MONOGRAPH OF WEST INDIAN STAPHYLINIDAE 269 



Africa: (Gridelli, 1930), Madeira (Wollaston, 1857; Fauvel, 1872, 1877, 1888), 

 Cape Vekdes (Fauvel, 1872, 1S78, 1888; Ganglbaner, 1895), Egypt (Faiivtl, 

 1872, 1878, 1888; Ganglbauer, 1895), Tunis, Rooriouez Island, Canaries, 

 St. Helena, Algh:ria, Azores (Waterhouse, 1876, 1879). 



Asia and Orient: Persia (Fauvel, 1878, 1888; Ganglbauer, 1S95), Siam, Singa- 

 pore, Indla (Fauvel, 1872, 1888; Ganglbauer, 1805; Cameron, 1921, 1931), 

 Japan (Fauvel, 1878, 1888; Ganglbauer, 1895). 



Australia: (Fauvel, 1878, 1888). 



Oceania: New Caledonia (Fauvel, 1888), Haw An (Sharp, 1908; Gridelli, 1930). 



Specimens examiTied. — I have seen from the West Indies, beside 

 many from the Atlantic islands and the Indo-Oriental region and 

 North America, 7 examples in the British Museum, 3 in Dr. Cameron's 

 collection, 2 in the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 4 in the United 

 States National Museum, and 12 collected by me in 1935-37. 



Revfiarks. — The lengthy synonymy is due to failure to recognize that 

 this is virtually a cosmopolitan species. Although so widespread, I 

 know of no instance in which more than a few specimens have been 

 taken at one time. 



It is the type of the subgenus Hypomedon. 



My specimens were taken in trash heaps in sugarcane fields and 

 flying at dusk. 



9. SUNIUS TERRESI, new species 



Description. — Rufous, abdomen picescent. Head one-sixth wider 

 than long, rather indefinitely emarginate behind, with angles mod- 

 erately rounded; ej'^es large, at a little more than their length from 

 base; labium with two broad rounded lobes separated by a small 

 emargination, without denticles; gular sutures moderately close, 

 most approximate along middle, diverging at both ends; with mod- 

 erately dense and small umbilicate punctures, not much sparser on 

 disk, somewhat obscured by dense ground sculpture. Pronotum one- 

 sixth wider than long, as wide as head exclusive of eyes; sides feebly 

 converging and evenly rounded into base; without midline or chan- 

 nels, but with a trace of midline formed of linearly arranged inter- 

 vals; punctures similar to those of head but almost completely ob- 

 scured by the dense strong ground sculpture. Elytra with rather 

 dense rounded tuberculi, impunctate and without ground sculpture. 

 Abdomen minutely and densely punctate and pubescent. Male, un- 

 known. FeinaJe, sternites not modified. Length, 4 mm. 



Type locality. — Haiti, Diquini, on coastal plain between Port-au- 

 Prince and Leogane. 



7'?/;?^5.— Holotype, female, U.S.N.M. No. 52405, collected by J. B. 

 Terres. 



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

 Hispaniola: Haiti, Diquini (Terres, in United States National Museum). 



