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Metachroma bredeni new species 
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About 4 mm. in length, broadly oblong oval, shining, en- 
tirely yellowish brown, the prothorax alutaceous, the elytra 
distinctly striate punctate to below the middle. 
Head with interocular space a little less than half width 
of head, occiput rounded, smoothly alutaceous with faint 
fine punctures, frontal tubercles outlined by a short median 
line down vertex, and a transverse line between eyes, the 
usual deep groove about inner margin of eyes; lower front 
alutaceous, not at all shiny, head entirely dull reddish brown 
with the jaws deep brown. Antennae extending nearly to 
the middle of elytra, the basal six joints paler and narrower 
than the outer joints. Prothorax not quite twice as broad 
as long with arcuate sides and a small sharp tooth at each 
angle, a short transverse depression over occiput, otherwise 
moderately convex, alutaceous and finely punctate, entirely 
pale yellowish brown. Scutellum pale. Elytra with a short 
intrahumeral sulcus and slight transverse depression below 
basal callosity; regular and well defined rows of punctures 
to beyond the middle of the elytra, the rows then becoming 
faint and indistinct on sides and apex ; surface shiny, pale 
yellowish brown. Body beneath entirely pale, legs pale, 
femora obsoletely punctate at apex, the usual emargination 
near apex of middle and posterior tibiae. Length 4 mm.; 
width 2.2 mm. 
Type, female, U.S.N.M. Type No. 64533, collected by 
J. F. G. Clarke on the Breden Smithsonian expedition, 
March 21, 1956, at Castle Bruce Junction, Dominica, B.W.I. 
Remarks. — The entirely pale color and well marked 
striate punctation differentiate this from other pale West 
Explanation of plate 11 
Figures 1-7. Fig. 1 , Chalcosicya alayoi, Type, from Ciudamar, Oriente 
Prov., Cuba. Fig. 2, Metachroma zayasi, Type, from Sierra del Cristal, 
Oriente Prov., Cuba. Fig. 3, Metachroma cornutum , Type, from Cayamas, 
Cuba. Fig. 4, Metachroma bredeni, Type, from Dominica, British West 
Indies. Fig. 5, Metachroma nanum, Type, from Puerto Rico. Fig. 6, 
Metachroma multipunctatum, Type, from Sierra del Cristal, Cuba. Fig. 7, 
Metachroma grande, Type, from Yunque, Oriente Prov., Cuba. 
