from the West Indies. 343 



that of the thorax, umbilicate, moderately pubescent. Abdo- 

 men pretty closely and finely punctured and pubescent 

 throughout. 



<$ . Last dorsal plate deeply and semicircularly incised ; 

 fifth ventral plate with deep semicircular notch on either 

 side of middle line, which forms a triangular lobe separating 

 the notches ; sixth ventral plate with a deep triangular 

 notch. 



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



32. Thinocharis smithi, sp. n. 

 (Fauvel, in litt.) 



Entirely black, rather shining ; head large, transverse ; 

 elytra not longer than the thorax. Antennae and legs 

 reddish testaceous. 



Length 25 mm. 



Remarkable by its broad head, which is considerably wider 

 than the thorax and elytra, and the shortness of the latter. 



Head with eyes considerably broader than long ; eyes very 

 large, their diameter much greater than the length of the 

 temples and occupying nearly all the side of the head ; 

 temples very small ; posterior angles rounded ; puncturation 

 moderate, pretty close, umbilicate. Antennae reddish testa- 

 ceous, pilose ; first joint rather long and stout ; second about 

 half as long as first and about as thick ; third to tenth longer 

 than broad, gradually decreasing in length, the first of them 

 about as long as, but much more slender than, second, the 

 last of them a little longer than broad ; eleventh oval, 

 pointed. Thorax broader than the elytra, a little broader 

 than long, broadest at the anterior angles, which are obtuse, 

 gradually narrowed behind in a straight line to the posterior 

 which are effaced; puncturation umbilicate, coarser and not 

 so close as on the head; disc with smooth shining central 

 line. Elytra as long as broad, slightly widened behind, 

 narrower than, and about as long as, the thorax, with coarse 

 scattered puncturation and coarse sparing pubescence. 

 Abdomen moderately finely and closely punctured with 

 rather fine pubescence. 



<$ . Fifth ventral plate broadly emarginate posteriorly, 

 sixth ventral plate with triangular notch in the posterior 

 margin. 



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



