146 BULLETIN" 18 2, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



one-half as wide as maximum ; disk not flattened but with midline 

 strono;ly and deeply impressed near base and less strongly near apex; 

 punctures rather coarse and regular, without larger ones; with 

 scarcely a trace of ground sculpture. FJyfra almost one-third wider 

 than pronotum, as long as wide, strongly rounded at sides and apical 

 angles; punctures moderate and regular, generally separated by twice 

 their diameter or more; with scarcely a trace of ground sculpture. 

 Abdomen w^ith a row of moderate and deep punctures on each seg- 

 ment above and beneath ; sculpture not distinct. Length, II/3 mm. 



Type locality. — Guadeloupe. 



Types. — Presumably in the collection of Blanche Rancin, Caen, 

 France. 



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



Guadelope: (Fauvel, 1002 ; Bernhauer, 1910 ; Leng and Mufcbler, 1014 ; A.M.N.H. ; 



U.S.N.M.). 

 Dominica: (A.M.N.H.). 

 Trinidad: St. Augustine (Weber, in M.C.Z.). 



Specimens examwed. — Ten examples were examined in tlie Amer- 

 ican Museum of Natin-al History; three of these were borrowed for 

 further study, and later two of them were received in exchange. 

 One other is in the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 



Remarks. — The pronotal foveae distinguish this species at once 

 from the others in our region. 



I do not find any record of the habits of this species. 



3. ESPESON MORATUS Schaufuss 



Ef'pe.-^O}) monttns Schaufuss, lS82a, p. 1G8; 1882b, p. 45; 1887, p. 112.— Bi:rn- 

 HAUEiR and ScnuBKRT, 1010, p. 24. — Leng and MxTcuLEa:, 1914, p. 403. 



Description. — Rufotestaceous throughout. Head convex, with eyes 

 at least as wide as pronotum ; abruptly but not angularly constricted 

 close behind the eyes, constriction not distinct dorsally; dorsal 

 tentorial pits visible on vertex posteriorly; supraantennal prominences 

 small and feeble; moderately punctate, more finely in front; with 

 only a vague trace of ground sculpture. Pronohi'm one-third wider 

 than long, widest just before apex, sides regularly arcuately nar- 

 rowed to base but with a triangular emargination just before base; 

 base three-fifths as wide as maximum; disk convex but irregularly 

 impressed at base at sides of midline forming a vague ridge; punc- 

 tures moderate, irregular, generally separated by less than their 

 diameter; without larger ones; only a vague trace of ground sculp- 

 ture. Elytra one-fourth wider than jn-onotum, one-tenth wider than 

 long; sides and apical angles rounded; punctures moderately fine and 

 sparse, on disk separated by twice or thrice their diameter; only a 

 vague trace of ground sculpture. Abdoineii with transverse rows 

 obsolescent; sculpture feeble and irregular. Length, I14 to li/^ mm. 



