from the West Indies. 1g 
rather finely and not very closely punctured and pubescent. 
Abdomen with the first four visible segments transversely 
impressed at the base, the impressions rather coarsely and 
closely punctured; the rest of the abdomen much more 
finely and much more sparingly punctured; pubescence 
rather coarse and not very close. 
6. Sixth ventral segment with an acute triangular smooth 
impression at the posterior margin, which has a shallow 
emargination corresponding to the base of the i Hap ession, 
Haiti. Type in my collection. 
55. Neobisnius funerulus, sp. n. 
(Fauvel, tn “tt.) 
Black, shining. Antenne with the first three joints 
reddish testaceous; legs obscure testaceous, the tibix in- 
fuscate. 
Length 4 mm. 
Build and coloration of N. concolor, Shp., but smaller 
than that species, with the base of the antennz lighter, and 
the head, thorax, and elytra much more closely punctured, 
though the punctures themselves are of similar size. The 
second joint of the antenne is shorter than the third, the 
fourth to the seventh longer than broad, gradually decreasing 
in length, the eighth to the tenth about as long as broad. 
St. Vincent (H. H. Smith). Type in the British Museum. 
56. Philonthus silvaticus, sp. un. 
Very black, shining; the elytra shining bronze-green. 
Thorax with dorsal row of six punctures *. Antenne black, 
the penultimate joints slightly transverse, the terminal joint 
clear testaceous yellow. Legs pitchy-brown, the base of the 
femora sometimes lighter. 
Length 6°75 to 7 mm. 
Build of P. rusticus, Shp., and evidently closely allied 
thereto ; the head, however, though of the same shape, is a 
little narrower, and, like the thorax, is without metallic 
reflex ; the elytra are much more finely and indistinctly 
punctured, the legs darker, and the last joint of the 
antennze clear testaceous. 
Head broader in front, the temples gradually convergent 
behind, the diameter of the eyes less than their length, the 
posterior angles broadly rounded ; median intraocular punc- 
tures widely separated ; temples with two or three small 
* According to the enumeration adopted by Erichsen. 
