from the West Indies. 110 



rather finely and not very closely punctured and pubescent. 

 Abdomen with the first four visible segments transversely 

 im|)ressed at the base, the impressions rather coarsely and 

 closely ])uncturcd ; the rest of the abdomen much more 

 finely and much more sparingly punctured; pubescence 

 rather coarse and not very close. 



^ . Sixth ventral segment with an acute triangular smooth 

 impression at the posterior margin, which has a shallow 

 cmargi nation corresponding to tijc base of the impression. 



Haiti. Type in my collection. 



55. Neobisnius funerulus , sp. u. 



(Fauvel, in litt.) 



Black, shining. Antennae with the first three joints 

 reddish testaceous; legs obscure testaceous, the tibise in- 

 fuacate. 



Length 4 mm. 



Build and coloration of N. concolor, Shp., but smaller 

 than that species, with the base of the antennsa lighter, and 

 the head, thorax, and elytra much more closely punctui'ed, 

 though the punctures themselves are of similar size. The 

 second joint of the antennte is shorter than the third, the 

 fourth to the seventh longer than broad, gradually decreasing 

 in length, the eighth to the tenth about as long as broad. 



St. Vincent [H. H. Smith). Type in the British Museum. 



56. Philonthiis silvaticus, sp. u. 



Very black, shining; the elytra shining bronze-green. 

 Thorax with dorsal row of six punctures *. Antennas black, 

 the penultimate joints slightly transverse, the terminal joint 

 clear testaceous yellow. Legs pitchy-brown, the base of the 

 femora sometimes lighter. 



Length 6'75 to 7 mm. 



Build of P. rusticus, Shp., and evidently closely allied 

 thereto ; the head, however, though of the same shape, is a 

 little narrower, and, like the thorax, is without metallic 

 reflex ; the elytra are much more finely and indistinctly 

 punctured, the legs darker, and the last joint of the 

 antennse clear testaceous. 



Head broader in front, the temples gradually convergent 

 behind, the diameter of the eyes less than their length, the 

 posterior angles broadly rounded ; median intraocular punc- 

 tures widely separated ; temples with two or three small 



* According to the enumeration adopted by Erichseu. 



