of St. Vincent, Grenada, and the Grenadines. 15 



Prothorax wider than the head, truncate at the base and apex, 

 rather convex, strongly transverse, widest in front, the sides some- 

 what obliquely converging f i-om the apex to the base, the margins 

 feebly crenulate behind, the anterior angles distinct but rather 

 obtuse, the hind angles minutely prominent ; the surface punctured 

 like that of the head, the punctuation a little sparser on the disc 

 than at the sides. Elytra considerably wider than, and fully three 

 times the length of, the prothorax, truncate at the base, subparallel 

 to a little beyond the middle and rapidly narrowing thence to the 

 apex ; coarsely, thickly, confusedly punctate, the punctures 

 coarser than those on the head and prothorax. Beneath sparsely, 

 finely punctate. Legs short, the penultimate joint of the tarsi 

 feebly excavate above for the reception of the base of the apical 

 joint. Length 2^-3^ mm. 



Hah. St. Vincent — Leeward side ; Becquia I. 



One example from eacli locality ; I have also seen 

 specimens of it from Guadeloupe, in the collection of 

 M. Fleutiaux of Paris. One of these latter is labelled 

 as having been found in the stems of a Cissus, a shrub 

 allied to Vitis. In rotten cacao-husks (Smith). 



LoEELOPSis, n. gen. 



Penultimate tarsal joint strongly lamellate, extending beneath 

 the apical joint to about its middle. Epistoma separated from the 

 front by a distinct groove. Eyes small, rather prominent, entire, 

 projecting far beyond the antennary orbits. Prothorax as long as 

 broad, trapezoidal. Body pubescent. The other characters as in 

 Lorelus, Sharp. 



The single species referred to this genus possesses all 

 the structural characters of Lorelus, except as regards 

 the strongly lamellate penultimate tarsal joint and the 

 distinctly separated epistoma. It has somewhat the 

 facies of various Goniaderides and Heterotarsides, but 

 differs from them in the closed mesocoxal cavities, 

 absence of the trochantin, etc. The body in fresh 

 specimens is clothed with very fine, long, erect hairs, 

 which are easily abraded. The elytra are very much 

 wider than the thorax, gradually widened for two-thirds 

 of their length, and confusedly punctate. The thorax is 

 widest in front. The antennee have the apical three joints 

 widened. Like Lorelus, Menimus, and Menimopsis, the 



