MONOGRAPH OF WEST INDIAN STAPHYLINIDAE 483 



Types. — Holotype in the Museum of Comparative Zoology, col- 

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



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

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



Specimens examined. — I have seen only the holotype. 



Remarks. — This species is at once distinguished by its granulose 

 elytral sculpture. The coloration is also distinctive among our 

 species. 



I have received no record of its habits. 



9. XANTHOLINUS AUDANTI, new species 



Description. — Black, elytra and abdomen slightly rufescent. Head 

 about one-fifth longer than wide, rather distinctly cordate with the 

 mandibles, the basal angles broadly rounded; antenna! grooves dis- 

 tinct but not deep, irregularly punctate apically; Avith a very short 

 oblique additional groove from base of antennae; ocular groove 

 absent; with scattered umbilicate punctures not leaving a distinct 

 smooth median area; without ground sculpture. Pronotum over one- 

 third longer than wide, widest in front, feebly but evenly narrowed 

 to rounded base; with a smooth median space outlined by confused 

 series of ten or more punctures, without distinct lateral series but 

 with numerous punctures at sides; without ground sculpture. 

 Elytra Avith coarse and rather dense punctures not distinctly serial in 

 any part ; surface not distinctly coriaceous. Abdomen sparsely but not 

 finely submuricately punctate ; with transverse strigulae which grade 

 into reticulate ground sculpture at the base of each segment. Length, 

 9 imii. 



Type locality . — Haiti, Port-au-Prince. 



r2//>es.— Holotype, U. S. N. M. No. 52-133, taken on February 20, 

 1929, by Andre Audant; 23 paratypes, in the Museum of Compara- 

 tive Zoology and the United States National Museum, collected in 

 1934 by Dr." P. J. Darlington. 



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



Hispaniola: Haiti, Port-au-Prince (Audant, in U.S.N.M.), Kenskoff (Darling- 

 ton, in M.C.Z. and U.S.N.M.), northeast foothills of the LaHotte Rtinge 

 (Darlington, in M.C.Z. and U.S.N.M.), Ennery (Darlington, in M.C.Z. and 

 U.S.N.M.), mountains near Port-au-Prince (Darlington, in M.C.Z.), ^fitang 

 Lachaux (Darlington, in M.C.Z.), Desbarriere (Darlington, in M.C.Z.) ; 

 Dominican Republic, Sfinchoz (Darlington, in M.C.Z. and U.S.N.M.), Con- 

 stanza (Darlington, in M.(^.Z. ), Villa Altagracia (Darlington, in M.C.Z.). 



Specimens examined. — I have seen only the 24 types and one other 

 specimen from the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 



Remarks. — This species may be distinguished by its si/e and uni- 

 form dark color. It also has the elytra more densely punctate than 

 any of our other species. The type is retained in the United States 



