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128. Pseudaptinus (Thalpius) pygmaeus (Dej.) 
129. Pseudaptinus (Thalpius) dorsalis Brulle. 
130. Pseudaptinus (Thalpius) deceptor n. sp. (PI. 5, fig. 12.) 
Of average form for group ; ruf escent to piceous brown, 
appendages testaceous; entire dorsal surface finely pubes- 
cent, moderately punctate with punctures of average size; 
surface between punctures rather shining. Head with eyes 
large; antennae short, middle joints scarcely longer than 
wide. Prothorax almost exactly as long as wide (by meas- 
urement), subcordate but broader at base than usual; sub- 
basal denticles (basal angles) rather broad and conspicu- 
ous, but acute ; lateral margins rather broad ; disk not very 
convex, middle line distinct except near base and apex. 
Elytra rather shallowly striate, striae not regularly punc- 
tate but with irregular punctuation like that of intervals; 
latter slightly convex, not rugulose. Length h- 5-6 mm. 
Holotype (Museum of Comparative Zoology no. 19545) 
and 55 paratypes from Soledad (near Cienfuegos) Cuba, 
June, Oct. 21-Nov. 7, mostly taken in flood debris. 
The largest specimens of the series have the punctuation 
of the prothoracic episterna less developed than in smaller 
ones, but the variation is probably only individual. The 
distinguishing characters of the species are sufficiently 
given in the key. 
131. Zuphium cubanum Liebke. 
Described in Revista Ent. y 1933, Vol. 3, p. 470. 
132. Zuphium bierigi Liebke. 
Described in the same paper as the preceding, p. 467. I 
have not seen this species ; all my Cuban Zuphium are cer- 
tainly cubanum. 
133. Brachynus lateralis Dej. 
134. Brachynus brunneus Cast. 
