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Two species described from Cuba are not available to me. Four 

 others that appear to be new are described below. I have seen 20 

 examples from the "West Indies. 



KEY TO WEST INDIAN SPECIES OF AOYLOPHORUS 



1. Species described by Bierig from Cuba 2 



Species described here from Hispaniola and Trinidad 3 



2. Abdomen with distinct aeneous luster 4. hatuey 



Abdomen without distinct aeneous luster 2. insulanus 



3. Scutellum densely and finely punctate throughout ; punctures of abdomen 



coarse, tuberculate ; abdomen with strong aeneous luster 5. metallicus 



Scutellum with a group of rather coarse punctures surrounded by smooth 

 areas; punctures of abdomen rather fine; abdomen without strong aeneous 

 luster 4 



4. Fourth segment of maxillary palpus abruptly diagonally truncate, about twice 



as long as broad 6. darlingtoni 



Fourth segment of maxillary palpus elongate, attenuated, about three times 

 as long as broad 5 



5. Abdomen with slight aeneous luster 3. aenescens 



Abdomen without trace of aeneous luster 1. trinitatis 



1. ACYLOPHORUS TRINITATIS, new species 



Description. — Black, pronotum rufopiceous, margins of abdominal 

 segments rufescent. Head as broad as long, subcircular, eyes about 

 half as long as head ; maxillary palpus with third and fourth segments 

 somewhat enlarged, fourth acuminate; with a few large setiferous 

 punctures around sides of disk and one above each eye, and with a 

 few minute and indefinite punctulae ; without ground sculpture. Pro- 

 notum one-sixth wider than long, sides and base completely rounded 

 from front angles ; with a pair of large discal punctures at middle and 

 another at apical sixth, and one near side at apical third; with scat- 

 tered punctulae as on head and without ground sculpture. Scutellum 

 with a few punctures as on base of elytra surrounded by smooth 

 margin. Elytra with moderately coarse but distinctly muricate punc- 

 tures separated by one to two times their diameter; without ground 

 sculpture. Abdomen with rather coarsely submuricate punctures 

 bearing very strong setae and separated by one to two times their 

 diameter ; without ground sculpture. Length, 5 to 5I/2 mm. 



Type locality. — Trinidad, foothills north of Tunapuna. 



Types. — Holotype and one paratype in the Museum of Compara- 

 tive Zoology; two paratypes in the United States National Museum 

 (No. 52531) ; collected on May 25, 1935, by N. A. Weber. (Paratypes 

 partly from the other localities listed below.) 



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



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

 M.C.Z.), St. Augustine (Darlington, in U.S.N.M.) 



Specimens examined. — I have seen only the four types. 



