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gully in dense ginger (Zingiberaceae) undergrowth, 10 males, 12 
females. T 310, on edge of forested area in cluster of tree ferns 
and ginger, 4 males, 10 females. T 31 1 and T 312, hillside forest 
near stream, 2 males, 12 females; 3 males, 30 females. T 313 in 
midst of tree ferns with heavy undergrowth, some logging present, 
soil 6i°F, 1 male, 6 females. T 314, dense forest, 3 males, 11 fe- 
males. 
The species was taken at three other sites: Trap 3°5 an d 3°6, 
St. Andrews Parish, New Castle, 3000' elev., a cool moist forested 
ravine between milepost 16 and 17, 6 males, 9 females. Trap 307 
and 308, St. Andrews Parish, Greenwich, near New Castle, 3700' 
elev., a forest on a steep dryish talus slope, soil 63 °F, 1 male, 5 
females. Berlese 1 1 9, St. Ann Parish, 3 mi N Ewarton, 6.iv.68, 
Peck & Fiske, 2000' elev., 23 lbs (22 liters) sifted moist forest leaf 
litter and soil under human dung, 1 male. 
In these collections, females (95) were three times as abundant 
as males (31). It may be that they are more attracted by the bait 
since it may be a potential oviposition site. This is a better rep- 
resentation of males than in Dissochaetus portoricensis Hatch where 
15 males and 215 females were collected (Peck 1970). 
It is interesting to note in conclusion that Jamaica is known to 
have only this species of Catopinae, while each of the other two 
investigated Greater Antillean Islands (Cuba and Puerto Rico) 
have two species apiece. 
Subfamily Leiodinae 
Genus A glyptinus Cockerell 
Diagnosis. Body hemispherical; not perfectly contractile; darkly 
colored; smooth, shining, lightly punctured. Size small, about 1.5- 
2.5 mm. Head flattened, antennal grooves distinct. Antennae slender; 
1 1 segmented ; 5 segmented club beginning with enlarged segment 
seven, segment eight smaller than seven and nine. Mesosternum with 
keel. Protarsi 3 segmented in females, 4 segmented in males; meso- 
and metarsi 3 segmented in both sexes. 
The genus has 17 previously named species distributed from south- 
ern Canada to Paraguay and southern Brasil. Hlisnikovsky (1964'* 
provides a thorough description of the genus, and a key to the species. 
I have found the named and new species difficult to distinguish by 
external features. Thus, my following descriptions emphasize the 
aedeagus which I believe to be the most useful character complex 
in the genus for species discrimination. 
