1983] 
Werner — Anthicidae 
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9/5, 11/5, 15/5, 16/5, 16/5, 15/5, 14/6, 14/7, 13/7, 17/6, base to 
apex. Prothorax 54/20,44,33,35, with well-defined collar and slight 
constriction. Collar without dense pubescence ventrally. Disc evenly 
convex, punctures ca. 1 apart, finer and with intervals nearly flat on 
anterior 1 / 3, larger and grading to finely rugulose in region of basal 
impressed line. Elytra 169/64,86, widest near middle, tapering to 
moderately narrow apex; omoplates distinct, transverse impression 
weak. Surface almost evenly covered with fine, slightly elevated 
punctures ca. 2 apart, intervals flat; setae fine, appressed, ca. 3, 
tactile setae suberect, 7. Setae of 2 slightly different lengths and 
thicknesses, the longer and thicker slightly less appressed and dis- 
cernible with backlighting. Punctures and setae of impression no 
different from those of adjacent areas except for the setae being 
more perpendicular to the midline. Legs slender, not modified. Vis- 
ible sternum 5 simple, its apex truncate. 
The median dark elytral markings on this individual are 37 long, 
separated by 30 across suture, and 9 from side margin; subapical 
band ca. 1 1 wide, paler than median marks, slightly oblique, extend- 
ing forward along suture for ca. 18, pale and evanescent laterally, to 
7 from margin. All of the specimens have rather similar markings, 
and none has the median markings connected across the suture. 
Records: All individuals are fully winged and apparently capable 
of flight. HISPANIOLA: HAITI: Ennery (nr. 1000' (4(J, 5?), Camp Per- 
rin (nr. 1000', 2(5), N.E. foothills of La Hotte (3000', 1(5). rep. dom.: 
Villa Altagracia (1(5), Pto. Plata (25 km. S. of, 2?), San Jose de las 
Matas (1-2000', 1$). cuba: Loma (Pico) del Gato (Sierra Maestra, 
Oriente Prov., 2(5), Soledad nr. Cienfuegos (1$). Almost all col- 
lected by P. J. D. 
I am applying LaFerte’s name to this species largely on the basis 
that his description matches it quite well and that he particularly 
noted unusually slender antennae. He had two specimens to study, 
one in the Dejean collection and one in his own, the source of both 
being a series in the museum at Berlin, and ultimately the collecting 
of Moritz. I have seen the specimen in the LaFerte collection and 
compared it with West Indian material, but did so before I realized 
that there are several species in the subtilis-group. I have never seen 
a specimen of this group from a continental area. According to W. 
Horn’s Entomologische Sammlungen, C. Moritz collected in both 
Colombia and Puerto Rico in the 1830’s. It is likely that some labels 
got mixed. 
