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larly clothed with long, recumbent and erect, white hairs; femora 

 strongW clavate, but not spinose at apices. 



Length, 6.25-7.75 mm; width, 1.5-2 mm. 



Tyfe locality. — Pan de Matanzas Mountain, Cuba. 



Ty/j^.— U.S.N.M. no. 50967. 



Paratype. — In S. C. Bruner collection. 



Remarks. — Described from two specimens (one type). The type 

 was collected June 12, 1932, by S. C. Bruner, A. R. Otero, and L. C. 

 Scaramuzza, and the paratype was collected on the same date by 

 F. Zayas (Cuba E. E. A. Ent. no. 9943). 



This species is very closely allied to antillarum. Fisher, but it dif- 

 fers from that species in having the pubescence on the elytra sparser, 

 the hairs on the white pubescent spots on the pronotum and elytra 

 denser and more conspicuous, and the tips of the elytra bispinose, 



ELAPHIDION WICKHAMI, new species 



Broadly elongate, moderately convex above, and similar in form to 

 lanatmii Chevrolat, Above and beneath uniformly reddish brown, 

 moderately shining, and in-eguiarly clothed with recumbent, whitish 

 pubescence. 



Head with the front distinctly wider than long, flat between the 

 antennal tubercles, which are widely separated and feebly elevated; 

 surface feebly, coarsely, irregularly punctate, more or less longitudi- 

 nally rugose, sparsely, irregularly clothed with long, recumbent, 

 whitish pubescence, and with a narrow, longitudinal groove on the 

 front; eyes deeply emarginate, separated from each other on the top 

 by twice the width of the upper lobe. Antenna a little longer than 

 the body, four or five basal joints coarsely, irregularly punctate and 

 rugose, sparsely, irregularly clothed with moderately long, recumbent, 

 whitish hairs, with numerous long, erect, whitish hairs on the under- 

 side of the joints, the following joints finely, densely punctate, rather 

 densely clothed with short, recumbent, whitish pubescence, and joints 

 3 to 10 bispinose at apices; first joint robust, strongly clavate, slightly 

 flattened on top, subequal in length to the fourth joint, which is 

 slightly shorter than the third, the following joints gradually di- 

 minishing in length; eleventh joint subequal in length to the tenth, 

 broadty rounded at apex. 



Pronotum one-fourth wider than long, subeqiuil in width at base 

 and apex, widest at middle; sides strongly, arcuately rounded, feebly 

 constricted at base ; disk rather strongly, evenly convex, ornamented 

 w4th smooth, glabrous elevations as follows: A narrow, h)ng!tudinal, 

 median elevation extending from anterior margin to near the base; 

 a round elevation on each side in front of middle, behind which is an 

 irregular, elongate elevation; and a few small, irregularly distributed 



