12S On 7iew Staphylinidee/rom the West Indies. 



Length 3 mm. 



Somewhat resembling in buihl Gnypeta labilis^ Er., but 

 much smaller. 



Head transversely suborbicular, tlie diameter of the eyes 

 less than the length of the temples, which pass insensibly 

 into the base ; the vertex with a small impression ; very 

 finely and pretty closely punctured and pubescent. Antennae 

 with the second and third joints of equal length, the fourth 

 to the seventh scarcely longer than broad^ the eiglith to the 

 tenth scarcely transverse, the eleventh as long as the two 

 preceding together. Thorax a little transverse, wider than 

 the head, broadest just behind the anterior angle?, the sides 

 rounded and narrowed from thence anteriorly, more strongly 

 narrowed in a nearly straight line to the obtuse posterior 

 angles ; more finely and closely punctured than the head 

 and finely pubescent. Elytra a little longer and broader 

 than the thorax, square, very finely and closely punctured 

 and pubescent. Abdomen scarcely narrowed behind, very 

 finely and very closely punctured and pubescent, more 

 sparingly on the seventh and eighth segments. 



St. ^''incent [H. H. Smith). Type in the British Museum. 



72. Gnypetosoma farrea^ sp. n. 

 {Schist oylossa far rea, Fauvel, in lift.) 



Parallel, black, scarcely shining ; the elytra brown. Au- 

 tcnuffi reddish brown. Legs testaceous. 



Length 2 mm. 



Smaller, more parallel, more opaque, the thorax more 

 transverse and less narrowed behind than in the preceding 

 species. 



Head very finely and densely punctured, with close and 

 fine pubescence. Antennae with the third joint scarcely 

 shorter than the second, the fourth to the tenth transverse 

 gradually increasing in breadth, the penultimate about twice 

 as broad as long. Thorax transverse, widest a little behind 

 the anterior angles, the sides from thence rounded and 

 narrowed in front and contracted slightly backwards in a 

 nearly straight line to the rounded posterior angles ; punc- 

 turation and pubescence as on the head. Elytra as long as, 

 but a little broader than, the thorax, slightly transverse, 

 exceedingly finely and rather closely punctured and pubes- 

 cent. Abdomen parallel, exceedingly finely and pretty 

 closely punctured, pubescent throughout. 



St. Vincent {H. H. S7mth). Type in the British Museum. 



[To be continued.] 



