318 BULLETIN' 182, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



States National Museum (No. 52502) ; collected in April 1929 by Dr. 

 P. J. Darlington (and on May 9, 1935, by Dr. N. A. Weber) . 



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

 Trinidad: St. Augustine (Darlington and Weber, in M.C.Z. and U.S.N.M.). 



Specimetu'< examined. — I have seen o\\\y the six types. 



Remarks. — This species is very distinct by the characters of the sev- 

 enth sternite of the male. It can usually be distinguished also by its 

 coloi-ation. It belongs in the subgenus Psevdolathra. 



One specimen was collected at light. 



7. LOBRATHIUM ODIUM, new species 



Description. — Piceous or rufopiceous, with elytra rufous at least in 

 apical third. Head with rather large punctures separated by one to 

 three limes their diameter; without ground sculpture except in region, 

 about the neck; gular sutures moderately widely separated, nearly 

 parallel, diverging only near base. Pronotuni with median smooth, 

 sj)ace outlined by two rather irregular series of about 12 punctures, 

 the scries interrupted near base and apex by duplication of punctures; 

 laterally with scattered punctures of various sizes; without ground 

 sculpture. Elytra with feeble punctures in impressed longitudinal 

 series, 1 sutural, 4 discal, and an indefinite band posthumeral ; without 

 ground sculpture. Hind tars'us with first segTnent a little longer than 

 second. Male, seventh sternite with an abrupt and deep longitudinal 

 concavity in apical two-thirds, the bottom impunctate, the apical edge 

 slightly emarginate ; eighth sternite with an abrupt emargination twice 

 as deep as wide, the sides feebly concave, the angle acute. Female, 

 seventh sternite unmodified, eighth rounded. Length, 6 mni. 



Type locality. — Cuba, Cayamas, 15 miles west-northwest of Cien- 

 fuegos. province of Santa Clara. 



Types. — Holotype, male, and seven paratypes, U.S.N.M. No. 52423, 

 collected by E. A. Schwarz. One paratype has been deposited in the 

 British Museum. 



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



Cuba: Cayamas (Schwarz, in U.S.N.M.). 



Specirriens examined. — I have seen only the nine types. 



Remarks. — This species is distinct from all others from the West 

 Indies except discolor by the male characters. It is very similar to 

 discolor but seems to differ constantly in the arrangement of the color 

 of the elytra. This is not an important character, but it seems best to 

 keep these separate until examples of discolor from the Virgin Islands 

 can be compared directly with it. L. odium belongs in the subgenus 

 Lohrathium s. str. 



I have no record of its habits. 



