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middle, surface very coarsely and deeply punctate, the punctures 

 irregularly placed, and becoming somewhat confluent toward the 

 sides; intervals smooth and shining. Scutellum rounded, the surface 

 finely and densely granulose. Elytra distinctly wider than pronotum 

 at base, strongly obliquely expanded behind the humeral angles, 

 nearly parallel to behind the middle, then strongly arcuately atten- 

 uate to the tips, which are obtusely rounded and bidentate, the lateral 

 margins w^ith a large tooth near apex; surface with the basal de- 

 Ijression transverse and rather deep, striato-punctate, the striae 

 feebly impressed, regular on the disk, but becoming more irregular 

 toward the sides, Avhere the surface is more or less transversely 

 rugose, the punctures rather deep, somewhat confluent and irregu- 

 larly placed in the striae, the intervals feebly convex and nearly 

 smooth. Abdomen beneath very sparsely and rather coarsely punc- 

 tate, from each puncture arises a short, erect cinereous hair; inter- 

 vals smooth and shining; first segment broadly and feebly concave 

 at middle; last segment broadh' rounded and feebly subtruncate at 

 apex. Presternum convex, the anterior margin broadly arcuately 

 emarginate at middle, with an obsolete lobe on each side, and the 

 margin strongly elevated; surface sparsely and very coarsely punc- 

 tate, and clothed with a few long inconspicuous hairs; prosternal 

 process feebly convex, nearly smooth, and not sulcate at middle; 

 sides feebly expanded behind the anterior coxal cavities, then ob- 

 liquely attenuate to the apex, which is acutely rounded. 



Length, 19 mm. : width, 7.5 mm. 



This species was described by Castelnau and Gory (1838) from a 

 specimen in the Buquet Collection from Santo Domingo, and Non- 

 fried (1891) described the same species from Haiti under the name 

 Psiloptera aureomicans. Kerremans (1909) records it from Haiti in 

 the Paris Museum and also in the collections of Thery and Ker- 

 remans. It semes to be rare in collections and confined to the 

 island of Haiti. Through the kindness of the British Museum I 

 have been able to examine two specimens, one labeled Port-au- 

 Prince, Haiti, and the other simply Haiti (Obenthur), both of these 

 specimens are also labeled aureomicans Nonfriecl, and later de- 

 termined by Kerremans as nitidicollis Castelnau and Gory. (One 

 of these specimens has been donated to the U. S. Nat. Mus.) 



Kerremans ^® has placed clmlcoptera Jacquelin Duval as a synonym 

 of this species, but it is quite distinct from nitidicollis and is con- 

 fined to the island of Cuba. 



»«Mon. Bnpr., vol. 3, 1909, p. 427. 



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