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Types. — Presumably in the Zoologische Museum, Berlin. Of 

 amazonicus., in the British Museum. 

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



Cuba: (Leng and Mutchler, 1914, as amazonicus), Habana (Fauvel, 1863, 1891; 



Biorig, in Cameron collection). 

 Puerto Rico: Maricao (Blackwelder station 47A). 

 St. Vincent: (H. H. Smith, in British Museum). 

 Trinidad: St. Augustine (Darlington, in M.C.Z,). 

 South America: Brazil (Erichson, 1840 ; Sahlberg, 1844 ; Sharp, 1876, as amazonU 



cus; 1885, as flgulus), Bkazil, Cayenne (Fauvel, 1863), Venezukla (Fauvel, 



1891; British Museum), Argentina ( Scheerpeltz, 1933), Peru (Plavilstschl- 



kov, 1929). 

 Central America: Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama (Fauvel, 



1891; Sharp, 1885), Guatemala (Cameron collection). 



Specimens examined. — I have seen from the West Indies one ex- 

 ample in the British Museum, one in Dr. Cameron's collection, ona 

 from the IMuseum of Comparative Zoology, and nine collected by me 

 during 1935-37. 



Bemarks. — This species may be distinguished by its black color, 

 the interocular punctures not forming a straight roAv of four, and the 

 definite though small elytral punctures. It is the only West Indian 

 species known to me to have the eighth sternite of the female emar- 

 ginate and differing from that of the male only in degree. 



My specimens were found under excrement. 



7. PHILONTHUS LONGICORNIS Stephens 



Philonthus longicomis Stephens, 1832, p. 237. 



Philorithus scyhalarius Nordmann, 1836, p. 94. 



Philonthus ftiscicornis Nordmann, 1836, p. 96. 



Philonthus fcralis Erichson. 1840, p. 460. 



Philonthus promtus Ekichson, 1840, p. 929. 



Philonthus varians Fairmaire, 1849, p. 290 (not Paykull). 



Philonthus ahjiricns Motsciiulsky, 1858a, p. 663 . 



Philonthus pedestris Walker, 1859, p. 51. 



Philonthus asemus Kraatz, 1859b, p. 86. 



Philonthus perplexus Fairmaire and Germain, 1861, p. 431. 



Philonthus fumosus Solsky, 1868, p. 134. 



Philonthus promptus Pettit. 1870, p. 05 (misspelling). 



Caflns laetabilis Olliff, 1887, p. 501. 



Philonthus laetahilis (Olliff) Lea, 1899, p. 540. 



Philonthus linJcci Bernhauer, 1908c, p. 34 (as variety). 



Philonthus rubromandatus Bernhauer, 1915e, p. 9. (Not Blanchard, 1843.) 



Philonthus piceicornis Grideixj, 1920, pp. 18, 19. 



Philonthus laetahilis Everts, 1922, p. 124 (misspelling). 



Description. — Black, elytra piceocastaneous. Head orbicular; eyes 

 at less than their length from base ; not impressed in front ; disk im- 

 punctate except for two large punctures forming (with two supra- 

 ocular) a line be^veen the eyes; with indistinct strigulose ground 



