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feebly concave and without transverse carina in front. Pronotum 

 moderately convex, two times as wide as long at the middle, distinctly 

 narrower in front than behind, widest at base; sides strongly 

 arcuately attenuate from base to anterior angles; anterior margin 

 truncate, without a median lobe; base transversely truncate to 

 middle of elytron, then turning obliquely backward to the scutellum, 

 in front of which it is feebly arcuately emarginate; posterior angles 

 nearly rectangular, surface broadly depressed along the sides, the 

 depression extending obliquely from the anterior angles to the base 

 at middle of elytron, then transversely along the base, causing the 

 anterior median part of the disk to be regularly convex, each side 

 with a short straight indistinct lateral carina, the surface is also 

 densely, finely granulose, with numerous shallow ocellate punctures 

 in the depressed areas, and sparsely clothed with moderately 

 long recumbent cinereous hairs. Scutellum obsoletely granulose 

 broadly triangular, with the anterior margin feebly rounded. Elytra 

 not quite as wide as pronotum at base, widest just behind the 

 humeral angles, which are obtusely angulated ; sides strongly sinuate 

 at basal third, then strongly obliquely attentuate to the tips, which 

 are conjointly, broadly rounded, with the lateral margins entire; 

 humeri prominent; each elytron with a moderately deep broad de- 

 pression at the base, and an elongate one behind the humerus be- 

 tween the lateral carina and lateral margin, and with a strongly 

 elevated, sinuate smooth lateral carina extending from the humeral 

 angle to near the apex; the surface with two fine longitudinal lines 

 of fulvous hairs extending from the base to near the middle, and 

 sparsely clothed with recumbent cinereous hairs ( with a few fulvous 

 ones intermixed), the cinereous pubescence tending to form obsolete 

 fasciae at middle and apical fifth; surface finely, sparsely punc- 

 tate, with a longitudinal row of larger punctures on each side of 

 the longitudinal lines of hairs; intervals obsoletely rugose on basal 

 part, but becoming smoother toward apex. Abdomen beneath 

 strongly convex, sparsely and ocellate-punctate, the punctures large, 

 obsolete, open on the one side, and from each one arises a short recum- 

 bent cinereous hair, the hairs more conspicuous toward the sides; 

 intervals finely and densely granulose; last segment subtruncate 

 at apex, with the margin very finely dentate. Front and middle 

 tibiae strongly arcuate, the latter with a distinct tooth at the apex 

 (hind tibiae missing). 



Length, 3 mm.; width, 1.4 mm. 



Tyfe locality. — La Belle, St. Thomas, West Indies. 



Type. — Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh. 



Described from a unique specimen received from the Carnegie 

 Museum. 



