from the West Tnd'tr.s, 121 



tlian broad, with a row of six moderate punctures on cither 

 side of tlie middle line, and three or four others externally. 

 Scutellum elosely and finely punctured. Elytra as long as, 

 but broader than, the thorax, a little longer than broad, 

 moderately finely and moderately closely punctured and 

 pubescent. Abdomen gradually narrowed behind, finely 

 and moderately closely punctured and pubescent, more 

 s;)aringly behind. Anterior tarsi simple in both sexes; first 

 joint of the posterior tarsi a little shorter than the last. 



c?. Head broader; sixth ventral seiinieut with iniuute 

 eiuargination in the middle of the posterior margin. 



St. Vincent; Grenada (/f. H. Smith). Type in the 

 British Museum. 



58. Cafius subtilis, sp. n. 



Narrow, elongate, black, greasy-lustrous; the elytra pitchy- 

 black. Antennae and legs dark reddish-testaceous. 



Length 3'5 to 5 mm. 



This species is very closely allied to C. sericeus, var. prui- 

 nosus, Er., of which it has the average size and similar build. 

 It differs, however, in the following respects : the antenme 

 are longer and stouter, the penultimate joint not being 

 transverse but as long as broad, and the fourth and fifth 

 joints longer ; the puncturatiou of the head and thorax is 

 coarser and the sculpture of the elytra rather less tine, as is 

 the puncturation of the abdomen also, and the pubescence 

 is yellowish. 



(S . Anterior tarsi distinctly dilated ; sixth ventral seg- 

 ment with an acute triangular excision in the posterior 

 margin. 



Jamaica. Type in my collection. 



59. Paderomhnus sniithi, sp. n. 

 (Fauvel, in Hit.) 



Shining, dark greenish bronze ; the first, second, and last 

 two joints of the antennae, the whole of the last, and the 

 posterior border of the preceding, abdominal segment reddish 

 testaceous ; legs yellow. 



Length 5*3 to 6 mm. 



Head broader than the thorax, suborbicular, the front 

 with deep longitudinal impression, the median intraocular 

 punctures widely separated and situated near the lateral 

 ones adjacent to the eye ; vertex and front impunctate, the 

 sides and base with a few large and scattered punctures. 

 Autenu98 with the second joint a little shorter than the 



