NEW SPECIES OF BARK BEETLES—BLACKMAN 183 
Pronotum 1.07 times as long as wide, posterior outline weakly arcu- 
ate, posterior angles rounded; sides very weakly arcuate on slightly 
more than posterior half, then arcuately narrowed to the constriction, 
rather narrowly rounded in front, with anterior margin bearing about 
12 to 15 distinct, closely placed serrations, those near median line 
higher ; dorsal contour evenly arcuate from base to apex; anterior area 
with slightly irregular, concentric rows of very broad, low asperities, 
continued posteriorly at sides; posterior area subopaque, finely reticu- 
late, finely, shallowly punctured, with lateral rim of each puncture 
often slightly elevated and shining; median line impunctate, feebly 
elevated only on posterior sixth, but extending nearly to center. 
Elytra not perceptibly wider than pronotum and 1.48 times as long, 
1.62 times as long as wide; sides subparallel on anterior two-thirds, 
then feebly narrowed, very broadly rounded behind; surface moder- 
ately shining, glabrous; strial rows all somewhat irregular, only the 
first rather shallowly impressed ; interspaces flat, somewhat reticulate, 
finely rugulose, with only occasional single punctures; sides similar 
to disk in sculpture except that seventh and ninth interspaces are con- 
vex, and punctures on eighth and ninth striae are somewhat confused. 
Declivity somewhat sloping, originating well behind middle of elytra; 
not sulcate but with suture slightly elevated and first stria impressed ; 
other striae in regular rows but not impressed ; interspaces finely reticu- 
late, with very few, very fine punctures; vestiture very fine and sparse, 
with very minute hairs from strial punctures. 
Male.—Similar to female in nearly all respects; with frons convex 
throughout except for shallow, transverse impression just above episto- 
mal margin, frontal punctures slightly coarser and sparser, with very 
fine, short hairs, median carina fine, interrupted by transverse impres- 
sion; elytral punctures slightly coarser than in female. 
This species is closely allied to Neodryocoetes obscurus Eggers from 
Brazil but differs in several characters brought out in the description. 
Type locality—Kingston, Jamaica. 
Host.—Seeds of Mucuna fawcetti. 
Type material_—Holotype, allotype, and seven paratypes, U.S.N.M. 
No. 56000. 
The holotype, allotype, and five paratypes were taken from the 
seed of Mucuna fawcetti, at Kingston, Jamaica; two paratypes were 
taken by H. G. Hubbard at Jamaica, West Indies. 
NEODRYOCOETES COLUMBIANUS Schedl 
PLATE 20, FIGURE 6 
Four lots of this species were examined; one from San Vicente, 
Colombia, collected from cacao by L. M. Murillo; the second lot from 
