from the West Indies, ♦^>G5 



tliemsclvcs, tlin eleventh nearly as long as the two proccdiii;^ 

 together. Thorax of the usual shape of the subgenus, deeply 

 sulcate in the middle and rather more finely though about 

 as closely punetured as the head. Scutellura without groove 

 or keels. Elytra about as long as, but broader than the 

 thorax, square, very finely and not very closely punctured 

 for the greater part, but in the seutellary region obviously 

 more coarsely and much more closely punctured. Ablouien 

 very finely and not very closely punctured, and pubescent 

 throughout. 



Grenada (//. H. Smith). Type in the British Museum. 



109. Stenagria basiventris, sp. n. 



P)lack, shining; the elytra pitcliy-black, the third (first 

 visible) dorsal segment of the abdomen yellow. Antennae 

 elongate, black, the first joint pitchy, the terminal pale 

 yellow. Legs black, the tarsi yellow. 



Length 2*75 mm. 



Head orbicular, as broad as the thorax, extremely finely 

 and rather sparingly punctured at the base and sides, the 

 vertex and front impunetate. Antennse elongate, all the 

 joints distinctly longer than broad, gradually decreasing in 

 hMigth from the fourth, the eleventh joint longer than the 

 tenth. Thorax widest just before the middle, the sides from 

 thence rounded and narrowed in front, pretty strongly con- 

 tracted in a lightly curved line to the obtuse but somewhat 

 prominent posterior angles ; disc deeply snlcate, the base 

 immediately adjacent to the posterior margin closely and 

 rather coarsely punctured, the rest of the surface extremely 

 finely and rather sparingly punctured. Scutellum witli 

 smooth median keel, somewhat coarsely and closely punc- 

 tured. Elytra as long as, but broader than, the thorax, 

 scarcely transverse, very finely and moderately closely 

 })nnctured at the base, the rest of the abdomen very finely 

 and not very closely punctured. 



Jamaica. Type in my collection. 



PSEUDOGNYPETA, gCU. UOV. 



Labrum transverse, truncate, the sides and anterior angles 

 rounded. jMandibles rather slender, sharply pointed, the 

 right with a minute tooth about the midtlle of the inner 

 border, the left simple, both witli a ciliated membrane at 

 the base. Maxillary palpi 4-jointed, the first joint small, 

 the second elongate, slightly curved and thickened tow^irds 

 the apex, the third a little longer than the second, narrowed 



