MONOGRAPH OF WEST INDIAN STAPHYLINIDAE 497 



1. LITHOCHARODES CLAVISCAPA (Cameron) 



Bomoleptus claviscapus Cameron, 19U2, p. 114. — Scheerpeltz, 1933, p. 1304. 

 Lithocharodes claviger Cameron, MS. 



Description.. — Reddish brown, shining. Head oblong, scarcely wid- 

 ened behind; antennae unusually long, first segment considerably 

 elongated for so small a species; very finely and sparingly punc- 

 tured. Pronotuvi a little narrower than the head; finely and spar- 

 ingly punctured. Elytra as long as the pronolum, exceedingly finely 

 and sparingly punctured and pubescent. Abdomen finely and spar- 

 ingly punctured and pubescent. Length, 3 mm. (From Cameron.) 



Type locality. — Grenada, Mount Gay Estate. 



Types. — Holotype in the British Museum, collected by H. H. Smith. 



Records. — The following are the records known to me : 



Grenada: (Cameron, 1922a; British Museum). 

 St. Vincent: (British Museum, as ruficoUis). 



/Specimens examined. — I have seen only the type and two other 

 examples in the British Museum. 



Re^narks. — I found the type rather badly broken but noted that 

 it agreed with the (very general) characters mentioned in the original 

 description except as to the length. Careful measurement with an 

 ocular micrometer revealed the actual length as 3 mm. rather than 

 4 mm. as published. 



The two specimens from St. Vincent in the British Museum were 

 labeled rufwolUs LeConte. They differ, hoAvever, from ruficollis in 

 their less distinct antennal grooves, narrower epistoma, shallower 

 punctures of the head, the evenly dispersed punctures of the prono- 

 tum, the coarser punctures of the elytra, and the ground sculpture 

 of the head and abdomen. 



Lack of specimens makes it difficult to include this species in the 

 key or to guess its relationships. It is quite possible that some of 

 our names in this genus will eventually be found to be synonjins. 



I find no mention of the habits of this species. 



2. LITHOCHARODES CAMERONI, new species 



Description. — Rufous to rufotestaceous throughout. Head one- 

 eighth longer than w'ide, widest posteriorly, base truncate ; antennal 

 grooves obsolescent, the epistoma narrow and rather long; ocular 

 grooves absent; with sparse umbilicate punctures especially at sides, 

 with punctulae and indefinite ground sculpture, between. Pronotum 

 one-third longer than wide, widest at anterior angles, thence fairly 

 evenly narrowed to rounded basal angles; with smooth midline but 

 rest evenly strewn with moderate punctures; without ground sculp- 

 ture. Elytra with surface very uneven and rather coarsely punctate, 



