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but not so closely to them as they are to each other. From the 
one specimen seen, it would seem to be slightly smaller and has 
a differently shaped apex on the aedeagus. 
Homoschema obesum n. sp. 
Fig. 1| 
From 3.2—4 mm. in length, 2—2.8 mm. in width, convex, elytra 
very faintly and finely punctate, reddish or yellowish with 
violaceous elytra. Head with an inter antennal area broadly con- 
vex and extending down the lower front, depressed below the an- 
tennal sockets. 
Type. — Male, and 8 paratypes, U. S. N. M. Cat. No. 59200 ; 
1 paratype in Museum of Comparative Zoology, Type No. 
28239. 
Type locality. — El Vigia, Ponce, Puerto Rico, collected on a 
vine by R. G. Oakley, July 26, 1934. 
Other localities. — Yauco, March 28, 1929, Mayaguez, 
Feb. 24, 1925, Algarrobo, Feb. 27, 1931, Boqueron, April 18, 
1924, all from Puerto Rico, in the Stuart T. Danforth collec- 
tion. 
Remarks. — This is one of the largest species of the genus and 
very closely related to the two following from St. Croix and 
Haiti. It has a short broad aedeagus very similar to that of 
B . latum but with a more sinuate apex. 
Homoschema pingue n. sp. 
Fig. 13 
From 3.2—4 mm. in length, 2—2.8 mm. in width, convex, very 
faintly and finely punctate, reddish or yellowish with violaceous 
elytra ; head with a broad median convex area from between 
antennal sockets extending down lower front with a depression 
below antennal sockets. 
Type. — Male, and 1 paratype Museum of Comparative Zool- 
ogy Type No. 28240; 1 paratype in U. S. N. M. Cat. No. 
59201. 
Type locality. — St. Croix, V. I., H. A. Beatty collector, also 
collected there by H. Morrison June 14, 1917. 
Remarks. — This is very closely related to H. obesum from 
