198 PEOP. p. B. tTHLER o>T THE [Mar. 6, 



specimens from the "West Indies agree in all respects with the 

 description given by Mr. Renter. This species is now known to 

 me through specimens from Venezuela, Central America, and the 

 Antilles. 



Several specimens were taken at Balthazar and on the Grand 

 Etang, in August and the early part o£ September. They were 

 captured while flying, at sunset, and at various elevations from 

 600 to 1300 feet above the sea. 



Ptenidiophtes, Eeuter. 

 Pteutdiophtes mirabilis, Eeuter. 



Ptenidiophyes mirahilis, Eeuter, Monogr. Ceratocomb. p. 26, 

 no. 1, fig. 15. 



Only three specimens were secmred : one on the Chantilly 

 estate, early in August, on a hillside, in the piles of decaying 

 weeds ; and the others were found on the Grand Etang, August 9, 

 at an elevation of 1900 feet above the sea, where they were beaten 

 from masses of roots and decaying leaves. The type was taken 

 in Brazil. 



Anthocoeid^. 



Lasiochiltjs, Eeuter. 



1. Lasiockeltts PAiLiDuxTJS, Eeuter. 



Lasiochilus pallidulus, Eeuter, Monogr. Anthoc, Acta Soc. 

 Fenn. xiv. 1884, p. 571. 



Many specimens were collected at various points on the island. 

 At Balthazar they were taken, April 7, at an elevation of 250 

 feet above the sea, while flying over open places at sunset. On 

 August 7 they were taken at the same place from vines and 

 bushes. At the Grand Etang they were found, September 15, at 

 an elevation of 1900 feet, among piles of weeds. Others were 

 taken on the Mount Gay estate. 



2. Lasiochilus taeicolok, sp. nov. 



Oblong-oval, much less robust, narrower and more tender than 

 L. pallidulus, Eeut,, fusco-testaceous, pale pubescent, paler 

 beneath, and with the head, pronotum, and base of scutellum 

 rufo-piceous. Head highly polished, shorter than the pronotum, 

 with the eyes black, large, and extending beyond the width of the 

 front of the pronotum ; antennae moderately slender, pubescent, 

 testaceous, sometimes a little dusky, and darker on the ends of the 

 joints, a little longer than the head, prothorax, and scutellum 

 united, the second joint stout, a little longer than the head, 

 slightly thickened at tip ; rostrum pale testaceous, reaching 

 behind the anterior coxae, the basal joint thick, barely reaching to 

 the eye. Pronotum polished, with slender transverse \vrinkles ; 

 the coUum narrow but distinct ; the anterior lobe convexly elevated, 

 with an impressed point on the middle ; the lateral margin feebly 

 sinuated behind, but strongly contracted in front ; the posterior 



