MONOGRAPH OF WEST INDIAN STAPHYLINIDAE 469 



Type locality. — Dominican Republic, Sanchez. 

 Types. — Holotj'pe in the Museum of Comparative Zoology, col- 

 lected in July 1938 by Dr. P. J. Darlington. 

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



Hispaniola: Dominican Republic, Sanchez (Darlington, in M.C.Z.). 



Specimens examined. — ^I have seen only the unique type. 



Re7narks. — This species differs from metallicus in the sparse coarse 

 scutellar punctures, in the nontuberculate punctures of the abdomen, 

 and in the weakness of the luster. 



I have received no record of its habits. 



<. ACYLOPHORUS HATUEY Bierig 



Acylophorus (s. str.) hatuey Bierig, 1938a, pp. 120, 126, 127, 128, figs. 2, 29. 



DescJ^.ption. — Black, apical border of abdominal tergites rufous, 

 with distinct aeneous luster. Head short oval; postgena punctured 

 and pubescent ; occipital furrow well-marked ; maxillary palpus with 

 third and fourth segments somewhat enlarged, fourth acuminate but 

 shorter than in insulanus. Scutellum finely punctate, as base of elytra. 

 Elytra scarcely longer than pronotum, more crowded and more asperate 

 than in insulanus. Ahdonie7i with punctures moderately dense on the 

 basal tergites. Length, 51/2 to 7 mm. (From Bierig.) 



Type locality. — Cuba. 



Types. — In the collection of Alexander Bierig. 



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



Cuba: El Rangel, Sierra del Rosario (Bierig, 1938), Lagiina del Somorrostro 

 (Bierig, 1938), Aspiro (Bierig, 1938). 



Specimens examined. — I have seen no examples of this species. 



Remarks. — This species also is placed by Bierig in the subgenus 

 Acylophorus s. str. It is described as being closely related to A. msul- 

 anus and appears to differ principally in the aeneous luster. 



I find no record of its habits. 



5. ACYLOPHORUS METALLICUS, new species 



Description. — Black, pronotum rufopiceous, abdomen with strong 

 aeneous luster. Head suborbicular; 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 scattered punctulae almost 

 obsolete; without ground sculpture. Pronotum slightly wider than 

 long; with a pair of large discal punctures near middle and another 

 pair at apical three-fourths, and a diagonal pair on each side near 

 front angle ; with obsolete punctulae as on head and without ground 

 sculpture. Scutellum punctured as base of elytra with only a very 

 narrow smooth border. Elytra with moderately coarse but submuri- 



