from the West Indies. 371 



Build of A. amic}iln, Stcpli., but much smaller than this 

 species and differently coloui'ed. 



Head large, sai)([uadrate, black, shining, finely and pretty 

 closely punctured, finely pubescent. Eyes rather large. 

 Antennit with the third joint shorter than tlie second, the 

 fourth to the tenth transverse, gradually increasing in 

 Avidth, the penultimate rather more than twice as broad as 

 long. Thorax pale reddish testaceous, transverse, wider 

 than tlie head, finely and rather closely punctured, finely 

 pubescent. Elytra one-third longer and a little broader 

 than the thorax, transverse, testaceous, finely and rather 

 more closely punctured than the thorax. Abdomen with the 

 first two visible and the seventh and eighth segments rather 

 obscurely reddish testaceous, finely and rather sparingly 

 punctured, especially behind. 



t^ . Eighth dorsal sediment truncate; sixth vertical seg- 

 ment narrowed and produced. 



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



118. Aiheta (s. str.) insularum, sp. n. 

 {Ocalea insularum, Fauvel, in Htt.) 



Pitchy, greasy-lustrous ; the elytra brownish testaceous or 

 brown. Abdomen black, more shining than the fore-parts, 

 the whole of the eighth and more or less of the seventh 

 segments bright reddish testaceous. Antennaa with the first 

 three joints testaceous ; legs testaceous. 



Length 3"75 to 4"2 mm. 



An elongate paiallel species, rather resembling A.pallidi- 

 cornis, Thonis., in build, but the thorax is rather broader. 



Head black or pitchy-black, transverse, very finely and 

 moderately closely punctured, very distinctly but finelv 

 coriaceous, and finely pubescent; the eyes large, their 

 diameter greater than the length of the temples. Antennae 

 with the second joint shorter than the third, the fourth a 

 little longer than broad, the fifth, sixth, and seventh as long 

 as broad, the eighth to the tenth slightly transverse, the 

 eleventh elongate, longer than the two preceding together. 

 Thorax pitchy-brown, nearly twice as broad as long, very 

 finely, obsoletely, and not closely punctured, very distinctly 

 but finely coriaceous. Elytra as long as but a little broader 

 than the thorax, transverse, brown, with the shoulders 

 brownish yellow, or more or less entirely brownish testa- 

 ceous, finely and closely punctured, finely pubescent. 

 Abdomen shining, of the colour above indicated, and some- 

 times M'ith the posterior margins of the anterior segments 



