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Cuban species, for somewhat similar species of Limnastis 
occur over a large part of the Old World, including the Med- 
iterranean region. There is even one, L. gaudini Jeannel, 
in the Canary Islands, but it is completely blind. Only one 
true Limnastis has been known before from the New World, 
L. capito Bates. This was described from Guatemala but 
occurs also in Cuba. Mr. K. G. Blair has very kindly com- 
pared a Cuban specimen for me with the type in the British 
Museum. The distinguishing characters of the two Amer- 
ican species are given in the key, in the preceding pages. 
40. Limnastis capito Bates. 
41. Micratopus parviceps n. sp. (PL 5, fig. 3.) 
Form and proportions as figured; body depressed; sur- 
face microreticulate but moderately shining; testaceous, 
head only faintly darker. Head very small, with small, flat 
eyes which scarcely break the outline of the sides of the 
head; middle joints of antennae about twice as long as wide. 
Prothorax very large, broadly emarginate in front, sides of 
base oblique; basal angles very obtuse; disk depressed, 
median line distinct, basal transverse impression faint, an- 
terior impression absent. Elytra depressed, independently 
rounded-subtruncate at apex ; striation nearly complete, but 
striae very fine, shallow, and inconspicuous ; one dorsal punc- 
ture near apex of third stria. Length ±2 mm. 
Holotype (United States National Museum) and 5 para- 
types from Jatibonico, Cuba, Apr. 9, Apr. 20, and July 8, 
L. D. Christenson, in soil of sugar cane fields. Paratypes 
in Museum of Comparative Zoology (no. 19505) and United 
States National Museum. 
This species differs from Micratopus xnescens (Lee.) and 
fusciceps Csy. of the United States in having the elytral 
striae very fine and inconspicuous ; from withy comb ei Jean- 
nel of Trinidad (Livre du Cent., Soc. Ent. France, 1932, 
168) in having the basal angles of the prothorax much 
more obtuse. The new species is apparently unique in the 
small size of the head. 
