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above declivity, smooth except at sides; outer antennal segments 

 transverse; with very coarse irregular punctures except on median 

 area ; with traces of alutaceous sculpture among the punctures. Pro- 

 notuvi scarcely wider than long, moderately narrowed posteriorly, 

 base two-thirds as wide as apex; sides rather evenly rounded, basal 

 angles narrowly rounded; median smooth stripe indefinite; with 

 very large punctures, more or less elongate ; feebly ilutaceous at sides. 

 Elytra as wide as pronotum, about one-sixth longer than wide; not 

 much enlarged posteriorly; with large and more or lesa serial punc- 

 tures obscured by strongly coriaceous surface and traces of aluta- 

 ceous ground sculpture. Abdomen only very vaguely alutaceous; 

 moderately and sparsely punctate. Anterior face of front tibia with 

 a single series of setigerous punctures. Length, 3l^ mm. 



Type locality. — Jamaica, Roaring River Falls, parish of St. Anns. 



T'y/?^.?.— Holotype, U.S.N.M. No. 52472, collected on September 13, 

 1917, by Harold Morrison. 



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



Jamaica: Roaring River Falls (Morrison, in the U.S.N.M.). 



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



Remarks. — ^Like others of the small Osorius this is not distin- 

 guished by striking characters. When large series of all these species 

 are available, it should be possible to evaluate the feeble characters 

 of punctation and sculpture and decide the status of these segregates 

 that we now believe to be species. 



I have no record of its habits. 



27. OSORIUS EGGERSI Bcrnhauer 



Osorius eggersi Beunhauee, 1901, p. 19. — Bebnhaueb and Schubert, 1911, p. 144. — 

 Camkbon, 1913, p. 326.— Leno and Mutchlek, 1914, p. 404.— Notman, 1925, 

 pp. G, 22, 25.— ScHEEBPELTZ, 1933, p. 1133.— Dabungton, 1937, pp. 287, 298, 

 299. 



Description. — Piceous, pronotum and elytra rufous. Head scarcely 

 narrower than pronotum; eyes a little prominent; clypeus truncate, 

 angles not prominent; labrum truncate, smooth except at extreme 

 sides; outer segments of antennae wider than long; with sparse coarse 

 punctures especially at sides; obsoletely alutaceous. 'Pronotum a 

 trifle longer than wide, rather strongly narrowed to base, base two- 

 thirds as wide as apex; sides straight in front, arcuate behind, angles 

 broadly rounded; lateral margin not wider basally; disk with median 

 impunctate stripe bordered by series of large punctures; with coarse 

 punctures, sometimes elongate or uniting longitudinally, separated 

 transversely by about their diameter; with only a trace of alutaceous 

 ground sculpture. Elytra nearly one-tenth wider than pronotum. 



