from the We.'it ImUes. 370 



131. Atheta (Dhneirota) Jlota/a, sp. n. 



Shining ; tlie lieatl black, tlie thorax j)itc]i7, the elytra 

 brownish testaceous. Anteuun^ rather long and stout, the 

 first two joints pitchy, the penultimate as long as broad. 

 Legs testaceous. 



Length 2'8 mm. 



Very simihar to A. leucoptera, Slip., but a little more 

 robust, the colour of the elytra more obscure, the inter- 

 mediate joints of the antenna} shorter, and the (^ characters 

 ditForent. 



Head black, the eyes rather large, their diameter greater 

 than the length of the temples ; finely and pretty closely 

 punctured and finely pubescent. Antennas rather long and 

 stout, the second and third joints of equal length, the fourth 

 to the seventh longer than broad, gradually decreasing in 

 length, the eighth, ninth, and tenth as long as broad, the 

 eleventh elongate, as long as the two preceding together. 

 Thorax transverse, the disc with trace of median longitudinal 

 groove, and with a small impression before the scutellum ; 

 puncturation coarser than that of the head and a little 

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

 transverse, moderately coarsely and pretty closely punctured 

 and finely pubescent. Abdomen scarcely attenuated behind, 

 finely and pretty closely punctured and pubescent on the 

 first three visible segments, more sparingly behind. Inter- 

 mediate and posterior tibiae each with a pair of distinct 

 setae, that near the knee the finer and shorter. 



(^ . Eighth dorsal segment on either side posteriorly with 

 a short, blunt spine, and two triangular, short, blunt teeth, 

 one on either side of the middle line, which are separated 

 from the lateral spines by a rather deep semicircular 

 excision. 



Jamaica. Type in my collection. 



132. Atheta (Acrotofia) sta(/nicola,s^. n. 

 (Fauvel, in litt.) 



Black or pitchy-black, rather shining. Antennae with 

 the first two joints reddish testaceous, the penultimate 

 scarcely transverse. Legs testaceous. 



Length 1*75 mm. 



A small, roughly punctured, and coarsely pubescent 

 species, allied to A. purva, Sahib., but more shining, the 

 sides of the thorax more strongly rounded, the puncturation 



