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Pseudoepitrix rugosa, new species 



Figure 20 



About 3 mm. in length, elongate oblong, faintly shining, pronotum 

 densely and coarsely punctate with basal sulcus very distinct in 

 middle of base, elytral punctation irregularly striate, somewhat 

 confusedly punctate in depression below basal callosity, pale yellowish 

 bro^vn, prothorax more reddish, a reddish brown irregular marking 

 along side of elytra, legs and antennae pale yellow. 



Head with interocular space half its width, front of head coarsely 

 punctate down middle from occiput to somewhat swollen frontal 

 tubercles, carina between antennal sockets short and broad, lower 

 front short. Antennae long and slender, extending below middle of 

 elytra, pale yellow with terminal joint brownish, third joint shorter 

 than fourth. Prothorax wider than long with oblique anterior angles 

 and tooth at basal angle, sides straight, basal sulcus very distinct in 

 middle, marked at sides by depression, surface coarsely and contig- 

 uously punctate, pale reddish brown. Scutellum reddish brown. 

 Elytra long, with well-marked basal callosity and a slight depression 

 below this, rows of striate punctures irregular, almost geminate at 

 times, especially confused in depression below basal callosity and 

 about scutellum, along sides feebly costate, yellowish brown with 

 irregular brown areas on sides between humerus and middle. Body 

 beneath reddish brown, legs pale yellow brown, anterior coxal cavities 

 closed. Length 2.9 mm.; width 1.3 mm. 



Type, female, USNM 66201, collected at Hard war Gap, Portland, 

 Jamaica, June 28, 1959, by T. H. Farr. 



Remarks.- — The characters of this Jamaican species resemble more 

 the characters of the genus that Jacoby described as Pseudoepitrix 

 from Central America than the species that have been described 

 from the West Indies under the same genus. Like the Central 

 American species, this Jamaican species is more elongate, with long 

 elytra and with a shorter face than in the West Indian species, and the 

 anterior coxal cavities are closed. 



Pseudoepitrix brasiliensis, new species 



Figure 19 



About 3 mm. in length, elongate oblong, shining, prothorax with 

 inconspicuous basal sulcus not distinctly limited at ends, strongly 

 punctate, elytra elongate with striate pimctation, shining black mth 

 yellow legs, hind femora with dark apex. 



Head with interocular space half width of head, a row of punctures 

 near eye, frontal tubercles somewhat swollen, with distinct carina 

 down lower front, entirely dark piceous, shining. Antennae extending 



