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and Fisher (1925, 1926, 1932, 1935a, 1935b, 1941, 1942, and 1947). 

 The most recent contribution has been that of Cazier and Lacey 

 (1952) dealing with the Bahama Islands. 



The author is grateful to Dr. Clarke for the opportunity to study 

 his material and to Professor E. G. Linsley for his assistance. This 

 project was undertaken during the course of a National Science 

 Foundation sponsored study on North American Cerambycidae 

 (Grant GB-2326). 



Types of new species are deposited in the collection of the U.S. 

 National Museum. 



Subfamily Cerambycinae 

 Tribe Methiini 



Methia insularum, new species 



Male: Form slender, short; elytra pale brownish testaceous; append- 

 ages darker; head, prothorax, and underside brownish to reddish 

 piceous; pubescence pale, sparse, short, distinct. Head wider than 

 pronotum; eyes separated on vertex by about diameter of third 

 antennal segment or less, separated beneath by a distance subequal 

 to diameter of antennal scape, upper and lower lobes connected by 

 a single row of facets; antennae extending about five segments beyond 

 body, scape with apical tooth small, erect hairs along outside margin 

 of segments shorter than diameter of segments, internal cilia dense, 

 suberect, slightly longer on the basal segments than the erect outside 

 hairs. Pronotum broader than long, sides rounded, base strongly 

 constricted, transverse impression not extending across disc, apex 

 feebly constricted and impressed; disc scabrous, punctures shallow, 

 vague, central area flattened, with a round, glabrous, depressed callus 

 at middle near base and two indistinct, raised calluses at basal margin; 

 pubescence sparse, long, subdepressed ; stridulatory plate of meso- 

 notum not grooved; prosternum convex; episternimi of metathorax 

 scabrous, opaque. Elytra about twice as long as broad, extending 

 to fourth abdominal segment; each elytron with a distinct median 

 costa; punctures dense, fine, confluent, shallow; pubescence rather 

 dense, short, recurved. Legs moderately densely pubescent, femora 

 scabrous. Abdomen sparsely punctate and pubescent; apex of last 

 sternite emarginate truncate. Length 4-6 mm. 



Female: Slightly larger, more elongate; color usually paler with 

 head and prothorax orangish brown; antennae extending about 

 four segments beyond body, segments clothed wdth short suberect 

 hairs; elytral apices narrowly round; apex of last abdominal sternite 

 deeply emarginate, V-shaped. Length 4-7.5 mm. 



