from the West Indies. 645 
on the average a little narrower; the ¢ -characters are, how- 
ever, very different, and appear to allyit with G. varians, Shp., 
from Central America—it differs from this species in the 
stouter antenne. 
o. Sixth dorsal segment on either side of the middle 
line at the posterior margin with a sharp-pointed spine pro- 
jecting a short distance over the following segment, but 
sometimes obsolete. Eighth dorsal segment gradually 
narrowed and produced into a lobe, the apex of which is 
emarginate. 
? unknown. 
St. Vincent (H. H. Smith). Type in the British Museum. 
91. Gyrophena (s. str.) hydrocephala, sp. n. 
(Fauvel, in Jitt.) 
Pitchy, shining; the elytra and base of the abdomen 
obscure brownish testaceous. Thorax exceedingly finely and 
sparingly punctured, without series of larger punctures. 
Klytra (in the @) distinctly but sparingly granular, in 
the @ less distinctly. Antenne stout, with the legs entirely 
testaceous,. 
Length 1 mm. 
A smail robust species, with large head and stout an- 
tenne. Head broad, practically impunctate. Antenne with 
the fourth to the tenth joints transverse, gradually increas- 
ing in breadth, the penultimate three times as broad as long. 
Thorax finely, obsoletely, and sparingly punctured. 
Elytra with moderately close granular sculpture (especially 
towards the centre) in the @, finely and sparingly asperate 
in the 2. 
Abdomen nearly impunctate. 
¢. Seventh dorsal segment with a sharply pointed 
oblique tubercle or spine on either side of the middle line 
and well in front of the posterior margin; eighth dorsal 
segment with a small sharp tooth on either side. The pos- 
terior margin broadly rounded in the middle and separated 
from the lateral teeth by a deep rounded excision. 
Grenada, St. Vincent (H. H. Smith). Type in the British 
Museum. 
92. Gyrophena (s. str.) laxata, sp. n. 
(Kauvel, i Litt.) 
Rufo-testaceous, shining ; the posterior two-thirds of the 
elytra and the sixth abdominal segment more or less infus- 
