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Psyche 
[December 
rugulose ; mentum tooth short, broadly rounded ; palpi not 
thickened. Prothorax transversely quadrate, about 2/3 
wider than long, with anterior angles rounded, posterior 
bluntly right, preceded by a slight sinuation of the sides ; 
explanate margins rather broad; disk moderately convex, 
irregularly (transversely at middle, sublongitudinally at 
sides) rugulose. Elytra wide, about 5/6 wider than pro- 
thorax, moderately convex; striae rather deep, impunctate, 
except 3rd with usual 2 dorsal punctures on each elytron; 
intervals somewhat convex, alutaceous. Posterior tarsi 
with 4th joint bilobed; claws each with 4 rather long teeth 
below. Length 5.3-5. 7 ; width 2. 6-2. 8 mm. 
Haiti: holotype $ (M. C. Z. no. 22029) from vicinity of 
Port-au-Prince, Oct. 6 ; 1 $ paratype from Poste Terre 
Rouge, 2,000 ft., Oct. 5 ; 1 S paratype from Port-au-Prince, 
Jan. 1925, G. N. Wolcott, from Andre Audant. My two 
specimens were taken by sweeping vines along overgrown 
roadsides. 
The pattern of the elytra resembles, at first glance, that 
of Lebia fuscata Dej., but closer examination shows that 
haitiana lacks the dark marginal streak which, in fuscata, 
extends forward from the post-median fascia on each side, 
while fuscata has no separate posterior-lateral spot. The 
two species are very differently sculptured. In Chaudoir’s 
key, haitiana runs to the analis group (Bull. Soc. Nat. 
Moscow 44, 1871, part 1, p. 23), but neither analis nor any 
of the other species listed has the thorax uniform black 
(except for the margins) as in haitiana, nor does the pat- 
tern of the elytra of the latter coincide exactly with any of 
them. 
Lebia nigrita n. sp. 
Lebia-like, but with very convex elytra; black, weakly 
shining, appendages and explanate margins of prothorax 
brownish. Head 6/7 width prothorax; eyes prominent; 
front alutaceous, not rugulose, with punctiform median 
impression ; mentum tooth short, broadly rounded ; palpi 
rather short but not much incrassate. Prothorax about 
3/5 wider than long, transversely quadrate; anterior angles 
rounded, posterior right, with sides before them straight; 
explanate margins moderate ; disk moderately convex, 
