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1. PINOPHILUS VERMIFORMIS Cameron 



PinopliUns vennifonnis Cameron, 1913b, p. 330. — Leng and Mutchler, 1917, 

 p. 198. — ScnEERPELTZ, 1933, p. 1210. 



Descnption. — Head and elj^tra reddish brown ; thorax and abdomen 

 pitchy brown, the posterior margins of the segments and apex of 

 abdomen reddi.sh. Head with about five large punctures on each side 

 between and in front of the eyes; without "visible" ground sculpture. 

 Pronotmn with close, moderately coarse umbilicate punctures except 

 on smooth midline. Elytra coarsely and closely punctate, more so 

 than thorax. Abdomen pretty closely and moderately coarsely punc- 

 tate, more finely but less closely posteriorly. Length, 6.5 mm. (From 

 Cameron.) 



Type locality. — Mustique. Grenadines. 



Types. — In the British Museum. 



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



Grenadines: Mustique (Cameron, 1913; Leng and Mutchler, 1917; Scheerpeltz, 

 1933; British Museum). 



Spechnens examined. — I have examined the type briefly. 



Rem^arhs. — This species differs from danforthi in the large punc- 

 tures of the head, as well as its very small size and reddish elytra. 

 Only the single type is known. 



I find no record of its habits. 



2. PINOPHILUS DANFORTHI, new species 



Description. — Piceous, tip of abdomen rufous. Head almost with- 

 out the very large punctures between and in front of the eyes, with 

 small punctures and minute punctulae, the former somewhat grouped; 

 surface shining. Pronotmn not coarsely but rather densely punctate, 

 the intervals smooth and shining, and with occasional punctulae; 

 with a narrow and irregular impunctate midline. Elytra with rather 

 strong punctures separated by about their diameter or less by flat 

 intervals; without ground sculpture. Abdomen with rather coarse 

 and dense punctures strongly excavated behind ; with very fine in- 

 distinct transverse strigulae. Male., seventh sternite with a median 

 longitudinal concavity which forms posteriorly^ a semicircular emar- 

 ginati(m, the corners being slightly prolonged; eighth sternite with a 

 very large rectangular emargination preceded bj'' a narrow smooth 

 area, the base of the emargination prolonged as a triangular or 

 rounded lobe less than one-third as long as the notch is deep, with a 

 group of many short acute setae before the smooth area. Female.^ 

 sternites unmodified. Length, 15 to 19 mm. 



Type locality. — Puerto Rico, Humacao. 



Ty^oes.— Holotype, male. U.S.N.M. No. 52426. collected by Miguel A. 

 Diaz on November 18, 1930; seven paratypes from Haiti in the 



