520 Mr. G. J. Anow on ihc La-parostid Lamdlicorn, etc. 



In conclusion I describe, supplementary to my previous 

 paper, a Pleurostict species belonging to a genus of Melo- 

 lontliidse not hitherto recorded from the West Indian 

 Islands, a single representative having been found in Mr. 

 Smith's collection since the publication of my enumeration 

 of the Pleurostict Lamellicornia. 



Faula insularis, sp. n. 



Ferruginea, prothorace nigro-niaculato, elytris panlo infuscatis, 

 capite supra granuloso, clypeo arcuato ; prothorace punctato-rngoso, 

 macula magna media duabusque parvis lateralibus nitidis, media 

 nigra ad margines antice et postice fere attiugente, postice dilatata, 

 pronoti lateribus valde angulatis, angulis posticis acutis, margine 

 postica spina acuta medio instructa ; scutello fere circulari, grosse 

 punctate, antice profunde indentato ; elytris ad liumeros quani pro- 

 thorace paulo latioribus, deinde leviter ampliatis, ante medium 

 u^que ad apices angustatis, punctato-rugosis, dense breviter erecte 

 pilosis, vage costatis, humeris prominentibus, nitidis ; pedibus graci- 

 libus, rufis, tibiis anticis tridentati?, dente superiori ad medium 

 posito. 



Long. 10 mm. Lat. max. 5 mm. 



Hah. St. Vincent, Leeward side (500 feet). 



A single female specimen of this species was found. It 

 is easily recognizable by the smooth black area shaped like 

 a vine-leaf occupying the centre of the prothorax. In the 

 shape of the scutellum and the sharp tooth in the middle 

 of the hind margin of the thorax, which fits into the deep 

 notch in the former, it resembles Ceraspis and Ancistrosoma, 

 but it has the typical form and size of Faula as well as the 

 entire claws distinctive of that genus. 



