372 Mr. M. Cameron on new Stapliylinidge 



narrowly brownish; the second to the sixth segments very 

 finely and not very closely punctured, the seventh and eighth 

 segments yet more sparingly. 



cf . Eighth dorsal segment produced in the middle into 

 a short lobe, the margin of which is broadly and slightly 

 emarginate ; lateral margin on either side forming a strong 

 slightly incurved pointed tooth, not extending beyond the 

 level of the central lobe and separated from it by a rather 

 deep rounded emargination. 



St. Vincent, Grenada (H. H. Smith). Type in the 

 British Museum. 



119. Atheta (s. str.) cristofera, sp. n. 



Black, shining ; the elytra brownish-testaceous, the 

 postero-external angles more or less infuscate. Antennae 

 dark, the legs testaceous. 



Length 3"3 mm. 



In coloration and build very similar to A. euryptera, 

 Steph., but the thorax narrower ; the colour and structure of 

 the antennae is very similar, except that the fourth jonit is 

 transverse in the species under consideration. 



Head very finely and rather sparingly punctured, finely 

 coriaceous. Antennae entirely dark, the second and third 

 joints of equal length, the fourth to the tenth transverse, 

 gradually increasing in width, the penultimate half as 

 broad again as long. Thorax transverse, narrower than in 

 A. euryptera but otherwise similarly built, but much more 

 closely and rather more finely punctured than in that 

 species; ground-sculpture fine and coriaceous. Elytra 

 scarcely longer, but broader than the thorax, transverse, 

 finely and rather closely punctured. Abdomen very finely 

 and rather sparingly punctured, especially posteriorly, finely 

 and sparingly pubescent. 



S . Seventh dorsal segment with a strong median keel 

 occupying the posterior half; eighth with the posterior 

 border furnished with four crenulations or small teeth. 



Jamaica. Type in my collection. 



120. Atheta (s. str.) albipennis, sp. n. 



(Fauvel, in litt.) 



Black, shining; elytra pale testaceous, a little infuscate 

 about the scutellum ; apex of the abdomen (obscurely), 

 first three joints of the antennae, and legs testaceous. 



Length \'7b mm. 



