Coleoptera of St. Vincent, Grenada, and Grenadines. 267 
angles oblique, the disc rather convex, very minutely and rather dis- 
tantly punctured, the punctures evenly distributed, the base not 
margined ; elytra strongly convex, pointed at the apex, black, 
without metallic gloss, very regularly, finely, and distinctly punc- 
tate-striate to the apex, the two outer interstices slightly costate ; 
legs dark fulvous; posterior tibis straight, with a spur at the 
apex ; posterior metatarsus as long as the following joints to- 
gether; claws simple; prosternum longer than broad, nearly 
smooth ; anterior coxal cavities open. 
Hab. Grenada—Mount Gay Estate (Leeward side), 
Balthazar (Windward side). 
Like its European congeners, this little species is 
apterous. The entirely black upper surface will separate 
it from any of the North-American forms. According to 
Dr. Horn, the genus Glyptina, Lec. (1859) = Batophila, 
Foudr. (1860), and therefore has priority. 
APHTHONA, Chevr. 
Aphthona maculipennis. 
Aphthona maculipennis, Jac., Biol. Centr.-Am., Col., vi., 
1, p. 365, and Suppl., p. 293. 
Hab. St. Vincent—South end, and Windward and 
Leeward sides; Grenada—Balthazar (Windward side), 
St. George’s, Venddme and Mount Gay Hstates (Lee- 
ward side). 
Found in plenty in Grenada. 
Inhabits Central America, from Mexico to Panama. 
Aphthona grenadensis, sp. n. 
Testaceous, the apical joints of the antenne black; thorax 
extremely minutely punctured; elytra finely punctate-striate, 
shining, the suture very narrowly fuscous. 
Length, 1 line. 
Head entirely impunctate ; the frontal tubercles indistinct, 
bounded at the sides by oblique grooves; clypeus not separated 
from the face; antennz not extending much beyond the base of 
the elytra, blackish, the lower joints more or less flavous, the second 
joint scarcely shorter than the following ones, the terminal joints 
