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



Trinidad: (Bernhauer determination, in British Museum). 



South America: Brazil (Sharp, 1876), Bolivia, Psaiu (Phivilstschikov, 1929). 



Speciirums examined. — I have seen the types and 16 other examples 

 from South America and 1 from Trinidad in the British Museum, the 

 latter borrowed for further study. 



Remarks. — The above description is drawn from the female from 

 Trinidad but does not conflict with the original. 



I find no record of the habits of this species. 



2. PAEDERUS HOMONYMUS, new name 



Paederus tricolor Erichson. 1840. p. 6ti3. — Sharp, 1886. p. 613. — Bernhauer and 

 Schubert, 1912, p. 211. — Leng and Mutchleb, 1914, p. 404 ; 1917, p. 199. — 

 Blackweldek, 1939a, p. 112. (Not Fabricius, 1787.) 



Pacderus tkoracicus Marsh^vll, 1878, p. xxx (not Erichson ; not Stephens).— 

 Leng and Mutchler, 1917, p. 198. 



Description. — Black, prothorax and mesosternum rufotestaceous, 

 elytra aeneocyanescent. Head with eyes and exclusive of neck as 

 wide as long; with moderate and shallow punctures separated by two 

 to three times their diameter; with ground sculpture feeble in front, 

 absent at center of vertex, and strong posteriorly; punctures with 

 moderately long hairs; labrum truncate in front, coarsely crenulate, 

 and with a small quadrate notch at middle. Pronotiim one-fifteenth 

 longer than wide, widest at anterior fourth, distinctly narrowed be- 

 hind ; punctures scarcely evident but separated by three to four times 

 their diameter, much denser at sides, only marginal ones bearing hairs ; 

 di.sk with a slight median prominence near base. Elytra as wide as 

 pronotum, one-fourth longer than wide; punctures coarse and deep, 

 with intervals feebly convex. Ahdomen with very sparse submuri- 

 cate setigerous punctures and distinct ground sculpture. Male., eighth 

 sternite with a deep parallel rounded excision. Length, 9 to 9I/2 mm. 



Type locality. — ". . . Ins. St. Vincentii Americae . . ." ( = St. 

 Vincent). 



Types. — In either the Hope Museum, Oxford, or the Zoologische 

 Museum, Berlin. 



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



Martinique: (Marshall, 1878; Leng and Mutchler, 1917, as thoracicus). 

 St. Vincent: (Erichson, 1840; British Museum). 



(Guatemala: (Bornhaucr determination, in British Museum; Bernhauer and 

 Schubert, 1912).) 



Specimens examined. — I have seen only the 12 specimens in the 

 British Museum; 1 of the.se I borrowed for further study. 



Remarks. — The one example in the British Museum from Guate- 

 mala was determined by Bernhauer as this species, but my brief exam- 



