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Description. Length 1.3 mm, width 1.0 mm. Color uniformly 
light yellowish brown. Eye large. Head and pronotum lightly 
punctured. Elytra with nine rows of punctate striae. Metasternum 
strongly punctured. Flight wings fully developed. Male mesofemur 
with sharp, curved, distal-posterior tooth (fig. 3). Metatibia strongly 
spinose (but less so on inner margin than in A. jamaicensis). Ae- 
deagus (fig. 8) more robust, with thin lobes at tip, two sclerotized 
“teeth” near orifice, at side of internal sac-stylet; parameres as long 
as median piece. 
Apheloplastus bicolor new species 
Holotype female in CNC. Type locality and data. Jamaica. St. 
Ann Parish. Goshen, 1500 feet, 25. XIII. 73, S. & J. Peck, litter 
Berlese 257. 
Diagnosis. The species is distinguished by its restriction to Ja- 
maica, its distinctly bicolored body with dark blackish brown head 
and prothorax and lighter reddish brown elytra, and larger size. 
Description. Length 1.7 mm, width 1.1 mm. Distinctly bi-col- 
ored; head and prothorax dark blackish brown, elytra lighter red- 
dish brown. Antennae dark brown at base, club lighter brown. 
Eyes large. Head and pronotum regularly punctured. Elytra with 
nine rows of strongly punctured striae, intervals with two or three 
faint rows of very weak punctures. Metasternum strongly punc- 
tured. Posterior-ventral surface of female femora expanded to par- 
tially cover tibiae when reflexed; hind margin rounded, without 
teeth. Tibiae expanded to apex, strongly spinose. Male unknown. 
Acknowledgements 
Russell M. Norton provided some collections he made in Ja- 
maica. Dr. G. Richard Proctor of the Institute of Jamaica was of 
great help in suggesting field sites in Jamaica. My wife, Jarmila, 
and our daughters, Olga and Hana, helped with the labor of litter 
sifting and of changing Berlese funnel samples. Jarmila also helped 
with the illustrations. Dr. George Carmody discussed statistical 
and genetical matters with me. Field work was partially supported 
by a Canadian National Research Council operating grant. Dr. 
Alfred F. Newton reviewed the manuscript, and shared his ideas 
and observations on leiodids. 
