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Puerto Rico, showing only a slight difference in the tip of the 
aedeagus. 
Homoschema opimum n. sp. 
Fig. 14 
From 3.3-4 mm. in length, 2. 1-2. 4 mm. in width, convex, 
very faintly and finely punctate, reddish or yellowish with viola- 
ceous sometimes even deep bronzy purple elytra; head with a 
broad median interantennal convexity extending down front 
and a depression on either side below antennal sockets. 
Type. — Male, and 2 paratypes, Museum of Comparative 
Zoology Type No. 28241. 
Type locality. — San Jose de las Matas, Dominican Republic, 
1000-2000 ft. alt., collected in June, 1938, by P. J. Darlington. 
Other localities. — Macoris, March 30, 1913, P. G. Russell; 
S. Francisco Mts., April 9, 1905, August Busck ; Duarte, 
Domingo City, July 21, 1917, H. Morrison, all Dominican 
Republic. Poste Terre Rouge, Oct. 5, 1934, P. J. Darlington; 
Cape Haitien, W. M. Mann; Port au Prince, April, 1925, G. N. 
Wolcott; La Vanneau, June 20, and Bizoton, Nov. 25, on Stig- 
matophyllum lingulatum, both by W. A. Hoffman, all Haiti. 
Remarks. — This is the fourth of the group and closely re- 
lated to the Puerto Rico and St. Croix species with only a little 
difference in the aedeagus. The frontal convexity on the head 
seems a little narrower and less convex. 
Homoschema orientense n. sp. 
Fig. 9 
From 2.4— 2.9 mm. in length, 1.4— 1.7 mm. in width, convex, 
distinctly punctate, reddish yellow with violaceous elytra. Head 
with a broad interantennal elevation extending down the short 
lower front. 
Type,- — Male, and 8 paratypes, U. S. N. M. Cat. No. 59202 ; 
1 paratype in Museum of Comparative Zoology, Type No. 
28245. 
Type locality. — Guantanamo, Cuba, collected in 1918 bv 
W. M. Mann. 
Remarks. — The only way of distinguishing this from the 
following species is by comparing the aedeagi. In this species 
the aedeagus is narrowed towards the apex, instead of being 
