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Records. — The following is the only lecord known to mie : 

 Cuba: Soledad (Darlington, in M.C.Z.). 



Specimens examined. — I have seen only the holotype. 



Remarks. — This species is very distinct among West Indian sta- 

 phylinids. It differs from S. pallidum in its dense pimctation of the 

 head and pronotum. 



I have received no record of its habits. 



LIX. Genus PINOPHILUS Gravenhorst 



Pinophilus Gkavenhobst, 1802, p. 201. 



Lycidus Laporte, 1834, p. 121. 



Lyeidius Leach, in Dejean, 1836, p. 73 (misspelling). 



Pityophilus Bbulle, 1837, p. 75. 



Lyeidius Lacobdaire, 1S54, p. 102 (misspelling). 



Phinophilus Ricdtenbacher, 1874, p. 75 (misspelling). 



Subgenus Heteroleucus Sharp, 1886, p. 629. 



Subgenus Piiwphilinus Eichelbaum, 1908, p. 85. 



Subgenu.s Metapiiiophiliis Gkii>i:ixi, 1927, pp. 114, 117. 



Genotypes. — P. latlpes Gravenhorst (monobasic). Of Pityophikis^ 

 same as Pinophilus (Rules, Article 30, II, /) ; of Lycidus, L. latipes 

 Gravenhorst (stillborn synonym) ; of Metapinophilu-s, Pinophilus 

 reticulatus 'Et\}'^Q\Qi\Qm\= Pinophilus (Metapinophilus) reticulatus 

 Eppelsheim (designated here) ; of Heteroleucus, H. marginatus Sharp 

 (designated here) ; of Pinophilimis, Pinophilus faiiveli Schubert= 

 Pinophilus {Pinophilinus) fauveli Schubert (de.signated hei"e). 



Figure 3. — Paramere of genitalia of males of Pinophilus: A, P. aguayoi Bierig; B, P. 

 flavipes Erichson; C, P. hispaniolus, new species; D, P. bierigi, new species; E, P. 

 darlingtoni, new species; F, P. schwarzi, new species; G, P. subterraneus, new species; 

 H, P. trinitatis, ntw species; I, P. danforthi, new species. 



Diagnosis. — Head margined beneath the ej'es; anteimae inserted 

 at sides of head close to eyes; labrum very short, more or less bilobed; 

 mandibles with a median inner tooth; fourth segment of maxillary 

 palpus obliquely hatchet-shaped; gular sutures separate; hypomeron 

 prolonged in a lobe partly behind the coxa; sternite expanded under 



