﻿CHRYSOMELID 
  GENUS 
  STRABALA 
  CHEVROLAT 
  BLAKE 
  131 
  

  

  Hoge 
  and 
  Conradt; 
  Jalapa, 
  Hoge; 
  on 
  green 
  peppers 
  from 
  Manuel, 
  

   Tamaulipas, 
  taken 
  at 
  Laredo, 
  Texas, 
  Jan. 
  7, 
  1935. 
  

  

  Remarks. 
  — 
  H. 
  S. 
  Barber 
  has 
  attached 
  a 
  specific 
  name 
  from 
  the 
  

   Mexican 
  locaUties 
  to 
  this 
  species, 
  but 
  since 
  the 
  range 
  is 
  as 
  far 
  south 
  

   as 
  Panamd, 
  his 
  name 
  would 
  be 
  somewhat 
  misleading. 
  The 
  rounding 
  

   of 
  the 
  tip 
  of 
  the 
  aedeagus 
  varies 
  considerably 
  but 
  the 
  slight 
  con- 
  

   striction 
  behind 
  the 
  tip 
  is 
  always 
  present, 
  and 
  sets 
  the 
  species 
  apart 
  

   from 
  the 
  rest. 
  The 
  only 
  other 
  species 
  with 
  a 
  similar 
  aedeagus 
  tip 
  

   in 
  the 
  group 
  is 
  Strabala 
  intermedia 
  Jacquelin 
  Du 
  Val, 
  from 
  Cuba. 
  

   In 
  all, 
  15 
  specimens 
  of 
  S. 
  rotunda 
  have 
  been 
  taken 
  on 
  orchids 
  

   from 
  Mexico 
  at 
  the 
  port 
  of 
  entry 
  to 
  this 
  country. 
  

  

  Strabala 
  ambulans 
  (SufiFrian) 
  

  

  Figure 
  17, 
  g 
  

   Haltica 
  ambulans 
  Sufifrian, 
  Arch. 
  Naturg., 
  vol. 
  34, 
  p. 
  182, 
  1868. 
  

  

  Specimens 
  from 
  Cuba 
  agree 
  with 
  SufFrian's 
  detailed 
  description 
  of 
  

   his 
  Cuban 
  H. 
  ambulans. 
  The 
  upper 
  surface 
  is 
  faintly 
  alutaceous 
  and 
  

   finely 
  punctate, 
  in 
  color 
  a 
  deep 
  reddish 
  brown 
  with 
  dark 
  scutellum 
  

   and 
  dark 
  legs, 
  breast, 
  and 
  abdomen. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Cuba: 
  Cayamas, 
  E. 
  A. 
  Schwarz; 
  Central 
  Jaronu, 
  

   L. 
  C. 
  Scaramuzza; 
  Baragua, 
  L. 
  C. 
  Scaramuzza, 
  L. 
  D. 
  Chiistenson 
  

   (MCZ); 
  upper 
  Yara 
  Valley, 
  Oct. 
  18, 
  1928, 
  L. 
  C. 
  Scaramuzza 
  (MCZ) 
  ; 
  

   Soledad, 
  Cienfuegos, 
  Nov. 
  7, 
  1926, 
  P. 
  J. 
  Darlington 
  (MCZ); 
  Aguada 
  

   (MCZ); 
  Mountains 
  north 
  of 
  Imias, 
  eastern 
  Oriente 
  Province, 
  July 
  

   25-28, 
  3-4,000 
  feet, 
  P. 
  J. 
  Darhngton 
  (MCZ). 
  

  

  Strabala 
  ambulans 
  jamaicensis, 
  new 
  subspecies 
  

  

  Figure 
  17, 
  h 
  

  

  Between 
  3.5 
  and 
  4,5 
  mm. 
  in 
  length, 
  oval, 
  faintly 
  shining, 
  indis- 
  

   tinctly 
  alutaceous, 
  very 
  finely 
  punctate, 
  reddish 
  brown, 
  the 
  mouth 
  

   parts, 
  antennae, 
  legs, 
  breast, 
  and 
  abdomen 
  dark. 
  

  

  Head 
  with 
  scattered 
  punctures, 
  the 
  usual 
  fovea 
  or 
  circle 
  of 
  punc- 
  

   tures 
  between 
  eye 
  and 
  frontal 
  tubercle 
  on 
  each 
  side. 
  Antennae 
  with 
  

   the 
  basal 
  joints 
  a 
  little 
  paler. 
  Prothorax 
  having 
  a 
  distinct 
  sulcus 
  

   along 
  the 
  base. 
  Scutellum 
  dark. 
  Elytra 
  very 
  faintly 
  punctate. 
  

   Body 
  beneath 
  with 
  breast, 
  abdomen, 
  and 
  legs 
  dark. 
  Length 
  3.5 
  to 
  

   4.5 
  mm.; 
  width 
  2 
  to 
  2.3 
  mm. 
  

  

  Type. 
  — 
  Holotype 
  male 
  and 
  10 
  paratypes, 
  USNM 
  61207, 
  collected 
  

   at 
  Manchioneal, 
  Jamaica, 
  Jan. 
  30, 
  1939, 
  by 
  E. 
  A. 
  Chapin 
  and 
  R. 
  E, 
  

   Blackwelder. 
  

  

  Other 
  localities. 
  — 
  Jamaica: 
  Roaring 
  River 
  Falls, 
  St. 
  Ann's 
  Parish, 
  

   Sept. 
  13, 
  1917, 
  H. 
  Morrison; 
  Fern 
  Gully, 
  St. 
  Ann's 
  Parish, 
  Sept. 
  14, 
  

  

  