MONOGRAPH OF WEST INDIAN STAPHYLINIDAE 161 



rowed from apex to base, scarcely at all emargiiiate near base; 

 sides impressed only feebly at the posterior angles; disk moderately 

 finely punctate, punctures slightly elongate, separated by one to three 

 times their length ; with fine longitudinal sculpture, sometimes with 

 an obsolete scaly sculpture. ScutelluTn obsoletely scaly. Elytron 

 with sutural stria irregularly and poorly defined; without trace of 

 discal stria; impunctate or with excessively fine sparse punctulae, 

 and a single large puncture near middle of disk; ground sculpture 

 very fine, longitudinal, but occasionally uniting. Length, 3 mm. 



Type locality. — St. Lucia, DuBoulay Estate in St. Eemy district, 

 3 miles southeast of Soufriere. 



Types.— Holoty^Q^ U.S.N.M, No. 52377, collected by me on May 6, 

 1936 ; and seven paratypes from the localities listed below. 



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



Cuba: Cayamas (Schwarz, in U.S.N.M.). 



Jamaica: Milk River ( Blackwelder station 415), Trinityville (Blackwelder 



station 428). 

 Puerto Rico: Fajardo (Busck, in U.S.N.M.). 

 St. Lucia: (Blackwelder station 220F). 

 Trinidad: Sangre Grande ( Blackwelder stations 99, lOOB). 



Specimens examined. — I have seen two specimens in the United 

 States National Museum and six collected by me in 1935-37. 



Remarks. — This species is very similar to exiguus but differs con- 

 stantly by the characters mentioned in the key. It is larger and has 

 a constant and distinct facies. 



With one exception only one example was collected at each locality. 

 My specimens were caught flying, except one which was in a lot from 

 fungus. 



5. PARALISPINUS PUNCTATUS, new species 



Description. — Head rufopiceous, pronotum rufous, elytra rufous 

 with apical half or third indefinitely picescent, abdomen rufous with 

 apex picescent. Head rounded in front; with depressions moder- 

 ately large but not clearly delimited ; with sparse moderate punctures 

 posteriorly ; with feeble ground sculpture, rather transverse in front. 

 Pronotum over one-third wider than long; sides feebly rounded in 

 front, very distinctly emarginate in posterior two-fifths ; depressions 

 near posterior angles extending about to middle ; midline very feebly 

 canaliculate at basal third; with distinct and rather coarse punc- 

 tures generally separated by two to three times their diameter; with 

 very feeble pseudo-scaly ground sculpture. Scutellum with a few 

 punctures and ground sculpture. Elytra with sutural band scarcely 

 set off from disk ; without trace of discal stria ; with coarse but very 

 shallow punctures separated by about three times their diameter 



