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from each other on the top by twice tlie width of the upper lobe. 

 Antenna as long as the body, rather densely clothed with short, 

 recumbent, brownish-yellow pubescence (except the basal two-thirds 

 of the fourth joint, which is clothed with whitish pubescence) and 

 numerous long, erect hairs intermixed; first joint robust, subcylin- 

 drical, one-half as long as third joint, w4iich is considerably longer 

 than the fourth, the following joints much shorter and nearly equal 

 in length. 



Pronotum slightly wider than long, subequal in width at base and 

 apex; sides nearly parallel, without a distinct tubercle at middle; 

 disk uniformly convex, feebly, broadly, transversely depressed at 

 base; surface rather densely, coarsely, uniformly punctate, rather 

 densely clothed with long, recumbent, brownish-yellow pubescence, 

 which does not conceal the punctures, Avith numerous long, fine, 

 erect hairs intermixed, and ornamented with a narrow, longitudinal, 

 median vitta of dense, white pubescence, extending from anterior 

 margin to base. Scutellum strongly transverse, densely clothed with 

 white pubescence. 



Elytra three and one-half times as long as pronotum, considerably 

 wider than pronotum at base ; humeral angles broadly rounded ; sides 

 nearly parallel from base to apical fourth, then arcuately narrowed 

 to the tips, which are separately rather broadly rounded ; disk mod- 

 erately convex, surface sparsely, coarsely, irregularly punctate, 

 rather densely, irregularly variegated with long, recumbent, brown- 

 ish-yellow and whitish pubescence, the brownish pubescence pre- 

 dominating, and with numerous long, erect hairs intermixed, the 

 pubescence concealing the punctures in some places. 



Abdomen beneath coarsely, sparsely punctate, rather densely 

 clothed with long, recumbent, brownish-yellow pubescence, with 

 numerous long, fine, erect hairs intermixed, glabrous around the 

 punctures, giving the surface a mottled appearance; last segment 

 broadh', feebly depressed posteriorly, broadly, arcuately emarginate 

 at apex. Femora strongly expanded toward apices. Tibiae rather j 

 robust, subcylindrical, gradually expanded toward apices. 



Length, 7.5 mm; width, 2.75 mm. 



Type locality. — Plaisance, Haiti. 



ry;?^.— U.S.N.M. no. 50974. 



Remarks. — Described from a single specimen collected July 5, 

 1931, on rose apple, by Max Kisliuk, Jr., and C. E. Cooley. 



This species is allied to pilosulus Chevrolat, but it differs from that 

 species in having the elytra variegated with brownish yellow and 

 whitish pubescence and in having a longitudinal, median, white 

 pubescent vitta on the pronotum. 



