from tilt Wt'st Indies. 125 



Thorax very finely and not very closely punctured and 

 pubescent. Elytra a little loiiger and broader than the 

 thorax, transverse, very finely and rather sparingly punc- 

 tured and pubescent. Abdomen very finely and moderately 

 closely punctured and pubescent, a little more sparingly on 

 the last two segments. 



Haiti. Type in my collection. 



Q7. Oligota (s. str.) rufa, sp. n. 



Sliining, red. Antennae dark, the first two joints testa- 

 ceous, the club 3-jointed. Legs testaceous. 



Length 1 ram. 



Size and build of the preceding, but colour darker and 

 more reddish, the antennae differently coloured, and the 

 elytra much more sparingly punctured. Head exceedingly 

 finely and sparingly punctured. Antennae constructed as in 

 the preceding. Maxillary palpi pitchy. Thorax exceedingly 

 finely and rather sparingly punctured. Elytra a little 

 longer and broader than the thorax, transverse, exceedingly 

 finely and very sparingly punctured. Abdomen with the 

 sixth and seventh segments obscurely pitchy, very finely and 

 sparingly punctured. * 



St. Lucia. Type in ray collection. 



H Y G R O N O M 1 N I. 



68. Barychara flavipennis, sp. n. 



Black, shining, convex, attenuated behind ; the elytra 

 briglit yellow, the last two abdominal segments reddish- 

 testaceous. Legs and antennae testaceous. 



Length 1"5 mm. (in well-extended examples). 



Resembling B. jilicornis, Shp., in build, but rather less 

 robust. Head very finely and sparingly punctured and 

 pubescent. Antennae as in B. Jilicornis, the third joint 

 shorter than the second, the fourth scarcely longer than 

 broad, the fifth to the tenth all distinctly longer than broad 

 and increasing but little in thickness from the sixth, the 

 eleventh elongate, as long as the two preceding together. 

 Thorax very finely and not closely punctured and pubescent. 

 Elytra as long as, but a little broader than, the thorax, trans- 

 verse, very finely and rather more closely punctured than 

 the thorax, finely and distinctly pubescent. Abdomen 

 gradually attenuated, finely and rather closely punctured, 

 more sparingly on the last two segments; pubescence rather 

 stilf, the sides and apex with stout black setae. 



Haiti. Type in my r ■i''>otion. 



