from the West Indies. 643 
87. Gyrophena (s. str.) smithi, sp. n. 
(Fauvel, a ltt.) 
Testaceous, shining, the head, elytra (except the shoulders 
and more or less of the base), and sixth segment of the abdo- 
men black. Thorax with four punctures on the disc; elytra 
very sparingly punctured. Antennze and legs entirely testa- 
ceous, 
Length 2°3 mm. 
Coloration and build of G. gracilicornis, Shp., but smaller ; 
the antennze with the penultimate joints transverse and 
different ¢ -characters. 
Head transverse, black, impunctate. Antenne with the 
second and third joints subequal, the fourth a trifle longer 
than broad, the fifth to the tenth transverse, gradually in- 
creasing in width, the penultimate about twice as broad as 
long. Thorax strongly transverse, the dise with four quad- 
rately placed punctures and three or four others towards the 
lateral borders, otherwise impunctate and without ground- 
sculpture. Elytra transverse, dark, the shoulders and more 
or less of the base testaceous, finely and exceedingly 
sparingly punctured and without visible ground-sculpture. 
Abdomen gradually narrowed behind, exceedingly finely and 
very sparingly punctured. 
¢. Postero-external angles of the elytra carinate (often 
obsolete), the posterior border near the suture with an obso- 
lete tubercle; eighth dorsal segment with posterior margin 
furnished with a stout, short, incurved tooth on either side, 
and deeply bisinuate between. | 
Grenada, St. Vincent (H. H. Smith). Type inthe British 
Museum. 
88. Gyrophena (s. str.) piceicollis, sp. n. 
(Fauvel, in Litt.) 
Rufo-testaceous, shining ; the elytra testaceous yellow, 
the postero-external angles and more or less of the posterior 
margins infuscate; abdomen with the sixth segment infus- 
cate. Antenne and legs testaceous. 
Length 1:5 to 2 mm. 
Build of G. eneicollis, m., but on the average a little 
larger and entirely differently coloured. 
Head (sometimes dark reddish brown) with a row of 
three rather large punctures on either side and two smaller 
on each side near the eyes; ground-sculpture very fine 
