640 Mr. M. Cameron on new Staphylinide 
82. Gyrophena (s. str.) granifera, sp. n. 
Castaneous brown or red, shining; the thoracic margins 
narrowly testaceous ; the elytra blackish posteriorly, more or 
less testaceous in front. Antenne with the first three joints 
testaceous, the penultimate joints as long as broad, Legs 
testaceous. 
Length 1°75-2 mm. 
Size and build of G. afinis, Sahlb. 
Head with a few fine punctures on either side; ground- 
sculpture obsolete, transversely strigose. Antennae with the 
fifth to the tenth joints as long as broad, scarcely differing 
amongst themselves. Thorax on either side of the middle 
before the base with a moderately large puncture; the sides 
nearly impunctate ; ground-sculpture as on the head. Elytra 
exceedingly finely and sparingly punctured, in the ¢ with a 
group of eight or nine granules in the postero-internal angle 
also. Abdomen nearly impunctate. 
6. Elytra with eight or nine granules in the postero- 
internal angle ; seventh dorsal segment with a tubercle in 
the middle a little in front of the posterior border ; eighth 
narrowed, trilobed, the median lobe rounded, the lateral 
dentiform, the separating emargination acute. 
Jamaica. Type in my collection. 
83. Gyrophena (s. str.) connexa, sp. n. 
(Fauvel, 2 ltt.) 
Shining black or pitchy-black, robust. Thorax with four 
large quadrately placed punctures on the disc, the anterior 
pair immediately behind the anterior border, the posterior 
pair well in front of the posterior border, the sides practi- 
cally impunctate. Antenne with the first four joints and 
the legs testaceous. 
Length 1°3 mm. (not extended). 
About the size and build of G. manca, Er., and allied to 
G. eneicollis, m. 
Head very broad, practically impunctate. Antenne with 
the third joint shorter than the second, the fourth small, 
transverse, the fifth and sixth much larger, scarcely transverse, 
the seventh to the tenth shghtly transverse. Thorax as 
above. LElytra very finely and very sparingly punctured. 
Abdomen nearly impunctate. 
& unknown. 
Grenada (H.H. Smith). Type in the British Museum. 
