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pale. Elytra faintly striate punctate, punctures evanescent at apex, 

 a slight transverse depression below basal callosity, shining, metallic 

 green. Body beneath with breast and abdomen dark brown, legs 

 entirely pale. Length 2-2.3 mm.; width 1-1.1 mm. 



Type, male, USNM 66199, one female para type, and one male 

 paratype, in Institute of Jamaica, collected at St. James, about 4 

 miles northeast of Montego Bay, Jamaica, September 12, 1958, by 

 T. H. Farr. 



Remarks.- — This is the second species of Hermaeophaga to be 

 described from Jamaica, the other being H. cwpraea Blake. 



Hemilactica portoricensis, new species 



Figure 15 



Between 3 and 4 mm. in length, oblong oval, shining, finely punc- 

 tate, prothorax with remnants of basal sulcus apparent at limiting 

 ends and middle, elytra in female conspicuously costate, less so in 

 male, pale yellow brown, with outer joints of antennae deeper brown, 

 on elytra a basal dark blue or green spot not reaching suture, from 

 middle almost to apex a larger metallic blue or blue green area. 



Head with interocular space more than half width of head, occiput 

 distinctly punctate with a median depression over well-markedfrontal 

 tubercles, interantennal area broad and somewhat produced but not 

 extending down lower front, lower front short. Antennae scarcely 

 reaching middle of elytra, basal two or three joints paler th an deep 

 brown outer ones, third joint shorter than fourth, remainder sub- 

 equal. Prothorax ahnost rectangular with only slightly arcuate sides, 

 disc convex in middle, a poorly developed basal sulcus with limiting 

 ends clearly marked, a depression in middle of base, surface distinctly 

 punctate, shining yellow brown. Scutellum pale. Elytra in female 

 with three distinct costae, outer one from humerus to apical angle, 

 two inner ones shorter, in male these costae less distinct but appar- 

 ent, surface finely punctate. Epipleura wide and extending nearly 

 to apex, anterior coxal cavities open, legs robust, hind femora en- 

 larged, tibiae all faintly channelled, a short spur at end of hind tibiae, 

 claws appendiculate. Length 3-3.8 mm.; width 1.5-1.8 mm. 



Type, male, USNM 66196, and 27 paratypes, from Matrullas, 

 Puerto Rico, collected on Micropholis curvata by R. G. Oakley, 

 October 15, 1934. Other specimens were taken at Villalba on a 

 tree by R. G. Oakley, June 18, 1934. 



Remarks.^ — This is the first species of the genus to be described 

 outside of Cuba. It has the characters of the group: the rather 

 indistinct basal sulcus on the prothorax, the costate elytra (more 

 distinct in the female), and the coloring, which is pale yellow brown 

 with metallic blue or green markings on the elytra. 



