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seen. Of these, Elatei-opsis rtigosus, Gahan, seems worthy of special 

 note, as it has been very rare in collections, and only since our taking it 

 on Eleuthera has the exact habitat been known. In both sexes the upper 

 surface is extremely roughly sculptured, forming rugosities on the disk of 

 the thorax and elytra, and to a lesser degree on the head. The antennas 

 are brown or black, the legs reddish, but the sexes differ widely in the 

 colour of the upper surface, which, in the males, is uniform brown or 

 blackish, while in the females there is a broad stripe of white pubescence 

 on the head, and three (one median, two lateral) on the prothorax, while 

 the elytra have each a broad dorsal and narrow lateral stripe. In per- 

 fectly fresh examples the thorax has also an incomplete transverse basal 

 band. A series of over forty specimens shows that the males vary in 

 length from 16 to 32 mm., while the females run from 21 to 35 mm. A 

 fine Elaphidioii occurred on the island, also specimens of Eburia stigma, 

 Plectromerus deiitipes, and a Cyllene. An example of Spalacopsis I refer 

 to S.filum, Klug, of which specimens are known from Porto Rico, Cuba, 

 Haiti, and Florida. It is a curious insect, with a general resemblance to 

 Dorcasta cinerea, and having the antennae clothed widi hairs in much the 

 same manner, but the body is much more elongate, and when the beetle 

 is beaten into a net it assumes a position of perfect rigidity, in which con- 

 dition it can scarcely be distinguished from a bit of stick. Several 

 Chrysomelidaj were obtained, all small and belonging chiefly to the 

 Eumolpini and Halticini. Further, there are species of Bruchus, 

 Hymeiwrus, Oxacis and Anthicus, but as usual the chief development 

 seems to be in the Rhynchophora, where the following genera have been 

 thus far recognized : Artipus, Fac/mceus, Anthonomus, Cetiotrachelus, 

 Chalcodermus, Alacraiicylus and Dryotribus. Tliere are also several 

 which are yet unknown, and may remain so for some time, since the 

 Coleopterous fauna of these little islands has received no particular 

 attention, and has formed the subject of no special memoirs. It is 

 hoped, however, that the labours of the British West Indian Committee 

 will result in the publication of a long series of papers similar to those 

 lately published through their instrumentality, and in the clearing up of 

 the questions surrounding the affinities and origin of the fauna of this 

 group, which has evidently a close relationship with some portions of 

 our own. 



