GM Mr. M. Cameron on neio Staphjlinidse 



before scutelliini, and a median impressed line; punoturation 

 fine and ratlier close, finely pnbescent. Elytra distinctly 

 longer and a little broader than the thorax, slightly trnns- 

 verse, closely and rather finely punctured and puljescent. 

 Abdomen finely and moderately closely pnnctured, and 

 pubescent in front, more sparingly behind. 



^ . Eighth dorsal segment with six sharp spines, the lateral 

 cnrved, the rest centrally ])laced, short and straight (the 

 median and external sometimes united at the bases), and 

 separated from the lateral ones by a semicircular notch. 



Grenada {H. H. Smith). Type in the British Museum. 



74;. Silusa diversicoUis, sp. u. 

 (Fauvel, m lift.) 



Rufous, shining, the elytra sometimes more or less infns- 

 cate ; anteuua3 stout, the first three joints and the last bright 

 testaceons ; legs testaceous. 



Length 2 mm. 



Head red, broad, scarcely perceptibly and sparingly punc- 

 tnrcd and pubescent. Autennpe stout, the third joint shorter 

 thau the second, the fourth slightly longer than broad, the 

 fifth to tlic tenth transverse, gradually increasing in breadth, 

 the penultimate fully twice as broad as long, the eleventh 

 oval-oblong, longer than the two preceding together. 

 Thorax twice as broad as long, the sides rounded ami more 

 narrowed behind than in front, posterior angles completely 

 rounded ; finely and obsoletely but rather closely punctured 

 and pubescent. Elytra broader than, and half as long again 

 as, the thorax, transverse, finely but more distinctly punctured 

 than the thorax and equally closely. Abdomen gradually 

 narrowed, finely and sparingly punctured; pubescence yellow, 

 rather long and stifi^. 



1 am unable to find any external sexual distinction in this 

 species. 



St. Vincent, Grenada (//. H. Smith), Type in the British 

 Museum. 



75. Silusu tenelia, sp. n. 



(Fauvel, in lift.) 



Narrow, rufous, not very shining ; the first two and the 

 last joints of the anteuna3 testaceous; legs testaceous. 

 Length rS mm. 

 A small slender red species with nearly parallel abdomen, 



