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Psyche 
[Mar. 
Homoschema latitarsum n. sp. 
Fig. 15 
From 3—3.5 mm. in length, 2.5 mm. in width, broad, convex, 
very lustrous, not visibly punctate, reddish yellow with deep 
violaceous elytra, sometimes deep bronzy purple. Head with a 
narrow inter antennal elevation extending from between anten- 
nal sockets halfway down to labrum. First tarsal joint of hind 
leg in the male broadened as is usually the case in the first 
tarsal joints of the anterior legs. 
Type.— Male, and 1 paratype, Museum of Comparative 
Zoology Type No. 28237. 
Type locality . — Maricao Forest, 2000-3000 ft. alt., Puerto 
Rico, collected May 31— June 2, 1938, bv P. J. Darlington. 
Other localities.-— Yauco, June, 1934, by C. M. Matos, 
(Stuart T. Danforth coll.) ; Adjuntas, July, 1933 and June, 
1934, by R. G. Oakley, both Puerto Rico. 
Remarks . — The unusual feature about this species is the 
enlarged first tarsal joint of the hind leg in the male. The long 
aedeagus with the flat, rounded tip is also unlike any other in 
the genus. 
Homoschema ornatum n. sp. 
Fig. 1 
From 2—3 mm. in length, 1.2— 1.5 mm. in width, not very con- 
vex, finely punctate, reddish or yellowish with deep violaceous 
elytra. Head with a narrow elevation between antennal sockets 
and a short line from it down lower front. Lower front unusually 
long and flattish. 
Type. — Male, and 5 paratypes, U. S. N. M. Cat. No. 59194, 
2 paratypes in Museum of Comparative Zoology, Type No. 
28242. 
Type locality. — Cayamas, Cuba, collected by E. A. Schwarz 
in February and March, also by C. F. Baker and George 
Dimmock in April. 
Explanation of Plate 1 
Fig. 1 . Homoschema ornatum n. sp. Fig. 2. Homoschema felis n. sp. Fig. 3. 
Homoschema nigriventre n. sp. Fig. 4. Homoschema fraternum n. sp. Fig. 5. 
Homoschema jamaicense n. sp. Fig. 6. Homoschema androsense n. sp. 
Fig. 7. Homoschema darlingtoni n. sp. Fig. 8. Homoschema manni n. sp. 
Fig. 9. Homoschema orientense n. sp. 
