Description. — Rufopiceous to rufotestaceous, pronotum and elytra 

 paler. Head narrowly truncate in front, longitudinal impressions 

 feeble and attaining the margin ; punctures moderately coarse, sepa- 

 rated by about three times their diameter, obsolescent in front ; scaly 

 sculpture fine and also obsolescent in front. Pronotum nearly one- 

 third wider than long; sides feebly rounded, and narrowed posteri- 

 orly from middle; sides with a very feeble granulate impression 

 basally; midline not impressed; punctures moderately coarse, gen- 

 erally separated by one to three times their diameter, and with four 

 larger punctures arranged in a square in anterior two-thirds of 

 disk; ground sculpture scaly, less distinct at the sides. Scutellum 

 with a few punctures and distinct scaly sculpture. Elytron wdth 

 sutural band elevated but sutural stria feebly impressed; without 

 trace of discai stria ; punctures moderately fine, separated by three 

 to four times their diameter; sculpture exceedingly fine, rather in- 

 distinctly scaly. Ahdoniitial sternites without diagonal carinae. 

 Length, 2^4 to 3^ mm. 



Type locality. — Puerto Rico, College Farm 1 mile east of 

 Mayagiiez. 



Types. — Holotype and eight paratypes, U.S.N.M. No. 52364, col- 

 lected by me on January 6, 1937. One paratype has been deposited 

 in the collection of Dr. M. Cameron and one in the British Museum. 



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



Puerto Rico: Mayaguez (Blackwelder station 358B). 

 Guadeloupe: (A.M.N.H.). 



Specimens exanilned. — Eleven specimens from the type locality 

 have been examined as well as four others in the American Museum 

 of Natural History. 



Remarks. — I have named this species for the late Prof. Stuart 

 T. Danforth, of the School of Agriculture of the University of 

 Puerto Rico, who was of great assistance to me in the collection of 

 this and other species in the western part of Puerto Rico. 



These specimens were found under bark of rotting logs. 



