from the Went Indies. 341 



more sinning and rather more coarsely punctured, the 

 anterior thoracic angles more distinct, and the less closely 

 punctured and pubescent abdomen, and the male characters. 



cJ . Last ventral plate with deep triangular excision, the 

 penultimate impressed in the middle line and sinuate on 

 cither side. 



Grenada (//. H. Smith). Type in the British Museum. 



29. Stilicus insular is } sp. n. 



Black, dull; elytra shining, unicolorous, obsoletely punc- 

 tured. Antennae (except last two or three joints) and legs 

 pitch-brown. 



Length -1 ram. 



Head large, transverse, with the eyes a little broader than 

 the elytra, posterior angles rounded ; eyes large ; vertex with 

 small, smooth, shining spot. Labrum and palpi pitch-black ; 

 puncturation close, umbilicate. Antennae pitch-black, with 

 the last two or three joints testaceous ; first joint long, stout ; 

 second shorter than first, about as long as third ; third and 

 fourth a little longer than broad ; fifth to tenth moniliform ; 

 eleventh short, acuminate. Thorax as long as broad, 

 narrower than the head and elytra, trapezoidal, widest at 

 the anterior angles, which are distinct and obtuse, strongly 

 narrowed in front, less strongly contracted in almost a 

 straight line to the posterior angles, which are obtuse ; disc 

 with a smooth, shining, central space in its whole length ; 

 puncturation as on head. Legs pitchy brown ; tarsi 

 testaceous. Elytra about a third longer than the thorax, 

 slightly longer than broad, shining black, with very fine 

 sparing puncturation. Abdomen pretty finely and moderately 

 closely punctured and pubescent. 



$ . Last ventral plate with semicircular emargination, 

 penultimate with two small tubercles near the posterior 

 margin, separated by a semicircular impression with the 

 convexity forwards. 



Jamaica (Chester Vale district). Type in my collection. 



30. Stilicus cupreus, sp. n. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen bronze-black with coppery 

 reflex ; elytra brown, shining, with distinct coppery reflex. 

 Antennae brown with base and apex lighter ; legs pale 

 testaceous ; tibiae infuscate. 



Length 4'3 mm. 



Head transverse, posterior angles rounded, quite as broad 



