134 BULLETIN 182, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



/Spechiens examined. — Three examples were examined in the British 

 Museum, 7 in Dr. Cameron's collection, 14 in the American Museum of 

 Natural History, and 10 from the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 



Remarhs. — The above description was taken from a specimen in 

 the Sharp collection, borrowed from the British Museum. The 

 specimens from the Museum of Comparative Zoology differ from the 

 above description in having the pronotum and elytra with distinctly 

 scaly ground sculpture. This is probably the usual condition. 



Two specimens in the British Museum and one in my collection, 

 taken by Dr. H. E. Box in Argentina, were identified as this species by 

 Bruch but are not the same. The Mexico record still rests entirely on 

 Fauvel's original citation. 



I find no record of the habits of this species. 



5. LISPINUS ATTENUATUS Erichson 



Lispinus attemiatus Erichson, 1840, p. 828. — Duponchel, 1841, p. 57. — Lacoiu)aibe, 

 18r)4, p. 120.— DuVal, 1857, p. 46.— Fauvel, 1865, pp. 48, 49, 55.— Bkrnhauhr 

 and Schubert, 1910, p. 21. — Lenq and Mutchler, 1914, p. 403. — Wolcoxt, 

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



Description. — Rufotestaceous to jjiceous with head rufescent. Head 

 evenly rounded in front; with very shallow impressions, which are 

 nearly circular and widely separated from the margin; moderately 

 finely punctate ; punctures separated by two to four times their diam- 

 eter; ground sculpture linear but obsolescent. Pronotum fully one- 

 fourth wider than long; sides feebly arcuate, a little narrowed at 

 apex ; rather abruptly impressed at basal angles, impression extending 

 to middle; midline very feebly canaliculate; punctures coarse, de- 

 cidedly elongate, frequently coalescent (especially in the lateral de- 

 pressions), generally separated transversely by twice their width, 

 shallow; sculpture linear but very feeble. Scutellum with a few irreg- 

 ular-sized punctures only. Elytron with narrow sutural band ele- 

 vated, sutural stria impressed only at base; no discal stria; punctures 

 very large and very shallow, generally not elongate though some- 

 times coalescent, separated transversely by their width or less; sculp- 

 ture obsolescent but vaguely scaly. Ahdominal stern ites with fine 

 diagonal carinae at sides. Ijcngth, 5 to 6 nun. 



Type locality. — Puerto Rico. 



Types. — Possibly in the Zoologische Museum, Berlin. 



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



Puerto Rico: (Erichson, 1840; Lacordaire, 1854; Fauvel, 1865; Lenj? and 

 Mntchlor, 1914; Woloott, 1924, 1936), El Yinique (Dariington, in M.C.Z.), 

 Mayagiioz (IJlafkwoldor station 3.58H). 



Guadeloupe: liassc T(>rre (Hlackwoldor station 72H). 



Trinidad: Sangre Grande (Blackwelder station 96). 



Specime7is examined. — I have seen 1 specimen in the Museum of 

 Comparative Zoology and 30 collected by me in 1935-37. 



