from the West Indie's, 3G7 



ground-sculpture fine and coriaceous. Antennae with tlie 

 second joint a little shorter than tiie first and tliird, the fourth 

 to the sixth as long as broad, gradually increasing in size, 

 the seventh to the tenth transverse, gradually increasing in 

 breadth, the penultimate half as broad again as long, the 

 eleventh elongate, pointed, about as long as the three pre- 

 ceding together. Thorax transverse, wider than the head, 

 shorter than in G. carbonariay but otherwise similarly con- 

 structed, finely and rather sparingly punctured ; ground- 

 sculpture fine^ coriaceous. Scutellum dark, closely punc- 

 tured. Elytra a little longer and broader than the thorax, 

 scarcely transverse, finely and pretty closely punctured and 

 pubescent. Abdomen nearly impunctate. 



S . Eighth dorsal segment broadly rounded and with a 

 minute notch in the middle of the posterior border, on 

 either side with a rather deep emargination bounded exter- 

 nally by a strong and stout tooth, which does not quite 

 attain the level of the posterior border of the central lobe. 



Jamaica. Type in my collection. 



111. Gnypeta basiventriSj sp. n. 



(FaiiTel, in litt.) 



Shining, black ; the thorax pitchy, the elytra brownish 

 testaceous, the first two (visible) abdominal segments red- 

 dish testaceous. Antennae reddish testaceous, the first three 

 joints ligliter. Legs testaceous. 



Length 1'75 mm. 



Very similar in build, though much smaller than G. car- 

 bonaria,, Mannerh., and diflering also in coloration and the 

 more distinctly punctured head. 



Head suborbicular, the eyes large, their diameter rather 

 more than the length of the temples ; very finely and 

 rather closely punctured at the sides, more obsoletely and 

 sparingly in front. Antennae with the third joint a little 

 shorter thau the second, the fourth to the seventh a little 

 longer than broad, gradually decreasing in length, the eighth 

 as long as broad, the ninth and tenth slightly transverse, the 

 eleventh elongate, as long as the two preceding together. 

 Thorax transverse, wider than the head, finely, obsoletely, 

 but rather closely punctured. Elytra as long as, but broader 

 than the thorax, transverse, exceedingly finely and obsoletely 

 and rather closely punctured. Abdomen very finely and 

 moderately closely punctured and pubescent throughout. 



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



