MONOGRAPH Of WEST INDIAN STAPHYLINIDAE 407 



ible; eyes at about one-third their length from base; without depres- 

 sion in front; vertex without punctures except for one above each 

 eye but not forming a line of four with the supraocular punctures with 

 two of which each of the discals forms a small triangle; without 

 distinct ground sculi)ture but with some luster. Pronotiim as wide as 

 long, base and angles completely rounded, feeblj^ narrowed in front; 

 with two discal series of four punctures, and with about four lateral 

 punctures ; with faint luster as on head. Elytra with punctui-es rather 

 indistinct and indefinite, appearing as a cluster of minute punctures; 

 surface fairly even and without ground sculpture. Abdomen very 

 sparsely and moderately finely submuricately punctate; without 

 ground sculpture but with strong iridescence. Male^ eighth sternite 

 with a small rounded emargination, three times as wide as deep, 

 and with a rather wide smooth border. Female^ unknown. Length, 

 51/^ mm. 



Type locality. — Haiti, 5 miles south of St. Marc. 



Types. — Holotype, male, U.S.N.M. No. 52465, collected by me on 

 August 15, 1935. 



Records. — Tlie following is the only record known to me: 



Hispaniola: Haiti, St. Marc ( Blaekweldei* station 26). 



Specimens examaned. — I have seen only the unique type. 



Remarl'S. — This species differs from all others in the West Indies 

 in the position of the discal pair of punctures on the head and in 

 the elytral punctation. It is distinguished from figulus by its much 

 smaller size as well as the characters mentioned in the key. 



The type was found under dung. 



5. PHILONTHUS DISCOIDEUS (Giavenhorst) 



StapJiylinus discoideus Gea\-enhorst, 1802, p. 38. 



Staphylinus suturalis Marsham, 1802. p. 509. (Not Panzer, 1794.) 



Stapfn/lintts te-stdvcKS Graveniiokst, 1806, p. 60. 



Staphylinus lepidulus Kirby, MS. — Stephens, 1829, p. 278. 



Quedius suturalis (Marsham) Stephens, 1829, p. 278. (Not Kiesenwetter, 1845; 



not Thomson, 1867.) 

 Quedius lepidulus Stephens, 1832, p. 223. 



Stapliylinus confonnis Boisduval and Lacordaire. 1835, p. 398. 

 Philonthus dificoideus (Gravenhorst) Nordmann, 1836, p. 97. 

 Philonthus suturalis (Marsham) Nordmann, 1S36, p. 91. 

 Philonthus ruficoruis Mflsheimer, 1846, p. 38. (Not Motschulsky, 1860; not 



Hochhnth, 1860; not Broun, 1880.) 

 Philonthus conformis (Boisduval and Lacordaire) Gangi^aueh?, 1805, p. 455. 



(Not Sharp, 1876.) 

 Philonthus rufipcnnis Gerhakdt, 1910, p. 555 (as aberration). (Not Gravenhorst, 



1802; not Solier, 1849.) 

 Philonthus lepidulus (Stephens) Bernhauer and Schuhert, 1914, p. 336. (Not 



LeConte, 3863.) 

 Philonthus testaceus (Gravenhorst) Bernuauer and Schubert, 1914, p. 336. 



