from the West Indies. 641 
84. Gryrophena (s. str.) sparsepunctata, sp. 0. 
Black, shining ; the humeral angles of the elytra sometimes 
obscurely testaceous. Thorax without dorsal row of larger 
punctures. HElytra exceedingly finely, scarcely perceptibly, 
and very sparingly punctured. Antenne with the first three 
joints testaceous, the fifth joint square, the penultimate 
scarcely transverse. Legs testaceous, the intermediate and 
posterior fusco-testaceous. 
Length 1:3-1°5 mm. 
Build resembling G. lucidula, Er. Allied to G. jamaicensis, 
m., but differing in the more slender antennz and the much 
finer puncturation of the elytra. 
Head transverse, with three or four small punctures on 
either side near the eyes, very finely coriaceous. Antenne 
rather slender, the third joint a little shorter than the second, 
the fourth small, transverse, the fifth larger, square, the fol- 
lowing scarcely transverse and differing but little amongst 
themselves, the eleventh as long as the two preceding 
together. Thorax with a small puncture on either side of 
the middle before the base, another near the posterior angles, 
and two or three on the sides ; ground-sculpture coriaceous, 
but indistinct. Elytra exceedingly finely and exceedingly 
sparingly punctured ; ground-sculpture distinct, coriaceous. 
Abdomen distinctly coriaceous, nearly impunctate. 
6. Eighth dorsal segment with stout triangular tooth on 
either side, the posterior border deeply excised internally 
on either side forming a median central lobe, the broadly 
rounded apex of which extends a little beyond the level of 
the lateral teeth. 
Jamaica. ‘Type in my collection. 
85. Gyrophena (s. str.) jamaicensis, sp. n. 
Black, shining ; the base of the elytra narrowly testaceous. 
Thorax very finely, irregularly, and sparingly punctured. 
Elytra with sparing granular sculpture. First three joints 
of the antennz and legs testaceous. 
Length 1:3-1'5 mm. 
Build of G. lucidula, Er. Allied to G. sparsepunctata and 
obscuripes, m., from both of which it is readily distinguished 
by the entirely testaceous legs. 
Head with a few small punctures at the sides, the vertex 
impunctate. Antenne with the fourth to the tenth joints 
transverse, the penultimate twice as broad as long. Thorax 
