from the West Indi'j^. 127 



closely punctured and pubescent. Abdomen parallel, 

 pitchy-black, extremely finely and moderately closely punc- 

 tured and pul)escent, rather more sparingly behind. 

 Haiti. Type in my collection. 



GXYPETOSOMA, gCU. UOV. 



Mandibles rather stout, curved, pointed, the right with a 

 small blunt tooth about the middle of the inner border, 

 finely crenulated between this and the apex. Maxillary- 

 pal[)i 4-3()iuted, the first joint small, the second narrow at 

 the base, gradually but slightly enlarged towards the apex, 

 the third distinctly longer than the preceding and similarly 

 enlarged, the fourth very small, subulate. Inner lobe of 

 maxilla with nine or ten strong and moderately long 

 pectinations along the inner margin in front and five or six 

 much finer ones posteriorly ; outer lobe narrow and pointed, 

 the apex ciliate. Tongue short-oval, anteriorly with a very 

 small emargination. Labial palpi 3-jointed, the first joint 

 short and stout, about half as long again as broad, tlie second 

 much narrower than the first, scarcely longer than broad, 

 the third narrower than, and double as long as, the preceding. 



Temples not bordered below. Neck about one-fourth the 

 greatest breadth of the head. Mesosternum narrow and 

 pointed, extending about one-half the arcs formed by the 

 inner edges of the middle coxae, which are narrowly sepa- 

 rated. Metasternal process bluntly rounded in front, not 

 nearly meeting the mesosternal process. Tarsi 4, 4, 4. 

 The anterior pair with the first three joints short and equal, 

 the fourth as long as the three preceding together ; the 

 middle pair Avith the first three joints gradually decreasing 

 in length, the first of them a little shorter than the two 

 followinjg together; posterior pair with the first joint 

 elongate, as long as the two following together, the second 

 and third of equal length. All the claws sharply angled 

 near the base. Tibia ciliate. Elytra scarcely sinuate 

 internal to the postero-external angle. 



This genus would appear to be closely allied to Caloderella, 

 I'ernh., but to differ in the structure of the labial palpi, the 

 toiigue, and the posterior tarsi. 



71. Gnypt'tosoma calocera, sp. n. 

 {Schistoglossa calocera, Fauvel, in Hit.) 



Black, shining, the elytra obscurely pitchy. Antennae 

 testaceous, the third to the fifth joints infuscate. Legs 

 testaceous. 



