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1. HOMOEOTAKSUS SOLUS, new species 



Descnption. — Uniform black to rufopiceous throughout, the pro- 

 notum sometimes with a bhie-green tinge. Head with coarse punc- 

 tures scarcely distinctly separated near base, each puncture well 

 defined posteriorly but gradually excavated in front, almost absent 

 near clypeus, very scattered between eyes; ground sculpture visible 

 within the punctures basally and laterally, but area between and in 

 fr(jnt of eyes entirely smooth, shining; eyes in front of middle, 

 separated by more than twice their length from base; basal antennal 

 segment not quite as long as distance between antennae, rronotum 

 with narrow impunctate median stripe, rest with coarse punctures 

 usually separated by less than half their diameter (more irregular 

 at sides) ; without ground sculpture. Elytra with coarse punctures 

 separated by about half their diameter by convex intervals, with no 

 trace of serial arrangement ; without ground sculpture. Male^ fourth 

 sternite with a distinct transverse setigerous fovea ; fifth with a small 

 circular fovea and usually with a posterior lobe one-fourth as broad 

 as segment extending past middle of sixth sternite and with its apex 

 truncate; sixth and seventh sternites impunctate along middle. 

 Female^ without modifications of the sternites. Length, 6 mm. 



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

 fuogos, province of Santa Clara. 



rj/;'6;s.— Holotype, female, U.S.N.M. No. 52539, collected on Janu- 

 ary 18 by E. A. Schwarz. Also 24 paratypes in the United States 

 National Museum and the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 



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



Cuba: Cayamas (Schwarz, in U.S.N.M.), Pico Turquino (Darliugton, in M.C.Z. 

 and U.S.N.M.) Gran Piedra Range, Orieute (Darlington, in M.C.Z. and 

 U.S.N.M.), mountains north of Imias, Oriente (Darlington, in M.C.Z. and 

 U.S.N.M.), Loma del Gate, Cobre Range, Oriente (Darlington, in M.C.Z 

 and U.S.N.M.). 



Jamaica: Cinchona (Darlington, in M.C.Z.). 



Hispaniola: Haiti, northeast foothills of the Massif de La Hotte (Darlington, 

 in M.C.Z. and U.S.N.M.) ; Dominican Republic, Constanza (Darlington, 

 in M.C.Z. and U.S.N.M.), foothills south of Santiago (Darlington, in 

 M.C.Z.). 



Specimens examined. — I have seen only the 25 types. 



Remarlis. — This is a very distinct species because of its uniform 

 color and the unsculptured interocular space of the head. It belongs 

 in the subgenus Gastrolohimn. 



I have no record of its habits except that it is frequently found 

 at elevations up to 5,000 feet. 



