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Psyche 
[Mar. 
Remarks .— The relatively flat and distinctly punctate upper 
surface and the narrow aedeagus with a complex structure at 
the tip in the way of orificial plate distinguish this species. It 
belongs to a group that is represented in several other islands of 
the West Indies. 
Homoschema felis n. sp. 
Fig. 2 
About 2.5 mm. in length, 1.2 mm. in width, not very convex, 
finely punctate, reddish yellow with green elytra ; head with a 
short, narrow elevation between antennal sockets and a line 
from it down lower front, lower front flat. 
Type. — Male, Museum of Comparative Zoology Type No. 
28213. 
Type locality . — Arthurs Town, Cat Island, Bahamas, col- 
lected July 10, 1935, by W. J. Clench. 
Remarks . — This species is very closely related to H. ornatum , 
showing only a slight difference in the orificial plate of the 
aedeagus. 
Homoschema nigriventre n. sp. 
Fig. 3 
From 2.5—3 mm. in length, 1.5 mm. in width, moderately con- 
vex, finely punctate, reddish yellow with violaceous eljffra and 
dark breast and abdomen. Head with a slight narrow elevation 
between antennal sockets and a line proceeding from this down 
lower front, lower front flattish. 
'Type. — Male, and 5 paratypes, U. S. N. M. Cat. No. 59195. 
Type locality. — Ponce, Puerto Rico, collected Aug. 11, 1933, 
by R. G. Oakley. 
Other localities. — Algarrobo, Feb., 1931, San German, 
Oct. 11, 1937, Mayaguez, Sept., 1930, all in the Stuart T. Dan- 
forth collection; Parguera, Sept., 1933, on Coluhrina; La Sar- 
dinera, June, 1939, W. A. Hoffman; Mona Island, April, 
1910, on young shoot of Clusia rosea , L. F. Martorell; Rio 
Piedras, April, 1912, D. L. Van Dine; Manati, Feb., 1933, on 
leaf of Crotalaria: all Puerto Rico. 
Remarks . — The dark breast and abdomen as well as its 
greater convexity separate this species from its close relatives, 
H. ornatum and H. felis. The head is not so long either. It has a 
