from the West Indies, 375 



^ unknown. 



St. Vincent_, Grenada (//. H. Smith). Type in the British 

 ]\Iiiseuin. 



124. Atheta (s. str.) guadalupensis^ sp. n. 



(Fauvel, in litt.) 



Very shining ; the head and the abdomen black, the 

 tliorax and elytra dark brown. The first two joints of the 

 antennae, and more or less of the last, reddish testaceous. 

 Legs testaceous. 



Length 2 mm. 



Size and build of the preceding, but differs in the colour 

 and structure of the antennae and the less sparingly punc- 

 tured head, thorax, and elytra. 



Head black, very finely and moderately closely punctured. 

 Antennae with the second and third joints of equal length, 

 the fourth as loug or a little longer than broad, the fifth to 

 the tenth transverse, gradually increasing in breadth, the 

 penultimate only slightly transverse, the eleventh elongate, 

 rather longer than the two preceding together. Thorax 

 transverse, narrower than in A. coriaria, Kr., very finely 

 and rather sparingly punctured and pubescent. Elytra as 

 long as but broader than the thorax, transverse, very finely 

 and closely punctured and pubescent. Abdomen parallel, 

 the first three visible segments very finely and rather 

 sparingly punctured and pubescent, the sixth to the eighth 

 nearly glabrous. 



J . Eighth dorsal segment narrowed, the posterior margin 

 thickened," feebly emarginate and quadricrenulate. Seventh 

 dorsal segment with a minute tubercle immediately in front 

 of the posterior margin in the middle. 



Grenada, St. Vincent [H, H. Smith). Type in the British 

 Museum. 



125. Atheta (s. str.) plurispinosa, sp. n. 



Black, parallel, rather shining ; the elytra bright yellow, 

 with the postero-external angles more or less infuscate. 

 First three joints of the antenna and legs testaceous. 



Length 1*75 mm. 



A small rather robust parallel species, much smaller than 

 A. nigritida, Gr., and with more strongly transverse thorax, 

 brighter elytra, shorter antennae, the penultimate joints of 

 which are more strongly transverse. 



Head broad, finely and pretty closely punctured, finely 



