//•('?(( llie West Indies. G41 



84. Gyropluena (s. str.) sparsepunctata, sp. n. 



Black, sliiniiif^ ; the hunieral unfiles of the elytra sometimes 

 ()])scurely testaceous. Thorax without dorsal row of larger 

 puuctures. Elytra exceediugly finely, scarcely perceptibly, 

 and very spariiii^ly punctured. Auteuii;c with the first three 

 joints testaceous, the fifth joiut square, the penultimate 

 scarcely transverse. Legs testaceous, the intermediate and 

 posterior fusco-testaceous. 



Length 1'3-1'5 mni. 



Build resemljling G. /ucidula, Er. Allied to G.jamaicensis, 

 ni.j but differing in the more slender antennae and the much 

 finer puncturation of the elytra. 



Head transverse, with three or four small punctures on 

 either side near tlie eyes, very finely coriaceous. Anteunie 

 rather slender, the third joint a little shorter than the second, 

 the fourth small, transverse, the fifth larger, square, the fol- 

 lowing scarcely transverse and dilfering but little amongst 

 themselves, the eleventh as long as tlie two preceding 

 together. Thorax with a small puncture on either side of 

 the middle before the base, another near the posterior angles, 

 and two or three on the sides ; ground-sculpture coriaceous, 

 but indistinct. Elytra exceedingly finely and exceedingly 

 sparingly punctured; ground-sculpture distinct, coriaceous. 

 Abdomen distinctly coriaceous, nearly impunctate. 



c^ . Eighth dorsal segment with stout triangular tooth on 

 either side, the posterior border deeply excised internally 

 on either side forming a median central lobe, the broadly 

 rounded apex of which extends a little beyond the level of 

 the lateral teeth. 



Jamaica. Type in my collection. 



85. GyrophcBiia (s. str.) J amaicensis, sp. n. 



Black, shining ; the base of the elytra narrowly testaceous. 

 Thorax very finely, irregularly, and sparingly punctui'ed. 

 Elytra with sparing granular sculpture. First three joints 

 of the antennae and legs testaceous. 



Length 13-L5 mm. 



Build of (i. /ucidula, Ev. Allied to G. sparsepunctata and 

 obscuripes, m., from both of which it is readily distinguished 

 by the entirely testaceous legs. 



Head with a few small punctures at the sides, the vertex 

 impunctate. Antennae with the fourth to the tenth joints 

 transverse, the penultimate twice as broad as long. Thorax 



