(t40 ]\[r. M. (-ameroM on new Stapliyliiiidaj 



8.2. Gi/rophcena (s. str.) granifera, sp. n. 



Castaueoiis brown or red, sliining; ; the thoracic marj^ins 

 n arrowly testaceous ; tlie elytra bhackisli posteriorly, more or 

 less testaceous in front. Autenna.' with the first three joints 

 testaceous, the penultimate joints as long as broad. Legs 

 testaceous. 



Length ITo-S mm. 



Size and build of G. aj/inis, Sahib. 



Head with a few fine punctures on either side; ground- 

 sculpture obsolete, transversely strigose. Antennae with the 

 fifth to the tenth joints as long as broad, scarcely differing 

 amongst thonisclves. Thorax on either side of the middle 

 before the base with a moderatel}' large ])uncture ; the sides 

 nearly im punctate ; ground-sculptnrc as on the head. IClytra 

 exceedingly finely and sparingly punctured, in the c? with a 

 group of eight or nirie granules in the postero-internal angle 

 also. Abdomen nearly imi)nnctate. 



(^ . Elytra with eight or nine granules in the postero- 

 internal angle ; seventh dorsal segment witb a tubercle in 

 the middle a little in front of the ])osterior border ; eighth 

 narrowed, trilobed, the median lobe rounded, the lateral 

 dentiform, the separating emargination acute. 



Jamaica. Type in my collection. 



83. Gyrophcena (s. str.) connexa, sp. n. 

 (Fauvel, in litt.) 



Sliining black or pitchy-black, robust. Thorax with four 

 large quadrately placed punctures on the disc, the anterior 

 pair immediately i;ehind the anterior border, the posterior 

 pair well in front of the posterior border, the sides practi- 

 cally imi)uuctate. Antennie with the first four joints and 

 the legs testaceous. 



Length 1*3 mm. (not extended). 



About the size and build of G. matica, Kr., and allied to 

 G. aneicollisy m. 



Head very broad, practically impunctate. Antennae with 

 the third joint shorter than the second, the fourth small, 

 transverse, the fifth and sixth nnich larger, scarcely transverse, 

 the seventh to the tenth slightly transverse. Thorax as 

 above. Elytra very finely and very sparingly punctured. 

 Abdomen nearly im[)unctate. 



fC unknown. 



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



