52 Mr. G. C. Champion o?i the Heteromerous Coleoptera 



rowed behind the eyes ; the vertex feebly longitudinally carinate 

 in the middle ; antennae rather elongate, with seven long rami on 

 the inner side, the rami decreasing in length outwards. Prothorax 

 densely, finely punctate ; the posterior half of the disc transversely 

 depressed, the depression limited on either side anteriorly by a 

 smooth oblique ridge, in front of which is a smooth space. Elytra 

 coriaceous, finely, shallowly punctate, the humeri smooth and 

 shining. Abdomen, above and beneath, the first dorsal segment 

 excepted, sparsely punctured. Metasternum densely punctured. 

 Intermediate and hind tibiae bowed inwards ; the hind pair broadly 

 compressed and roughly punctured, rounded externally. Hind 

 tarsi with the basal joint slender and slightly curved, as long as the 

 following joints united. Wings hyaline, smoky towards the apex, 

 the costa piceous. Length 4 mm. 



Hah. St. Vincent. 



One specimen. This small species is allied to 

 B. {Myodes) niger, C. 0. Waterh., from Central America; 

 but differs from it in the flat, feebly carinate, vertex, the 

 slender basal joint of the hind tarsi, and the finely and 

 shallowly punctured elytra. The antennge are furnished 

 with rami on the inner side only, and the specimen is 

 no doubt a female. 



CANTHARID^. 



HORIA. 



Horia, Fabricius, Mant. Ins., i., p. 164 (1787). 

 Horia maculata. 



Cucujus maculatus, Swed. Vetensk. Ac. nya Handl., 



1787, p. 199, t. 8, fig. 8. 

 Horia maculata, Fleut. et Salle, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr., 



1889, p. 433; Champ., Biol. Centr.-Am., Col., iv., 



2, p. 371.* 



Hah. St. Vincent — southern end. 



One mutilated female specimen, found under a rotten 

 log. A widely distributed Tropical-American insect, and 

 stated to be parasitic on a species of the Hymenopterous 



* The full synonymy is given by me, loc. cit. 



