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I believe the species is still known only from the type. I discount 
the records of Jeannel and Henrot (1949: 98) of the species from 
San Jose and Reventazon in Costa Rica. These specimens must be 
reexamined. Their identity will influence future zoogeographic 
conclusions. 
Proptomaphaginus apodemus Szymczakowski 
Fig. 8 
Described from two males from Humbolt Cave, Punta Caguanes, 
Las Villas Province, Cuba. Through the kindness of Ing. Fernando 
de Zayas, Academy of Sciences, Havana, Cuba, I have had the 
opportunity to examine two additional males and two females. 
The female specimens allow me to illustrate the female sper- 
matheca (fig. 8) and compare it to that of P. puertoricensis. In 
apodemus it is swollen at one end, and gradually curves and con- 
stricts to a point at the other end. The spermatheca of darlingtoni 
is unknown. 
The specimens came from “Cueva Caguanes”, May 1958, F. de. 
Zayas collector. They are either from the type cave populations, 
or from another cave very near by. 
Acknowledgements 
I wish to thank Miss Margaret Starr, formerly of the Inter- 
American University of Puerto Rico, for her assistance in the field 
work. Milton Sanderson graciously provided specimens from the 
Illinois Natural History Survey, Urbana. The field work was 
supported by Evolutionary Biology Training Grant GB3167 of 
the National Science Foundation, Prof. Reed C. Rollins, principal 
investigator, Harvard University. 
Literature Cited 
Hatch, M. H. 
1933. Studies on the Leptodiridae (Catopidae) with descriptions of 
new species. J. New York Ent. Soc. XLI : 187-238. 
Jeannel, R. 
1936. Monographic des Catopidae. Mem. Mus. Nat. Hist. Natur., Paris, 
nouv. ser., 1, 433 pp. 
Jeannel, R. and H. Henrot 
1949. Les Coleopteres cavernicoles de la region des Appalaches. Notes 
Biospeologiques, IV: 9-115. 
Szymczakowski, W. 
1969. Decouverte d’un representant des Ptomaphaginini a Cuba (avec 
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