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opposite ends of 2nd striae; striae rather lightly impressed, vaguely 
punctulate; internals flat or slightly convex, 3rd normally 3-punctate. 
Inner wings fully developed ; metepisterna long. Body below with fine 
punctures on sides of mesosternum, otherwise impunctate; abdomen 
not pubescent. Tibiae not grooved on outer edges; hind tarsi slender, 
basal segments grooved above on outer side, less so on inner side; 4th 
hind-tarsal segment with very long outer lobe and much shorter inner 
one; 5th hind-tarsal segment without accessory setae. External sexual 
characters normal. Length 9.5-1 1.0; width 3. 2-3. 7 mm. 
Holotype cf (M. C. Z. Type No. 29,463) and 6 paratypes (2 in 
M. C. Z., 4 in Museum of the Institute of Jamaica) all from St. 
Clair Cave, St. Catherine, Jamaica, 5 March 1954, collected by C. B. 
Lewis and R. P. Bengry. 
This is a distinct, well defined species. It differs from all previously 
known Jamaican Colpodes in lacking both pairs of lateral prothoracic 
setae, and it has a unique combination of other specific characters. 
It is perhaps a distinct member of the Jamaican vagepunctatus-macer- 
subovalis group, beginning to be specialized for life in caves. However, 
the specialization has not yet gone far. The brownish rather than 
black color and the long, slender appendages may be adaptations to life 
in caves; but the eyes are not much reduced and the wings are still 
fully developed. Another, somewhat similar (but probably not re- 
lated) agonine, more highly modified for life in caves, is Speokokosia 
corneti Alluaud of the Grotte de Kokosi in the Congo in tropical 
Africa. In Speokokosia the eyes are much reduced, the wings have 
atrophied, and more depigmentation has occurred. In time, the Jamai- 
can Colpodes may be expected to evolve in this direction. 
Callida cayrnanensis Dari. 
Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine, 83, 1947, 210. 
One specimen is before me from Crossroads, St. Andrew, Jamaica, 
24 Nov. 1954, T. H. Farr. This is the first Jamaican record for the 
species — but when I described it, from the Cayman Islands, I sug- 
gested that it might prove to be Jamaican. 
Pentagonica vittula Dari. 
Memorias de la Sociedad Cubana de Historia Natural, 13, 1939, 100. 
Three specimens now before me constitute the first records of this 
species from Jamaica. It was previously known only from Hispaniola. 
Two of the specimens are from Upper Mt. View, St. Andrew, Ja- 
maica, 19 Nov. 1954, C. B. Lewis; and the other is from Beverly 
Hills, St. Andrew, 23 Dec. 1954, R. P. Bengry. 
