MONOGRAPH OF WEST USTDIAN STAPHTLINIDAE 235 



edge of segment by a minute denticle ; eighth sternite with a deep tri- 

 angular emargination. Female, sternites not modified, 2i^. to 3 mm. 



Type locality. — Jamaica, between Luana and Kensworth by way 

 of Lacovia, Santa Cruz, and Spur Tree, parishes of St. Elizabeth 

 and Manchester. 



Types. — Holotype, male, and two paratypes, female, U.S.N.M. No. 

 52393, collected by Chapin and Blackwelder in February 1937. The 

 paratypes were taken near Milk River. 



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



Jamaica: Santa Cruz (Blackwelder station 421), Milk River (Blackwelder sta- 

 tion 415). 



Hispaniola: Dominican Republic, Villa Altagracia (Darlington, in M.C.Z.), 

 Jarabacoa (Darlington, in M.C.Z. and U.S.N.M.). 



Specimens examhied. — I have seen only the three types and three 

 examples collected by Darlington. 



Remarks. — This species is rather similar to haheri in the male 

 characters but differs in details of these and in the sculpture of the 

 elytra. It belongs to the subgenus Sciocharis as herein defined. 



The types were caught flying at dusk. 



4. THINOCHARIS FUSCINA Cameron 



Thinocharis fuscin<i Camebon, 1913b, p. 342. — Leng and Mutchle21, 1917, p. 



199.— SCHEEKPELTZ, 1933, p. 1246.— BLACKWELDER, 1939a, p. 102. 



Description. — Head dark rufous, pronotum rufous, elytra and ab- 

 domen rufotestaceous, the elytra sometimes infuscate on the disk. 

 Head one-tenth wider than long; eyes moderately large, separated 

 by a little less than their length from base ; sides behind eyes straight 

 and nearly parallel, base feebly arcuate but angles rather prominent; 

 somewhat emarginate at middle; neck nearly one-half as wide as 

 head; gular sutures moderately approximate along middle, diverging 

 feebly at both ends; with numerous moderate punctures obscured by 

 the dense ground sculpture; with dense short pubescence and longer 

 hairs at sides and back; labrum not distinctly emarginate but with 

 two rather large triangular denticles at middle. Pronotum one- 

 seventh wider than long, scarcely as wide as head ; widest at anterior 

 angles, feebly narrowed posteriorly, angles all rounded but the pos- 

 terior more broadly ; with rather dense but discreet tuberculi through- 

 out, sometimes appearing to have a minute puncture on top of each 

 tubercle; without other punctures or sculpture; pubescence short and 

 dense; midline rather vaguely smooth and sometimes feebly canal- 

 iculate posteriorly. Elytra scarcely longer than wide; about one- 

 sixth wider than pronotum; not distinctly punctate, with tuberculate 

 sculpture not very dense or fine but without distinct tuberculi; 

 pubescence fine and dense. Abdomen very finely densely and india- 



