from the West Indies. 127 
closely punctured and pubescent. Abdomen parallel, 
pitchy-black, extremely finely and moderately closely punc- 
tured and pubescent, rather more sparingly behind. 
Haiti. Type in my collection. 
GNYPETOSOMA, gen. nov. 
Mandibles rather stout, curved, pointed, the right with a 
small blunt tooth about the middle of the inner border, 
finely crenulated between this and the apex. Maxillary 
palpi 4-jointed, the first joint small, the second narrow at 
the base, gradually but slightly enlarged towards the apex, 
the third distinctly longer than the preceding and similarly 
enlarged, the fourth very small, subulate. Inner lobe of 
maxilla with nine or ten strong and moderately long 
pectinations along the inner margin in front and five or six 
much finer ones posteriorly ; outer lobe narrow and pointed, 
the apex ciliate. Tongue short-oval, anteriorly with a very 
small emargination. Labial palpi 3-jointed, the first joimt 
short and stout, about half as long again as broad, the second 
much narrower than the first, scarcely longer than broad, 
the third narrower than, and double as long as, the preceding. 
Temples not bordered below. Neck about one-fourth the 
greatest breadth of the head. Mesosternum narrow and 
pointed, extending about one-half the arcs formed by the 
inner edges of the middle coxz, which are narrowly sepa- 
rated. Metasternal process bluntly rounded in front, not 
nearly meeting the mesosternal process. ‘Tarsi 4, 4, 4. 
The anterior pair with the first three joints short and equal, 
the fourth as long as the three preceding together; the 
middle pair with the first three joints gradually decreasing 
in length, the first of them a little shorter than the two 
following together; posterior pair with the first joint 
elongate, as long as the two following together, the second 
and third of equal length. All the claws sharply angled 
near the base. Tibia ciliate. Hlytra scarcely sinuate 
internal to the postero-external angle. 
This genus would appear to be closely allied te Caloderella, 
Bernh., but to differ in the structure of the labial palpi, the 
tongue, and the posterior tarsi. 
71. Gnypetosoma calocera, sp. 0. 
(Schistoglossa calocera, Fauvel, in litt.) 
Black, shining, the elytra obscurely pitchy. Antenne 
testaceous, the third to the fifth joints infuscate. Legs 
testaceous. 
