£2 On (lie Coleopterous Group " Ile[Ai\p]iy]\'im."^ 



fc lualitur fulvo-hirta, maris clypeo breviter bioornuto, tabereulis 

 duobus miuutis intra oculos ; prothorace ubique grosse et densis- 

 sinie punctato, autice et postice excurvato, angulis anticis obso- 

 letis, posticis obtusis ; elytiis acute costatis, iiiterstitiis opacis, 

 vis perspicue transverse plicatis. 

 Long. 4*5 mm. 



Hab. St. Vincent (Leeward side) ; Grenada (Grand 

 E tang, 1900 feet). 



Tiiis, the largest yet known of these species, was found by 

 Mr. H. H. Smith in Boleti. There is a single female 

 specimen in the Museum o£ a closely related s[)ecies from 

 Jamaica which it is perhaps desirable to describe here. 



Clierostus jainaicenslsj sp. n. 



Cylindrlcus, ferrugineus, anteiinis testaceis, capita grosse, hand 

 profiiude sed creberrime punctato, leviter loiigitudinaliter iin- 

 presso, depressione ( 5 ) brevissime fulv^o-pilosa, clypeo medio 

 Itevi ; prothorace grosse et densissiine punctato, antice et postice 

 excurvato, angulis anticis obsoletis, posticis obtusis ; elytris acute 

 costatis, iuterstitiis transverse plicatis. 



Long. 3 mm. 



Hah. Jamaica (Kingston). 



This is a smaller and narrower insect than those before 

 dcFcribed. The elytral interstices are more rugose and the 



Vpubescence upon the head of our specimen is extremely fine. 



^- Yet another species to be placed here is Xylohorus creni- 

 pennis of Motschulsky, of which the tarsi were erroneously 

 believed by him to be heteromerous. This was recoided from 

 Burma by the describcr^ but typical specimens in our collec- 

 tion received from him are (perhaps wrongly) supposed to 

 have been brought from Ceylon. There are also examples 

 from the Andaman Islands. This species is most nearly 

 related to the Australian form, G. Simpsom, Waterh., but is 

 smaller, narrower, and of a uniform brick-red colour. There 

 is a smooth space upon the i'ront of the liead placed longitu- 

 dinally, whereas a simih\r patch in G. Simpsoni is transverse. 

 The typical species, G. Walheri^ of which the original 

 specimens were brought from Damma Island, also exists in 

 the island of Matabello. 



The generic classification of these peculiar little beetles 

 can only be regarded as provisional until our knowledge of 

 them has become more complete. The hairy fringe upon the 

 head may, perhaps, be found to constitute an important 

 sectional distinction. This, as I have indicated, is a pecu- 

 liarity of the female sex. It docs not appear to occur in all 



