MONOGRAPH OF WEST IXDIAX STAPHYLINIDAE 131 



1. LISPINUS LATICOLLIS Erichson 



Lispinus laticollis Eeichson, 1840, p. 828. — Lacordaire, 1854, p. 12G.— DuVal, 

 1857, p. 45.— Fauvki.. 1863, p. 442; 1865, pp. 46, 48, 40.— Sn.\EP, 1887, p. 718.— 

 Bernhauer and Schubert, 1910, p. 22. — Leng and Mutch i.er, 1014, p. 403. — 

 Woi.coTT. 1924, p. 77 ; 1936, p. 196. 



Description. — Translucent rufous throuc'hout. Head narrowlj' 

 truncate in front; without trace of longitudinal impressions; finely 

 and very sparsely punctate; punctures generally separated by three to 

 five times their diameter; linear ground sculpture obsolescent. 

 Pronotum nearly one-half wider than long; sides feebly arcuate; a 

 little narrower at apex; base and apex slightly emarginate; lateral 

 depressions large but not abrupt, not extending to middle; midline 

 very finely, rather indefiuitely canaliculate; rather finely punctate, 

 more coarsely near base; sculpture linear but ^'ery fine and feeble. 

 S&utellum impunctate, vaguely sculptured. Elytron with sutural band 

 elevated but sutural stria not impressed; discal stria represented by 

 several indefinite rows of shallow punctures, extending only to 

 middle; very sparsely and obsoletely punctured; sculpture feeble but 

 distinctly scaly. AhdoinincLl steinites with fine diagonal carinae at 

 the sides. Length, 4 mm. 



Type locality. — Cuba. 



Types. — Presumably with either the Iliekh collection in the 

 Zoologische Museum, Marburg, or with the Erichson collection in the 

 Zoologische Museum, Berlin. 



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



Cuba: (Erichson, 1840; Lacordaire, ia54; Faiivel, 1863, 1865; Sharp, 1887; 

 Iveng and itutchler, 1914; British JMusomu), Cayanias (Schwarz, iu 

 U.S.N.M.), Guantanarao (A.M.N.H.), Trinidad Mountains (iM.CZ.). 



Puerto Eico: (Fauvel, 1863; Leng and Mutchler, 1914; Wolcott, 1924, 1936). 



Central America: Panama (Sharp, 1887; British Museum). 



Specimens examined. — I have seen three examples in the British 

 Museum (one of these labeled "Type Guorin-Men."), three in the 

 American Museum of Natui'al History, one in the Museum of 

 Coinparative Zoology, and one in the United States National Museum. 



Remarhfi. — (^ne of the Cuban examples in the British Museum was 

 borrowed for furtlier study. It does not differ noticeably from the 

 Schwarz example in the United States National Museum. 



One example of this species was found with termites. 



2. LISPINUS AREMICUS, new species 



Description. — Black, somewhat rufescent in front. Head rounded 

 and narrowly truncate in front; with only a trace of impressions 

 between the antennal ridges; punctures moderate but shallow, gen- 

 erally separated by their diameter or more ; ground sculpture feeble, 

 not distinctly scaly, Pronotum nearly one-fourth wider than long; 



