of St. Vincent, Grenada, and the Grenadines. 43 



legs black and more sleuder, the thorax shorter, wider, 

 and less densely punctured. Found on the wing at sun- 

 set (Smith). 



XYLOPHILID.E. 



Xylophilus. 



Xylophilus, Latreille, Fam. Nat. du Regno Anim., 

 p. 383 (1825). 



This genus has not hitherto been recorded from the 

 Antilles or South America. 



Xylophilus trifasciatns. 



Xylopliiliis trifasciatns, Champ., Biol. Centr.-Am., 

 Col., iv'., 2; p. 171, t. 8, fig. 4. 



Hah. Grenada— St. George's, on the Leeward side. 



One female specimen, diflTering from those from Central 

 Amei'ica in haviog the two basal joints only of the antennae 

 infuscate. 



Xy lopliilus {Bqtiinodialis. 



Xylophilus lequinoctialis, Champ., loc. clt., p. 180, t. 8, 

 fig. 15. 



Hah. St. Vincent — Balthazar, on the Windward side, 

 St. John's Eiver, on the Leeward side. 



Numerous examples. Apparently a widely distributed 

 Tropical-American insect, ranging from the Mexican 

 State of Vera Cruz to Panama, and probably further 

 south. Beaten from bushes, also fiying (Smith). 



Xylophilus nigricollis, n. sp. (Plate I., fig. 14, c^.*) 



^ . Oval, rather narrow, moderately convex, shining ; the head 

 and prothorax black ; the elytra testaceous, with a rr.ther broad 

 black median fascia , which is widened outwards and extends for- 

 wards along the lateral margin, the fascia in one specimen inter- 

 rupted at the suture, the suture itself narrowly infuscate ; the 

 antennae testaceous, with the basal joint piceous ; the legs testaceous, 



'■■ The minute penultimate tarsal joint cannot be shown in the 

 figures of this and the following species. 



