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nearly to middle of elytra, third joint shorter than fourth, rest 

 subequal, entirely dark. Prothorax almost rectangular with nearly 

 straight sides, anterior obUque angles thickened, a faint basal sulcus, 

 slightly more distinct at ends, disc somewhat flat, with scattered 

 not dense coarse punctures, shining black. Scutellum black. Elytra 

 elongate, tapering at apex, strongly striate punctate, punctures 

 becoming weaker at apex, shining black. Body beneath black with 

 legs pale yellow except apex of hind femora, which are dark. Anterior 

 coxal cavities closed, tibiae not channelled, hind ones with short spur, 

 claws appendiculate. Length 2.8-3 mm.; width 1.2-1.4 mm. 



Type, male, USNM 66200, and three paratypes, from Sao Paulo, 

 Brazil, collected by H. L. Parker on a "labiate plant." Two other 

 specimens were collected by W. M. Mann in the Baturites Mountains, 

 Brazil. One of these, which may be immature, has yellow brown 

 elytra; the head and prothorax are brownish. 



Remarks. — This South American beetle has been included among 

 the West Indian species to show how the West Indian species assigned 

 (up to this time) to the genus Pseudoepitrix differ from the Central 

 and South American species of Pseudoepitrix. 



Exoceras facialis Jacoby 



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Exoceras facialis Jacoby, in Biologia Centrali-Americana, Coleoptera vol. 6, pt. 1, 

 suppl., p. 273, 1891. 



Exoceras facialis Jacoby was described from a single male specimen 

 from Volcan de Chiriqui, Panama. In 1897 Jacoby described a closely 

 related species from St. Vincent as Pseudoepitrix suffriani. Mr. 

 Bryant has followed Jacoby in describing, as species of Pseudoepitrix, 

 two others closely related to suffriani, one from Trinidad, P. trinitatis, 

 the other from Puerto Rico, P. hoffmani. The present writer has 

 followed them in ascribing to the genus Pseudoepitrix: hispaniolae 

 from the Dominican Republic, punctatissima and hottensis from Haiti, 

 jamaicensis from Jamaica, tetraspilota and longicornis from Cuba. In 

 all these species the strongly marked sex characters described in the 

 male Exoceras facialis are either very much reduced or not at all 

 apparent, with the result that there is little to relate these species 

 to Exoceras facialis, which is a much larger beetle, with very long 

 antennae, much enlarged frontal tubercles, and a prominent enlarge- 

 ment in the lower front of the face in the male. Recently, Bechyne ' 

 has described several species of Exoceras from Central and South 

 America in which the characters found in E. facialis are more apparent. 

 In addition to these he described one species from Guadeloupe, E. 



1 Bechyne, Ent. Arb., Band 6, Heft. 1, 1956, ppi 145-148 



