()2 Mr. \V. L. Distant on lleteioptera 



and coniirxivtun snnp;niiieo\i^! ; clavns, a vory larg^ me lial 

 sptit, and apical an<>le to coiiiun blai-k ; antcMinn^ pilose, basal 

 lialt of Jouitli joint slraiiiineou.s, first joint pli^lifly shorter 

 tlian second, lojigir tlian third j ])ronofuni with the |)OSte)ior 

 artNi coarsely punctate, lateral margins somewhat strongly 

 reflexed; clavus coarsely and someuhat thickly punctate; 

 rostrum passing the posterior ccxai and aLout reaching centre 

 of second ablominal segment. 

 Long. 10^-12| mm. 



Huh. West Atrica : Cameroons (Brit. ]\Ius.\ 

 Allied to P. analis, Sign., but difForing by the longer 

 rostrum, ditl'erent colour, &e. 



Fam. Capsidae. 



Poeciloscytua cuneatus. 



Lyius nniratus, Pist. Biol. Ccntr.-Am., Rbjnch. i. p. 435, t. xxxvii. 



■%. 24 (.-Vpril 1803). 

 Pacihscyliis {Lyfjus) aiiieafiis, Uhler, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1894, p. 192. 

 Pccciloscytus obscurus, Ubier, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1893 (iSoTember), p. 715. 



Paracarnus grenadensis, sp. n. 

 Paracarnus ine.iicaiius, Uhler (nee Dist.), Proc. Zool. Soc. 1894, p. 194. 



Pronotum more elongate than in P. inexicanus^hi\sa\ margin 

 of scutcllum eoncolorou-!, not fuscous; si)Ot.s at ap"x of clavus 

 and narrow transverse fascia at apex of corium bri_uht san- 

 guineous, not fuscous ; body narrower and more elongate. 



Long. 3 nmi. 



JJab. Island of Grenada : Balthazar (//. Smith, Brit. Mus.). 



Annona Smithi, sp. n. 

 Annona luheculata, Uhler (nee Dist.), Proc. Zool. Soc. 1894, p. 194. 



A much nairower species than A. laheculnta ; pronotum 

 (with the exception of the anterior collar) shining black, not 

 ochraceous ; basal half of clavus not castaneous, but its inner 

 margins fuscous; corium with a subapical transverse fuscous 

 fascia not reaching lateral margins. 



Long. 2^ mm. 



Hah. Island of GrcTiada : near Balthazar (//. Smith, Brifc. 

 ilu.«.). 



Annona antilleana, sp. n. 



Mala decoloris, Ubler, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1893, p. 705. 



Head, anterior frontal collar, and scutellum pale shining 

 stramineous, glabrous ; pronotum (excluding anterior collar 



