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12/5, 12/5, 11/7, 17/5, base to apex. Prothorax 47/ 17,40,27,31; ely- 
tra 138/56,75; setae ca. 4, tactile setae 5. Front tibiae gradually 
thickened from base to 6 thick at 16 from base, zone beyond thickest 
portion moderately abruptly thinned to slightly more than 4 in a 
gently concave, flattened zone ca. 6 wide, this lined with moderately 
dense, pale, decumbent setae. Front tarsi not modified. Apex of 
visible sternum 5 feebly excavated. 
Records: Cuba: Soledad, nr. Cienfuegos (5 F 5, 5 WL 5), Bara- 
gua (at light, 1 F <5), Cayamas (2 F 5, 6 R 5), Limones ( 1 WL 3)- Of 
the 20 specimens identified, 8 have full wings, 6 reduced wings, and 
6 are wingless. 
This species is more abundant than soledad on Cuba, so is the 
more likely one to be associated with Buck’s name. The holotype 
and all 15 paratypes sent from the Amsterdam collection are 
females, so no part of the type series can be included in the records. 
Mecynotarsus hispaniolae, sp. n. 
Fig. 6, 7. 
1.56-2.04 mm (elytra plus prothorax including horn). Brown, 
appendages rufescent, surface largely concealed by appressed scales, 
which are cinereous but with a median rufescent cloud on the pro- 
notum and dull brown markings on the elytra. The darkest of the 
elytral markings are lateral, one rounded and close to middle, the 
other larger, oval and subapical, both isolated from sides by a broad 
cinereous zone. Paler brown markings extend from the omoplate 
area to the level of the front of the subapical mark, with vague 
connections to both sets of dark marks. The background color of 
the elytra is slightly rufescent dorsally. Prothorax with a sparse 
fringe of long, erect, flattened, slightly clavate setae, on sides and 
onto base. Elytral scales of 2 different widths, the wider ca. 1 Vi times 
as wide, the 2 widths tending to be in alternate rows and the wider 
just perceptibly elevated. 
Holotype: 2.04 mm; head 39/45,45; eyes small, 12/9, their curved 
scales ca. 1.5; 29 apart, 12 from base of head. Upperside of head flat, 
with sparse setae and some 12 long, suberect setae and well- 
developed erect, flattened setae on horn outline, 10-14 long. Pro- 
thorax 39 long, 82 with horn, 63 wide; horn 31 wide at widest, 12 
thick. Marginal setae 9 long, the ones on base slightly shorter. Horn 
