158 BULLETIN 182, UNITED STATES N'ATIONAL MUSEUM 



Type locality. — Guatemala, El Tumbador. 



Types. — One example marked type in the British Museum. 



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



Guadeloupe: (British Museum; A.M.N. H.). 

 St. Lucia: (Blackwelder station 208B). 

 St. Vincent: (British Museum). 

 Central America: Guatemala (Sharp, 1887). 



Specimens examined. — I have seen eight examples including the 

 type in the British Museum, one in the American Museum of Natural 

 History, and three collected by me in 1935-37. 



Remarks. — This species is very distinct by its smooth integuments. 



My specimens were taken from under bark of a log in the forest. 



2. PARALISPINUS EXIGUUS (Erichson) 



Lispinus exignus Erichson. 1840, p. 830. 



Lispmus laevigatus Kraatz, 1859b, p. 188. (Not Bemhauer, 1906.) 



Lispinus rufescens LeConte, 1863, p. 59. 



Lisfdnus rufus Chevrolat MS., Faxtvel, 1805, p. 60 (as synonym). 



Holotrochus fauveli Sharp, 1876, pp. 387, 392. 



Ancacus rufescens (LeConte) LeConte, 1877, p. 249. 



Ancaeus aruensis Fauvel, 187Sb, p. 200. 



Lispinodes pallescens Blackbubn, 1885, p. 126. 



Ancaeus fauveli (Sharp) Sharp, 1887, p. 716. 



Ancacus exignus (Erichson) Fleutiaux and Saixe, 1889, p. 383. 



Ancacus laevigatus (Kraatz) Beunhauer and Schubert, 1910, p. 19. 



Ancaeus pallescens (Blacliburn) Bernhaueb and Schubert, 1910, p. 19. 



Paralispinus obscuripennis Beknhauer, 1926a, p. 225 (as variety). 



Paralispinus exiguus (Erichson) Camekon, 1928b, p. 96. 



Lispinus aruensis (Fauvel) Cameron, 1930, p. 42. 



Lispinus fauveli (Sharp) Cameron, 1030, p. 42. (Not Sharp, 1887, p. 720.) 



Lispinus pallescens (Blackburn) Cameron, 1930, p. 42. 



Description. — Testaceous, sometimes partly rufescent. Head rather 

 broadly truncate in front; longitudinal impressions distinct, rather 

 feebly separated from margin; scarcely visibly punctate; ground 

 sculpture fine and linear, but sometimes appearing somewhat scaly. 

 Pronotum almost one-fourth wider than long; sides almost straight, 

 converging from apex to base; scarcely at all emarginate posteriorly; 

 foveate at posterior angles; midline vaguely canaliculate; punctures 

 exceedingly fine, somewhat serial; finely and feebly longitudinally 

 strigulose. Scutellum smooth, with two or three fine punctures. 

 Elytron virtually impunctate, except for one large puncture in center 

 of disk; sutural .stria obsolescent; no trace of discal stria; sculpture 

 similar to pronotal but less distinct. Length, 1% to 2i/4 mm. 



Type localities. — Puerto Rico. Of aruensis, "Ties Arou, Wokan," 

 New Guinea; of fauveli, Amazons; of laevigatus, Ceylon; of pal- 

 lescens, ]Ionolulu ; of rufescens, Mobile, Alabama ; of rufus, same as 

 exiguus. ^ 



