1935] 
West Indian Carabidas 
197 
a trifle less than 2/3 width prothorax; eyes prominent; 
genae short, oblique or slightly convex in profile; 2 supra- 
ocular setae each side; antennae average, 8th joint reaching 
opposite or beyond base prothorax; mentum tooth a little 
bluntly pointed. Prothorax about 1/3 wider than long, not 
narrowed behind, strongly so in front ; base squarely trun- 
cate, more than *4 wider than apex ; sides parallel in basal 
1 / 2 , arcuate-converging anteriorly; margins narrowly ex- 
planate, each with 2 setae; basal angles right, scarcely 
blunted; base and apex finely margined; disk with middle 
line fine but distinct, transverse impressions vague; basal 
foveae rather deep, irregular, impunctate, vaguely prolonged 
anteriorly as usual. Elytra moderately (45/100) wider 
than prothorax, rather short ; humeri distinct ; sides parallel 
at middle, sinuate before the independently rounded apices ; 
striae moderately deep, inner ones impunctate, outer irregu- 
lar, faintly punctulate or interrupted; intervals somewhat 
convex, 3rd 3-punctate as usual. Metepisterna with outer 
edges fully i/2 longer than anterior; body below not 
punctate. Tibiae not grooved on outer edge ; hind tarsi sul- 
cate each side above, sulci not approximate, 4th joint mod- 
erately emarginate, scarcely lobed externally; front tarsi 
not distinctly grooved above. Length 9-10.5; width 3.7- 
4.1 mm. 
Haiti: holotype $ (M. C. Z. no. 22008) and 13 para- 
types from La Visite and vicinity, La Selle Range, about 
6,000 ft., Sept. 16-23, 1934; in cracks in rotten logs and 
under loose bark and similar cover in cloud forest. 
Colpodes baragua n. sp. 
Colpodes sp. Dari. 1934, Psyche 41, pp. 93 (in key) & 97 
Form Anchomenus-like ; black, shining, appendages 
brownish piceous. Head about % width prothorax; eyes 
prominent; genae short and oblique; 2 supra-ocular setae 
each side; antennae rather slender, 7th joint reaching be- 
yond base prothorax; mentum tooth with apex narrowly 
rounded. Prothorax cordate, wider than long, rather 
strongly narrowed in front and behind ; base squarely trun- 
cate at middle, slightly oblique at sides, about 15/100 wider 
than apex ; sides strongly arcuate anteriorly, strongly 
sinuate before the right posterior angles; margins rather 
