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HoLCOPELTE, Foerster. 



HOLCOPELTE NIBEOCYANEUS. 



" Holcopelte nigrocyaneus, Ashmead, Linn. Journ., Zool. xxv. p, 171., 

 St. Vincent. 



Eleven males and females, Chantilly, Mirabeau, and Mount 

 Gray estates, Balthazar, under varying conditions. 



Holcopelte metallicus. 



Holcopelte metallicus, Ashmead, Linn. Jouni., Zool. xxv. pp. 170-171» 

 St. Vincent. 



Eiglit male and female specimens, Mount Gay, Chantilly and. 

 Mirabeau estates, Balthazar, under varying conditions. 



Holcopelte nigeo^neus. 



Holcopelte nigroseneus, Ashmead, Linn. Journ,, Zool. xxy. p. 172. 

 St. Vincent. 



Seven male and female specimens, Mirabeau and Mount Gay 

 estates, St. John's Eiver and Balthazar, under varying conditions. 



Holcopelte cupeetjs. 



Holcopelte cupreus, Ashmead, Linn. Journ., Zool. xxv. pp. 171-172, 

 St. Vincent. 



Pour females, one male, Mount Gay estate, Balthazar, and St, 

 John's Eiver, March 4 to April 10, 250 feet, came to light, taken 

 in house on window, swept. 



Deeostenus, Westwood. 



DeEOSTENUS EOTUIS^DUS. 



Derostenus rotundus, Ashmead, Linn. Journ., Zool. xxv. p. 174, 

 St. Vincent. 



Eight male and female specimens, Mirabeau and Mount Gay 

 estates, Balzathar, under varying conditions. 



Deeostentjs violaceus, sp. n.* 



$. Length 1*0 mm.; expanse 1"95 mm. Head faintly 

 shagreened ; pro- and mesonotum rather strongly shagreeno- 

 punctate ; first funicle-joinfc of antennse as long as pedicel, joint 

 2 shorter than 1, joint 3 as long as 1 and broader, 4 equal to 3 ;. 

 club flattened, ovate, nearly as long as two preceding joints 

 together ; wings hyaline. Colour dark violaceous ; antennae, 

 all tibiae and tarsi, and middle femora light honey-yellow ; front 

 and hind femora brown above and in middle, yellowish at each 

 end. 



* This species beloDgs to the genus Closterocerus. — L. O. H. 



