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regular row of four below middle; suture in part dark; 
in the other two specimens the pronotum and elytra en- 
tirely dark; femora dark at apex, tibiae dark at base, en- 
tirely dark in dark specimens. 
Head with interocular space about one-third width of 
head; coarsely and shallowly punctate, more densely so in 
lower front, a short median line and the usual deep groove 
along inner margin of eyes ; deep brown or piceous. Anten- 
nae reddish brown, not reaching the middle of the elytra. 
Prothorax not quite twice as wide as long at widest point, 
with arcuate sides and small tooth at each angle, a trans- 
verse depression over occiput anteriorly; surface lustrous, 
finely and not densely punctate, in pale specimens a deep 
reddish brown with a large dark spot nearly covering 
each side, leaving only a small area anteriorly and at base 
and a median line pale, in dark specimens entirely dark. 
Scutellum piceous. Elytra broad and moderately convex 
with only a short intrahumeral sulcus, very coarsely striate 
punctate with some irregular punctures between the rows 
at the middle, punctation deep and distinct on the sides 
and at apex; very shiny, deep brown with darker spots 
consisting of three across the base of each elytron, one 
below humerus, another in middle and in a row of four 
below the middle, suture in part dark. In dark specimens 
the elytra entirely dark. Body beneath dark in all speci- 
mens, the femora in paler specimens pale with dark apex, 
the tibiae dark in basal half ; in dark specimens the legs 
entirely dark; the usual emargination near apex of mid- 
dle and hind tibiae. The front and hind femora with a 
small tooth. Length 5.5 to 6.5 mm. ; width 3 to 3.7 mm. 
Type , female, U.S.N.M. Type No. 64535, and three para- 
types, all females, one of these in the collection of F. de 
Zayas, all collected in the Sierra del Cristal, Oriente Prov- 
ince, Cuba, May 1955, by F. de Zayas. 
Remarks. — Although I have examined no males, I be- 
lieve that these specimens represent two color forms, as in 
M. longitarsum Blake, one pale with spots, and the other 
entirely dark. The large, closely placed punctures serve to 
distinguish this species. The type is of the spotted form. 
