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the last species, C. dimidicda, to which it is very closely- 

 related. In structure and puncturation it is exactly similar, 

 but the colouring, although very variable, is always 

 entirely different to that of the older species, and the 

 clypeus is perhaps a trifle more elongate. Although 

 found in great abundance it does not seem to have the 

 habit of coming to light like that insect. The apparent 

 rarity of the male is remarkable, for of forty-three 

 specimens which I have examined three only are males. 



Ligyrus tmnidosus, Burm. 



Many specimens were found in St. Vincent. The West 

 Indies appear to be the headquarters of this, although it 

 also occurs upon the mainland. There are specimens in 

 the British Museum from Porto Rico, St. Bartholomew, 

 Nevis, Guadaloupe and Barbados. Its seeming absence 

 from Grenada is strange in view of this wide distribution 

 in the archipelago. 



Strativjj'us jidianus, Burm. 



A single female was brought from Grenada which 

 apparently belongs to this common continental species. 



Strcdcvyus, sp. 



Two specimens, also females, from the same island 

 belong to S.fascinus, Burm., or a species near it, but, with 

 our present knowledge, the members of this genus can 

 only with certainty be determined from male specimens. 



Both these species wer5 found in rotting wood, 



Philcnriis didymus, L. 



Three specimens were found in Grenada and St. Vincent. 

 This common insect does not appear to have been hitherto 

 authentically recorded outside of Central America. It 

 occurs, however, as far south as Brazil and has been 

 brought from Dominica and Trinidad. 



P. valgus, L, 



St, Vincent and Grenada. This is a very widely-dis- 

 tributed species ranging from Texas to Brazil, and it is 

 probably universal in the West Indies. 



