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domen not enlarged; very finely, densely, and indistinctly punctured 

 and pubescent. Male, seventh sternite with two rounded emargina- 

 tions separated by a blunt tooth, the emarginations not separated 

 laterally from the margin of the segment, with unusually large and 

 abundant hairs posteriorly; eighth sternite with a deep and broadly 

 rounded emargination bordered with larger hairs. Female unknown. 

 Length, 21/2 nnn. 



Type locality. — Cuba, Cayamas, 15 miles west-northwest of Cien- 

 fuegos, province of Santa Clara. 



Types. — Unique holotype in Casey collection in United States 

 National Museum (No. 38216). 



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



Cuba: (Leng and Mutchler, 1914), Cayamas (Casey, 1910). 



Speciinens examined. — I have seen only the unique type. 



Remarks. — This species is similar to fioscina except for the very 

 distinct male characters. It has not been reported since the 

 original description and is not represented in the abundant material 

 collected at Cayamas by E. A. Schwarz. It belongs in the subgenus 

 JSeiocharis as herein defined. 



I find no record of its habits. 



3. TIIINOCHARIS CHAPINI, new species 



Description. — Head dark rufopiceous, pronotum rufous, elytra and 

 -abdomen testaceous, elytra broadly infuscate along suture. Head 

 scarcely wider than long; eyes large, at a little less than their length 

 from base; sides behmd eyes nearly parallel, base feebly arcuate, 

 .angles moderately prominent; base slightly emarginate at middle; 

 neck not quite one-half as wide as head; gular sutures moderately 

 separated along middle, feebly diverging at both ends ; with moderate 

 punctures especially at sides obscured by dense ground sculpture; 

 labrum not distinctly emarginate but with two rather large and 

 blunt denticles at middle. Pronotum, one-sixth wider than long, 

 scarcely narrower than head; widest at anterior angles, moderately 

 narrowed posteriorly, angles rounded; with rather indefinite smooth 

 midline, which is feebly canaliculate posteriorly; without punctures 

 but with moderately dense tuberculi throughout, each with a minute 

 puncture on its top; without ground sculpture; pubescence exceed- 

 ingly short and fine. Elytra as long as wide, one-fourtli wider than 

 pronotum; with some indistinct ground sculpture basally along su- 

 ture but with tuberculi as on pronotum but sometimes not as distinct. 

 Abdomen very finely, densely, and indistinctly punclulate; with dense 

 fine pubescence. Mah, seventh sternite with two rounded emargina- 

 tions separated by a blunt triangular tooth and feebly separated from 



