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Puerto Bico: Lajas, Jnaiia Diaz, EiiPPiiada (Dozun-, in U.S.N.M. and in W'jicott 

 collection), Mameyes (Blaokwclder station 57), Guanica (Blackwelder .sta- 

 tion 357B), San Juan (Blackwelder stations 43B, 51, 345, 353, 45), Lake 

 Cartagena (Blackwelder station 46A), Adjuntas (Blackwelder station 48C), 

 Humacao (Blackwelder station 54). 



Culebra Island: (Busck, in U.S.N.M.). 



St. Thomas: (Blackwelder stations 6G, 67). 



St. Croix: (Blackwelder stations 317, 325. 327, 328, 330, S31, 339, 344). 



St. Kitts: (Blackwelder stations 296, 297, 300, 302, 304, 305, 306, 312). 



Antigua: (Blackwelder stations 273, 275A, 275B, 280B, 281A, 284, 2-353, 2.S7, 

 290, 202, 294, 444K>. 



Montserrat: (Blackwelder stations 2G5B, 267B). 



Guadeloupe: Basse Terre (Blackv/elder stations 70, 75, 77B), Grande Terre 

 (Blackwelder stations 86, 89, 90B). 



Dominica: (Blackwelder stations 236, 240, 2.57A, 2.57B, 258). 



St. Lucia: (Blackwelder stations 210, 212. 213). 



Barbados: (P.lackwelder stations 189, 194, 195, 198A, 199, 201A, 203). 



St. Vincent: (Erichson, 1840; Fauvel, 1872; Blackwelder stations 165, 172, 185). 



Grenada: (British Museum; Blackwelder stations 131, 139, 151, 161). 



Tobago: (Blackwelder station 123). 



Trinidad: Port of Spain (Blackwelder stations 110, 130). 



South America: Cayenne (Fauvel, 1872). 



IJorth America: (Erichson, 1840; Fauvel, 1872), Iowa, Virginia, Califobnia, 

 Texas, New Youk (Casey collection, in U.S.N.M.), Np:w Mexico (Cameron 

 collection), Michigan, Missotmi, Ne\'Ada (Horn, 1884). 



Europe: Gkkmany, Sweden, France, Cyprus, England, Finland (Erichson, 

 1840; Kraatz, 1857; Thomson, 1860; Fauvel, 1S72 ; Fowler, 1888). 



Asia: Asia Minor, Caucasus, Transcaucasus, SinEraA, India (Fauvel, 1872; 

 Cameron, 1932). 



Africa: Algeria, Madeira, Canaries, Cape Verdes (Fauvel, 1872). 



Specimens exammed. — I have seen 6 examples from the West Indies 

 in the British Museum, 7 in Dr. Cameron's collection, 1 in my own col- 

 lection, 4 in the collection of Dr. G. N. Wolcott, 1 in the Museum of 

 Comparative Zoology, 11 in the United States National Museum, and 

 363 collected by me during 1935-37. 



Remarks. — This is our most common and widespread Philonthns. 

 It undoubtedly occurs on all the islands, though it has not been recorded 

 from Martinique and some of the small islands. It is readily dis- 

 tinguished from most of our species by the characters given in the 

 ke}^ but from discoideus it is sometimes separated with difficulty. The 

 latter species has the humerus and borders of elytra testaceous and 

 has slight differences in the male characters. 



My specimens were collected from dung and manure, from a pile of 

 rotting grass, from the refuse of lime and grapefruit canneries, and 

 flying at dusk. 



4. PHILONTHUS AUDANTI, new species 



Descinption. — Black or piceous. pronotum distinctly rufescent, ab- 

 domen iridescent. Ilcad suborbicular but with posterior angles vis- 



