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5. LITHOCHARIS MENDACIA Cameron 



Lithocharis mendacius Cameron, 1923, p. 399. 



Medon (Lithocharis) mendacius (Cameron) Sohei.:rpeltz, 1933, p. 1261. 



Description.— ''Black, greasy-lustrous, the thorax pitchy-red, the 

 elytra shining castaneous-red, largely inf uscate posteriorly. Abdomen 

 brown. Antennae and legs reddish testaceous. Length 4.4 mm. 

 Closely allied to L. mendax Shp., and differing only in the following 

 points: The antennae are a little shorter and the penultimate joints 

 more transverse, the eyes are smaller, the head is densely coriaceous, 

 with a few scarcely visible obsolete punctures, the thorax is sculptured 

 similarly to the head, but the fine obsolete punctures are more numer- 

 ous; the elytra are differently coloured, the abdomen is reddish brown, 

 $ unknown." (From Cameron.) 



Type locality. — Jamaica. 



Types. — Unique female in the collection of Dr. Cameron. 



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



Jamaica: (Cameron, 1923). 



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

 examined briefly in Dr. Cameron's collection. 



Remarks. — I am unable to place this species either in my key or 

 among my specimens because of the absence of the male characters. 

 The descriptions seems to indicate that it is a Lithocharis in the strict 

 sense. 



I find no record of its habits. 



6. LITHOCHARIS LIMBATA Erichson 



Lithocharis limhata Erichson. 1840, p. 621. — Sharp, 1886, pp. 550, 551. — Lenq 

 and MuTCHT-ER, 1914, p. 405. 



Medon limbatus (Erichson) Bernhauer and ScnUBERT, 1912, p. 242. — Black- 

 welder, in39a, p. 102. 



Lithocharis (Stilocharis) limbata Erichson, Br-AOicwEXDio?, 1939a, p. 102. 



Description. — Rufopiceous, elytra castaneous to rufocastaneous with 

 sides and apex testaceous, abdomen castaneous to rufocastaneous. 

 Head subquadrate, base somewhat diagonal on each side, angles nar- 

 rowly rounded; eyes large, separated from base by about half their 

 length; labrum with a broad shallow emargination with two moderate 

 denticles; gulai- sutures moderately separated in front, very approxi- 

 mate behind; with punctures almost completely obscured by dense but 

 fine ground sculpture. Pronotvni with irregular and somewhat in- 

 distinct punctures separated by shining intervals, midline shining, not 

 distinctly sculptured. Elytra rather densely and tuberculately punc- 

 tured. Anterior tai\sus not dilated. Male., eighth sternite truncate. 

 Female, eighth sternite prominently rounded. Length 31/2 to 4i^ mm. 



Type locality. — Colombia. 



