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invisible. Metasternum broadly truncate in front. Prosternum 

 wide and flat; anterior margin truncate; prosternal process rec- 

 tangular and truncate at apex. Middle coxae not more widely sepa- 

 rated than the anterior ones, the posterior pair nearly rectangular, 

 feebly dilated internally and externally. Legs feebly robust and 

 not contractile; femora feebly swollen at middle; tibiae slender, 

 straight, and subcylindrical ; tarsi very short; tarsal claws broadly 

 toothed at base. Body oblong, subcylindrical, and equally rounded 

 in front and behind. 



This genus was erected by Kerremans (1893) for a number of 

 species from Brazil. Obenberger (1917) described two species from 

 Guadeloupe, neither of which has been examined by the writer. 



MICRASTA GYLEKI Obenberger 



Micrasta gyleki Obenbebgeb, Eutomol. Blatter, vol. 13, 1917, p. 90. 



The following is a translation of Obenberger's original descrip- 

 tion: 



Habitat: Guadeloupe. 



Length : 2-2.7 mm. 



Beautiful golden-bronzy color. Head convex, the surface sha- 

 greened, moderately, strongly, sparsely, somewhat finely striate, uni- 

 formh^^ punctate. Middle of front with a small, round impression. 

 Eyes situated in the same curve with the front. Antennae long, 

 filiform, black, and extending beyond the base of prothorax. 



The proportional length of the single joints: 



I.:=3 ; wide, conical, about two times as long as the width at apex. 

 II. =2; like I, apical part broad, nearly spherical, 



III. = 1; very short, about two times as slender as II, and as long 

 as wide. 



IV.=3; long, triangular, about two times as long as wide. 

 V.=2i/2 ; as wide as the IV. 



VI. =2; as wide as the IV. 

 Vn.rz:Same as VL 

 VIII.=Same as VL 



IX. = 134; long, fusiform. 

 X.=:Same as IX. 



XI.r=2; long, acuminate. 



The prothorax one and one-half times as wide as long at the mid- 

 dle ; anterior margin feebly arcuate ly emarginate ; sides expanded at 

 apical third, anteriorly strongly rounded, and posteriorly very feebly 

 arcuately narrowed ; posterior angles acutely rectangular ; laterally 

 with a small, very sharp, acute, emarginate, marginal line; when 

 viewed laterally this line is entire and straight ; under this line there 

 is a submarginal line, which is somewhat obliquely placed, inclined 

 toward the hind angles and converging with the marginal line. The 

 entire upper side of the prothorax is shagreened, sparsely, somewhat 

 finely striate, moderately strongly punctured ; some of the punctures 

 are finely transversely confluent with each other. Base almost trun- 

 cate, the posterior angles slightly produced outward. Scutellum 



