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46. Somoleptus unicolor, sp. n. 



Black, bliiniiig ; the fore parts rather finely and not closely 

 puncturi'd. Autenuo} aud legs reddish testaceous. 



Len<;th 4 nun. 



Head (inclu(lin<^ the man(lil)le-) suhtriangular^ the temples 

 a little widened behind, the posterior angles rounded, punc- 

 turation rather fine and not very close, more sparing poste- 

 riorly. Antennce with the third joint shorter than the 

 second, the fourth to the tenth transverse, gradually in- 

 creasing in width. Thorax a little narrower than the head, 

 longer than broad, widest at the anterior angles, the sides 

 narrowed and a little sinuated posteriorly, rather finely and 

 not very closely punctured, except for a smooth median 

 longitudinal space. Elytra scarcely as long as the thorax, 

 longer than broad, finely, rather obsoletely, and not closely 

 ])unctnred, fit^ely puhei^cent, 



Ainionjen pitchy-black, the posterior margin of the last 

 doi'sal .segment pitchy-testaceous, finely but not closely 

 punctured and pubescent. 



Jamaica. Type in my collection. 



47. Xantholinus vilis, Shp., var. u. fuscipennis. 



Differs only from the type in the blackish first joint of 

 the antennae and the more ol)scure coloration of the elytra, 

 which are more or less indeterminately infuscate for the 

 anterior half or more, and the darker tibise. 



Jamaica. Type in my collection. 



48. Xantholinus (s. str.) insuhitus, sp. n. 

 {insular is, Fauvel, in UK.) 



Black, shining ; the elytra pitcli-brown. Antennae with 

 the first joint blackish, the remainder aud the legs brownish 

 testaceous. 



Length C'3 mm. 



Build and coloration of X. aliicola, Slip., the head very 

 similarly punctured, but the thorax m ith the dorsal row of 

 punctures more numerous and smaller, and the elytra much 

 more sparingly punctured. 



Head oblong, th.e posterior angles rounded, puncturatiou 

 moderately strong, close at the sides and temples, very 

 sparing on the disc ; lateral frontal grooves Avanting ; no 

 visible ground-sculpture. Anteunre with the second joint 

 siiorter than the third, the fourth to the tenth transverse. 



