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2. HOMOEOTARSUS ALBIPES (Erichson) 



Cryptohhim alhipes Erichson, 1840, p. 566. — Bf:knhaue:b and Schurert, 1912, 

 p. 279.— Leng and Mutchler, 1914, p. 405,— Wolcott, 1924, p. 78; 1936, p. 

 197.— Blackweldkb, 1939a, p. 113. 



Cryptohiiim margineUnm Bernhauek, 1908b, p. 322. — BraNHAui-B and Schubekt, 

 1912, p. 284. — Leng and MuxcniJiB, 1914, p. 405. 



Homoeotarsus alhipes (Erichson) Blackweldeb, 1939a, p. 113. 



Descriftion. — Pitchy black with apex of elytra and abdominal ter- 

 gites narrowly testaceous, varying to castaneoiis with head piceous 

 and pronotum rufous. Head with moderately coarse and dense punc- 

 tures generally separated by less than their diameter (basally and 

 laterally by less than half their diameter) ; punctures absent near 

 clypeus but scattered between eyes; with dense and distinct ground 

 sculpture throughout; eyes in front of midline, at twice their length 

 from base; basal segment of antennae not quite as long as distance 

 between antennae. Pronotum with narrow impunctate median 

 stripe, rest with coarse punctures separated by half their diameter 

 or less (a little more at sides) ; without ground sculpture. Elytra 

 with coarse punctures separated by about one-fourth their diameter 

 by convex intervals, with no trace of serial arrangement; without 

 ground sculpture. Male dimorphic, always with a well-developod 

 transverse fovea on fourth and fifth sternites, fifth sternite with or 

 without a broad rounded posterior lobe extending to the seventh 

 sternite. Female without foveae or other modifications of tha 

 sternites. Length, 7 to 8 mm. 



Type locality. — Puerto Rico. Of m-arginellmn., St. Vincent. 



Types. — In either the Hope Museum, Oxford, or the Zoologische 

 Museum, Berlin. Of margineUum., "In der Sammlung des k. k. natur- 

 historischen Ho f museums in Wien und in meiner eigenen" (Bern- 

 hauer). 



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



Cuba: Cayamas (Schwarz in U.S.N.M.), Cauto El Cristo, Oriente (Darlington, 

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

 Iraias, Oriente (Darlington, in M.C.Z.), Baragua (Scaramuzza, in M.C.Z.), 

 Aguadores, Oriente (Darlington, in M.C.Z. and U.S.N.M.), Marcata, Rio 

 Bayamo (Darlington, in M.C.Z.). 



Jamaica: Kingston (Blackwelder station 379; Darlington, in M.C.Z. and 

 U.S.N.M.). 



Hispaniola: Haiti, Ennery (Darlington, in M.C.Z. and U.S.N.M.), Plaine de 

 I'Artibonite (Darlington, in M.C.Z. and U.SN.M.) ; Dominican Rbtubtjcc, 

 Barahona (Darlington, in M.C.Z.). 



Puerto Rico: (Erichson, 1840; I^ng and Mutchler, 1914, as both; Wolcott, 1924, 

 1936), Bayamon (Lesesnes, fn U.S.N.M.). 



St. Vincent: (Bernhauer, 1908, as marginellum; Leng and Mutchler, 1917, as 

 margineUnm; Blackwelder stations 106, 170, 176A). 



Grenada: (British Museum). 



South America: Venezuela, Colombia (Bernhauer and Schubert, 1912). 



Central America: Guatemala, Mexico (Bernhauer and Schubert, 1912). 



