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coarsely and sparsely punctate, the punctures very shallow, ocellate, 

 oval at middle, but becoming more elongate at the sides of first 

 segment, and sparsely clothed with a few inconspicuous hairs ; inter- 

 vals finely and densely granulose; last segment broadly rounded at 

 apex. Prosternum sparsely, coarsely punctate; anterior margin 

 broadly rounded; prosternal process broad, slightly expanded be- 

 hind the coxal cavities, and broadly rounded at apex. 



Length, 2.4 mm.; width, .75 mm. 



This species was described and placed in the genus Lius by Fleu- 

 tiaux and Salle from material collected by Delauney during August 

 at Camp Jacobs, in the southern part of Guadeloupe. Kerremans 

 (1896) described Trachys chcvrolati from Guadeloupe from mate- 

 rial in the Chevrolat collection. I have carefully compared the de- 

 scriptions of Lius guadeloupensis and Trachys chevrolati and find 

 no differences, and since L. guadeloupensis was unknown to Kerre- 

 mans at the time he described T. chevrolati^ I have placed his species 

 iis a synonym of guadeloupensis. 



The above description was made from eight specimens collected 

 at Gourbeyre, which is near the type locality in Guadeloupe, and 

 Ivindly loaned to me by the American Museum of Natural History. 

 (Two of these specimens have been donated to the United States 

 National Museum collection.) These specimens agree very well with 

 the description given by Fleutiaux and Salle for this species, but 

 they belong to the genus Trachys, which can be easily distinguished 

 from the genus Lius by the absence of grooves on the prosternum 

 ior the reception of the antenna while in repose. 



Genus BRACHYS Solier 



Brachys Solier, Ann. Soc. Ent. France, ser. 1, vol. 2, 1833, pp. 312-313.— 

 Lacordaire, Gen. Col., vol. 4, 1857, pp. 86-87. — Dejel\n, Cat. Coleopt.. 

 2 ed., 1833, p. 83.— Castelnau and Gory, Mon. Bupr., vol. 2, 1840, pp. 

 1-9.— Gory, Mon. Bupr., Suppl., vol. 4, 1841, pp. 329-349.— LeContk. 

 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc, new ser., vol. 11, 1859, pp. 250-253. — Kerre- 

 iiANs, Wytsman's Gen. Insectoruni, fasc. 12, pt. 4, 1903, pp. 324-327. 



Head moderately large, front grooved; epistoma bisinuate in 

 front, and strongly narrowed by the antennal cavities; antennal 

 cavities large, oblique, rounded behind, and prolonged into a groove 

 in front, and situated some distance from the eyes. Antennae 11- 

 jointed; first joint thick and obconic; second cylindrical, nearly as 

 long and thick as the first; third and fourth subequal in length, 

 more slender and shorter than the second; the following joints 

 dentate on the inner side, and armed with terminal poriferous fovae. 

 Eyes rather large, oval, subparallel, and sometimes a little more 

 widely separated on vertex than at front. Pronotum trapeziform, 

 wider than long; disk convex, depressed at sides and base; sides 



