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wide, and acute at apex, elytra with the sides parallel from 
humeral angles to middle, and each elytron with a distinct, 
rather broad, transverse groove at base, the last visible 
sternite broadly rounded at apex, and in having the inter- 
mediate sternites narrowly, transversely grooved at the 
middle. 
Length 2 mm., width 1 mm. 
Type locality . — Mt. Diego de Ocampo, at an altitude of 
3,000 to 4,000 feet, Dominican Republic. 
Type. — In the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cam- 
bridge, Mass. Type no. 23,703. 
Described from a unique male collected during July 1938 
by P. J. Darlington, Jr. 
Micrasta hispamiolae, new species 
Female. — Differs from Micrasta monticola Fisher in be- 
ing uniformly bluish black, subopaque, in having the prono- 
tum widest at the middle, with the sides arcuately converg- 
ing posteriorly, and the surface rather densely, coarsely 
punctate, with the intervals distinctly alutaceous, and in 
having the sides of the elytra parallel from humeral angles 
to apical third. It also resembles Micrasta puertoricensis 
Fisher, but it differs from that species in being more robust, 
more strongly convex above, subopaque, in having the pro- 
notum and elytra rather densely, coarsely punctate, with the 
intervals distinctly alutaceous, and in having a distinct, 
broad, transverse depression at the base of each elytron. 
Length 2 mm., width 1 mm. 
Type locality. — Foothills of the Cordillera Central, south 
of Santiago, Dominican Republic. 
Type. — In the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cam- 
bridge, Mass. Type no. 23,704. 
Described from a unique female collected during June 
1938 by P. J. Darlington, Jr. 
It is just possible that this may be the female of monticola 
Fisher, but on account of the differences given and without 
additional notes on their habits it seems advisable to con- 
sider them to be two distinct species. There does not seem 
to be a good series of any of the described species of this 
genus available for study, so it is impossible to decide what 
variation occurs in the species. 
