from the Went Indies. 647 



joint smaller than the fifth, transverse, the fifth to the tenth 

 strongly transverse, the penultimate fully three times as 

 broad as long. Thorax without quadrately placed punc- 

 tures on the disc, the si<les presenting only a few very 

 obsolete and scattered punctures. Elytra exceedingly finely 

 aiul exceedingly sparingly punctured, very finely coriaceous. 

 Abdomen practically impunctate. 



(^ . Seventh dorsal segment with two small tubercles 

 before the posterior margin ; eighth narrowed, the lateral 

 margin on either side produced into a short, sharp, incurved 

 tooth, the posterior border between the teeth broadly 

 emarginate. 



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



95. Oyrophana (s. str.) atomaria, sp. n. 

 (Fauvel, t'n litt.) 



Minute, black or pitchy ; elytra sometimes brown. Thorax 

 very finely and very sparingly punctured, without dorsal 

 series of larger punctures. Elytra finely, sparingly, and 

 asperately punctured, Antennie and legs testaceous. 



Length 1 mm. 



Head impunctate. Antennse stout, the penultimate 

 joints three times as broad as long. Ti)orax very finely, 

 sparingly, and irregularly punctured. Elytra finely, spar- 

 ingly, and asperately punctured. Abdomen practically 

 impunctate. 



(S . Seventh dorsal segment a little iu front of the pos- 

 terior border with a pair of small tubercles, one on either 

 side of the middle line; eighth dorsal segment narrowed and 

 produced, the apex rounded. 



St. Vincent, Grenada (//. H. Smith) ; Haiti. Type iu the 

 British Museum. 



96. Gyrophcena (s. str.) puncta, sp. n. 



Reddish testaceous, shining; the elytra testaceous, inf'us- 

 cate at the postero-exterual angles ; abdomeu sometimes 

 infuscate on the sixtli segment. Autennre and legs pale 

 testaceous. 



Length 'To mm. 



Smaller and narrower than G. atomaria, m., and of 

 brighter coloration ; the thorax also with a dorsal row of 

 three very fine punctures on either side. Head im[)uuctate 

 and without visible ground-sculpture. Antennae stout, the 



