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one-half times as wide as long, apex and base about equal in width, 

 widest at basal third; sides when viewed from above are feebly 

 obliquely expanded from anterior margin to basal third, then 

 abruptly constricted and parallel to the posterior angles, which are 

 rectangular; anterior margin nearly truncate; base truncate to 

 middle of elytron, then feebly oblique to the scutellum, in front of 

 which it is truncate or feebly emarginate; surface with an obsolete 

 transverse depression along the anterior margin, connected on each 

 side to a broad depression at lateral margin, and then extending 

 obliquely backward and connected to a broad transverse depression 

 along the base, the surface rather coarsely and densely punctate, 

 the punctures shallow, distinctly separated, and from the center 

 of each arises a very short cinereous hair, the intervals rather 

 coarsely and densely granulose. Scutellum subtriangular, truncate 

 or feebly rounded in front, broadly rounded behind, and with the 

 surface finely, densely granulose. Elytra moderately convex, slightly 

 wider than pronotum at base; humeral angles obtusely angulated; 

 sides strongly sinuate from humeral angles to middle, where they 

 are broadly rounded and about equal in width to the base, then 

 obliquely attenuate to the tips, which are conjointly broadly rounded 

 and obsoletely serrulate; humeri well developed; each elytron with 

 a broad and rather deep basal depression and without a lateral 

 carina; surface with indistinct rows of shallow, irregularly placed 

 stelliform punctures; intervals more or less rugose and clothed 

 with a few short recumbent cinereous hairs. Abdomen beneath 

 strongly convex, sparsely and coarsely punctate, the punctures shal- 

 low, open posteriorly, equally distributed over the first two segments, 

 but on the posterior three segments they are arranged along the 

 posterior margin, and each puncture bearing a short recumbent 

 cinereous hair; intervals finely and coarsely reticulate; last segment 

 broadly rounded at apex, with the apical groove deep, and following 

 the outline of the lateral margin but not extending to it. Pro- 

 sternum finely and densely reticulate. Front and middle tibiae 

 slightly arcuate, the posterior pair straight. 



Length, 3 mm. ; width, 1 mm. 



This spe^^ies was described by Chevrolat from the central part of 

 Cuba from material in the collections of Gundlach, Poey, and 

 Chevrolat, and he writes that the insect is found on a species of 

 rushes. Gundlach (1891) records collecting it on one of the rushes 

 (J uncus, species) at Cienago de Zapata, Cuba. 



The following Cuban material has been examined, and from which 

 the above description was made. Coll. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. : One 

 specimen from Cuba, collected 7 kilometers north of Vinales, Sep- 

 tember 16-24, 1913, by F. E. Lutz, the vegetation consisting of 

 grasses and weeds (largely Solanum and Bidens) of pasture and 



