from the West Indies. 637 
79. Placusa luctuosa, sp, n. 
(Fauvel, 27 litt.) 
Shining; the head black, the thorax, elytra, and abdomen 
pitch-brown, the base of the latter sometimes lighter. 
Antenne with the first three joints testaceous. Legs testa- 
ceous. 
Length 15 mm. 
Distinct at once from the preceding species by the 
distinctly shining fore-parts. Build of P. heterogaster, but 
much more shining, rather narrower, with more closely 
punctured head and thorax, and with the penultimate joints 
of the autennz rather more transverse. 
$. Kighth dorsal segment narrowed, the posterior margin 
with a semicircular emargination. 
St. Vincent (H. H. Smith). Type in the British Museum. 
80. Brachychara aterrima, sp. n. 
(Brachida aterrima, Fauvel, in litt.) 
Black, convex, shining, attenuated posteriorly ; first three 
joints of the anteunze and legs testaceous. 
Length 2°5 mm. 
Of narrower build than B. crassa, Shp., with more distinct 
elytral sculpture and much closer puncturation of the abdo- 
men, 
Head impunctate ; antenne with the third joint 
shorter than the second, the fourth to the tenth transverse, 
gradually increasing in breadth, the eleventh short and stout. 
Thorax strongly transverse, convex, widest a little before the 
base (which is bisinuate), the sides strongly rounded and 
narrowed anteriorly, less strongly rounded posteriorly, the 
posterior angles rounded; disc on either side with two 
moderate punctures, one a little before the base, the other 
at the anterior margin, and otherwise finely and sparingly 
punctured; pubescence sparing, rather short and _ stiff. 
Elytra as long as and slightly broader than the thorax, 
transverse, with a fine aciculate and distinctly squamulose 
sculpture; pubescence as on the thorax. Abdomen attenu- 
ated posteriorly, the third and fourth segments with very 
fine and sparing squamulose sculpture, the fifth to the 
seventh with moderately close aud moderately coarse punc- 
turation. 
6. Eighth dorsal segment narrowed and _ tuberculate, 
the lateral margins furnished on either side with a lightly 
