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nearly one-sixth longer than wide; expanded but sides straight in 

 front; with coarse shallow punctures, more or less serial; not aluta- 

 ceous, but coriaceous. Abdomen not alutaceous except feebly at apex ; 

 moderately coarsely and densely punctate, punctures not muricate. 

 Anterior face of front tibia with a single series of small setigerous 

 punctures. Length, 3 to 31/2 ^ii"i- 



Type locality. — "Insula St. Thomas." 



Types. — In collection of Dr. Bernhauer. 



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



Cuba: Santiago (Notman, 1925; Darlington, 1937; A.M.N.H.). 



Jamaica: Montego Bay (Notman, 1925; Darlington, 1937; A.M.N.H. ), Trinity- 

 ville (Blackwelder station 428), Moneague (Blackwelder station 375). 



Hispaniola: HAm, Kenskoff (Darlington, 1937). 



Puerto Rico: (U.S.N.M.). 



St. Thomas: (Bernhauer, 1904; Leng and Mntchler, 1914; Notman, 1925; Dar- 

 lington, 1937). 



Central America: Panama (Notman, 1925; Darlington, 1937; U.S.N.M.). 



Specimens examined. — I have seen 10 examples in the United States 

 National Museum and 8 collected by me in 1935-37. 



Remarks. — This description was drawn from a specimen from Trin- 

 ityville, Jamaica. I am unable to distinguish it from examples of 

 eggersi from Panama. 



My examples were taken flying at dusk. 



28. OSORIUS LEWISI, new species 



Description. — Piceous, pronotum and elytra more or less pubescent. 

 Head one-eighth narrower than pronotum ; eyes somewhat prominent ; 

 clypeus feebly evenly emarginate, angles tuberculate; labrum very 

 short, emarginate above declivity ; outer segments of antennae trans- 

 verse; with scattered rather coarse shallow punctures obscured by 

 ground sculpture which becomes very strong in front. Pronotum 

 one-twelfth broader than long, rather strongly narrowed to base, base 

 three-fifths as wide as apex ; sides evenly arcuate, basal angles broadly 

 rounded; lateral margin not wider basally; disk with median im- 

 punctate stripe bordered by fairly definite series of punctures; with 

 irregularly spaced and somewhat elongate moderately coarse punc- 

 tures, separated transversely by more than their diameters; with 

 very dense and fine ground sculpture. Elytra one twenty-fourth 

 wider than pronotum, one twenty-fifth longer than wide, feebly 

 expanded with the sides evenly arcuate ; with very large shallow punc- 

 tures more or less serial obscured by coriaceous sculpture. Abdomen 

 without distinct alutaceous sculpture except basally, punctures muri- 

 cate or tuberculate. A^iferior face of front tibia with a single series of 

 setigerous punctures. Length, 3% mm. 



Type locality. — Grand Cayman, west end of Georgetown. 



