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2. COPROPORUS APICALIS (Erichson) 



Tachinus apicalis Erichson, 1839b, p. 250. — Lacobdaiee, 1854, p. 55. — DuVal, 



1857, p. 33. 

 Coproporus apicalis (Erichson) Bernhauee and Schubert, 1916, p. 489. 

 Erchomus apicalis (Erich.son) Leng and Mutchler, 1914, p. 407. — Wolcott, 



1924, p. 79; 1936, p. 198. 



Description. — Piceous with margins pale to rufopiceous with pro- 

 notum and elytra rufous. Head not distinctly punctate or strigulose 

 but with very minute punctulae. Pronotum not distinctly punctate 

 or strigulose but with minute punctulae. Ehjtra not flattened or con- 

 cave at sides, except for a narrow stria along the upturned margin; 

 with very distinct but rather irregular punctures separated by about 

 twice their diameter; without strigulae. Abdomen not very distinctly 

 punctate but irregularly strigulose. Male., eighth sternite with a large 

 rounded triangular notch about one-half wider than deep; eighth 

 tergite quadridentate, the middle pair of teeth acute and not widely 

 separated. Female., eighth tergite with six slender lobes, the middle 

 four much longer, the two middle deeply separated. Length, 1% to 

 2^ mm. 



Type locality. — Puerto Rico. 



Types. — Either in the Hope Museum, Oxford, or the Zoologische 

 Museum, Berlin. 



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



Cuba: Soledad (Leavltt, in M.C.Z. and U.S.N.M.), Loma del Gato, Oriente 

 (Darlington, in M.C.Z. ), Pico Turquino, (Darlington, in U.S.N.M.). 



Jamaica: Trinityville (Blackwelder station 428), Kingston (Blackwelder sta- 

 tion ID), Troy (Blackwelder station 409), Balaclava (Blackwelder station 

 403). 



Hispaniola: Haiti, northeast foothills of La Hotte Range (Darlington, in 

 M.C.Z.), Ennery (Darlington, in M.C.Z. and U.S.N.M.), Camp Terrin (Dar- 

 lington, in M.C.Z.), Iiltang Lachaux (Darlington, in M.C.Z.) ; Dominican 

 Rbh'ublic, Sinchez (Darlington, in M.C.Z. and U.S.N.M.), foothills south 

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



Puerto Rico: (Erichson, 1839b, DuVal, 1857). 



Specimens examined. — I have seen 16 examples from the Museum 

 of Comparative Zoology and 6 specimens collected by me during 

 1935-37. 



Remurks. — This species is distinguishable by its punctate eljrtra, 

 smooth pronotum, and unimpressed elytral margin. 



My examples were taken on rotting mango fragments and flying 

 at dusk. 



S. COPROPORUS HEPATICUS (Erichson) 



Tachinus hcpaticus Erichson, lS39b, p. 249. — Lacordaire, 1854, p. 55. 

 Tachinus convexus Erichson, 1839b, pp. 248, 249. — Lacordaiiie, 1854, p. 55.— 

 FAuvEL, 1863, p. 429. 



