STAPHYLINIDS OF CAYMAN ISLANDS—BLACKWELDER 123 
Subfamily SvapHYLININAE 
17. PHILONTHUS VENTRALIS (Gravenhorst) 
Staphylinus ventralis GRAVENHORST, Coleoptera Microptera Brunsvicensia . . ., 
p. 174, 1802. 
Philonthus ventralis (Gravenhorst), BLAcKWELDER, U. 8. Nat. Mus. Bull. 182, 
p. 404, 1943. 
Grand Cayman: Georgetown (1). 
Taken in light-trap on April 22, 1938. The species is known from 
Cuba, Jamaica, and most of the other islands, as well as from North 
and South America, Europe, Asia, and northern Africa. 
18. PHILONTHUS HAVANIENSIS (Laporte) 
Staphylinus havaniensis Lavorte, Etudes entomologiques . . ., pt. 1, p. 116, 1834. 
Philonthus havaniensis (Laporte), BLACKWELDER, U. 8. Nat. Mus. Bull. 182, p. 418, 
1943. 
Grand Cayman: South Sound (10), Georgetown (2). 
Taken in light-traps in April and June 1938. The species is known 
from Cuba, Jamaica, and five of the other islands. Three of these 
examples are deposited in the United States National Museum. 
Subfamily ALmocHARINAE 
19. ATHETA GUATEMALAE Bernhauer and Scheerpeltz 
Atheta guatemalae BERNHAUER and SCHEERPELTZ, Coleopterorum catalogus, pars. 
82, p. 667, 1926.—BLACKWELDER, U. 8. Nat. Mus. Bull. 182, p. 553, 19438. 
Grand Cayman: (no other locality). 
This species has not been reported since its description by Dr. M. 
Cameron (under the name pumila). 
20. ZYRAS sp. 
Grand Cayman: Georgetown (2). 
Taken in light-trap on May 12, 1938. I am unable to identify this 
species, since most of the known species are not available for 
comparison. 
U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1947 
