from the West Indies. 345 



well-marked setae. Antennae with first joint long and rather 

 stout ; second, third, and fourth of equal length, each a 

 little longer than broad ; fifth and sixth moniliform ; seventh 

 to ninth transverse, gradually increasing in width ; tenth 

 about as broad as long ; eleventh oval, pointed ; the first 

 four joints setose, the rest pilose. Labrum bidentate, with 

 small notch between the teeth. Thorax a little longer than 

 broad, widest at the anterior angles, which are obtuse, 

 gradually narrowed behind, with the posterior angles broadly 

 rounded ; centre of disc with trace of median line ; sculpture 

 coriaceous, with very fine, obsolete, scattered puncturation ; 

 sides with well-marked setae. Elytra longer than broad, 

 longer than the thorax and scarcely narrower, the apical 

 third or half reddish testaceous ; puncturation pretty close, 

 fine, and aciculate, moderately closely pubescent. Abdomen 

 closely punctured and pubescent throughout ; apex reddish 

 testaceous. 



$ . Last ventral plate distinctly emarginate. 



St. Vincent, Grenada (//. H. Smith). Type in the British 

 Museum. 



35. Aderocliaris conifer, sp. n. 

 (Fauvel, in litl.) 



Black, dull ; sides, postero-external angles and apical 

 margins of the elytra, posterior margins of the dorsal abdo- 

 minal segments, apex of the abdomen, antennas, and legs 

 reddish testaceous. 



Length 6 mm. 



Somewhat resembling A. latro, Slip., but smaller, thorax 

 narrower, elytra longer, and differently coloured. 



Head large, quadrate, as broad as the elytra ; eyes small, 

 their diameter considerably less than the length of the 

 temples, which are long and parallel; posterior angles right 

 angles, just blunted at the extreme apex ; vertex emargi- 

 nate before the neck, and with a trace of fine line towards 

 the front. Labrum, mandibles, and palpi red ; punctura- 

 tion very fine and close. Antennae reddish, pilose ; first joint 

 long and stout ; second much shorter than first ; third longer 

 than second, but shorter than first ; fourth to tenth longer 

 than broad, gradually decreasing in length; eleventh oval, 

 pointed, not much longer than tenth. Thorax about as 

 long as broad, narrower than the elytra, broadest at the 

 anterior angles, which are obtuse, gradually narrowed in a 

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

 with a narrow smooth central line : the rest of the surface 



