446 BULLETIN 18 2, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



The only West Indian species of this genus is a widespread Central 

 and South American species, which lias apparently entered our region 

 from both ends. It has been collected several times in Trinidad but 

 has been reported from Cuba only once (Fauvel's record is merely a 

 copy of DuVal's) . The genus in its broad sense is readily recognized 

 among our species by its size and dense pubescence and the dense 

 punctation of the head and pronotum. 



1, STAPHYLINUS ANTIQUUS Nordmann 



Staphylinus antiquum Nordmann, 1836, p. 35. — Ekichson, 1839b, p. 373. — Sahlt 



REUG, 1844, p. 788.— Lucas, 1857, p. 50.— Sharp, 1876, pp. 150, 154, 155, 156; 

 1884 pp. 381, 382, 383, 385; 1887, p. 786.— Fauvel, 1901, p. 85.— Viixada, 1901, p. 



29. — Beknhauer and Schubekt, 1914, p. 375. — Bernhauer, 1933, p. 44. 

 Oajpus cubae DuVal, 1857, p. 36. — FAtn'ET,, 1863, p. 432. — Leng and Mutchleb, 



1914, p. 406. 

 Staphylinus cuhae (DuVal) Bernhauer aud Schudert, 1914, p. 377. — Leng and 



MUTCHLER, 1914, p. 406.) 



Description. — Black with fuscous pubescence, abdomen opaque ru- 

 fopiceous with apex rufocastaneous. Head with mandibles obtrian- 

 gular, basal angles narrowly rounded ; eyes at less than half their length 

 from base ; with moderately dense large umbilicate punctures, the in- 

 tervals narrow but generally visible ; with indistinct ground sculpture 

 on the intervals. Protiotum as wide as long, quadrate, base rounded 

 but with angles distinct ; with punctation similar to that of head but 

 without ground sculpture and leaving an irregular smooth midline 

 posteriorly. Elytra very densely and finely punctate, the punctures 

 not separately visible but forming a dense sculpture; very densely 

 pubescent. Ahdomen very finely and densely punctate and pubescent, 

 with a transverse row on each segment of very large posteriorly 

 directed setigerous punctures. Male^ eighth sternite with a very fee- 

 ble emargination six times as wide as deep, and with surface smooth 

 around emargination. Female^ eighth sternite rounded. Length, 

 10-17 mm. 



Type locality. — Para (Brazil). Of cvhae.^ Cuba. 



Types. — Presumably in the Zoologische Museum, Berlin. Of 

 cuhae, presumably in the British Museum. 



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



Cuba: (DnVal, 1857; Fauvel. 1863; Leng and Mutchler, 1914; as cw&ae). 



Trinidad: (Birch aud Bryant, in British Museum), Caparo ( Blackwelder collec- 

 tion). 



South America: Brazil (Nordmann, 1837; Sahlberg, 1844; Lucas, 1857), Colom- 

 bia, Brazil (Erichson, 1839b; Sharp, 1870), Venezuela, Brazil, Peru 

 (Fauvel, 1891), CoLOMniA, Peru, Brazil (Fauvel, 1901). 



Central America: Nicaragua (Sharp, 1876), Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, 

 Nicaragua, Panama (Sharp, 1884), Mexico (Fauvel, 1891, 1901; Villada, 

 1901). 



