West-Indian Corylophidfc and Trichopteiygidce. 341 



Nephanes meridional is ^ Matth. 



Kephanes meridiunnlis, Matth. Tricli. Illust, p. 174 (1872). 



I described this species in the above work from a single 

 specimen received by M. Salld from Guadaloupc ; in the 

 present collection there are five examples taken in Grenada. 



Ptilium Smithsii, sp. n. 



L. c. O'oO mm. Snbovatiun, convexum, piceum, confertim tubercu- 

 latum, baud nitidum ; pronoto ad latera rotundato ; anteunis 

 longis, picei.s ; pedibus loDgis, flavis. 



F. Stnithsii resembles the European P. Kunzei, but may- 

 be distinguished from that species by the rounded sides of its 

 thorax and elytra and much greater length of its antennae and 

 legs. Mr. Smith met with several specimens of this insect 

 in Grenada and St. Vincent. 



Ptilium tropicum^ Matth. 

 Ptilium tropicum, Mattli. Trans. Am. Eiit. Soc. xi. p. 144. 



Two examples of this exceedingly minute insect were 

 found by i\Ir. Smith in Grenada. The species was first 

 discovered by Mr. Champion in Central America, and is, with 

 one exception, the smallest of its order. 



Ptilium impressum, sp. n. 



L. c. 0*63 mm. Elongato-ovale, modicc convexum, confertim 

 tuberculatum, rufo-testaceum ; pronoto lateribus rotundatis, 

 impressione profunda ovali ad medium attjue alia utriuque ad 

 basim notato ; pedibus atque antennis brevibus, robustis, flavis. 



P. tmpressum differs from the following species in the shape 

 and sculpture of its thorax and in its short robust legs and 

 antennce. 



One specimen found in St. Vincent. 



Ptilium rufotestaceum^ sp. n. 



L. c. 0-50 mm. Elongato-ovatum, nitidulum, rufo-testaceum, con- 

 fertissime tuberculatum, fere alutaceum ; pronoto ad basim fortiter 

 contracto et triangulariter impresso ; antennis longis, gracilibus, 

 atque pedibus laetc flavis, ocidis magnis, nigris. 



This species is distinguished from the preceding by its long- 

 slender antennai and by the sculpture of its thorax, which is 

 strongly contracted at the base. 



One specimen found in Grenada. 



