380 Mr. M. Cameron on neiu Staph jllriidge 



of tlie fore-parts coarser and more asperate, and the antennse 

 differently constructed. 



Head black, moderately finely and asperately punctured. 

 Antennae with the second and. third joints of equal length, 

 the fourth as long as broad, the fifth to the tenth transverse, 

 but scarcely differing in breadth amongst themselves, the 

 penultimate scarcely half as broad again as long, the 

 eleventh as long as the two preceding together. Thorax 

 transverse, the sides pretty strongly and evenly rounded, the 

 disc without impression, the puncturation as on the head. 

 Elytra as long as, but wider than the thorax, transverse, 

 moderately finely, closely, and asperately punctured. Ab- 

 domen narrowed posteriorly, finely and moderately closely 

 punctured, rather more sparingly behind; the pubescence 

 rather coarse and long, coarser than in parva, the sides 

 setiferous. 



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



133. Atheta (Acrotona) reducta, sp. n. 

 (Fauvel, in litt.) 



Minute, moderately shining, pitchy ; the elytra brownish 

 testaceous. Antennge with the first joints pitchy-testaceous. 

 Legs testaceous. 



Length 1*1 mm. 



A minute, obscurely coloured, roughly punctured, and 

 somewhat shining species, allied to the preceding. 



Head pitchy-brown, finely, moderately closely, and as- 

 perately punctured. Antennse with the third joint a little 

 shorter than the second, the fourth and fifth as long as 

 broad, the sixth to the tenth transverse, scarcely increasing 

 in width, the penultimate only slightly broader than long, 

 the eleventh as long as the two preceding together. Thorax 

 transverse, the sides rounded, finely, closely, and asperately 

 punctured, finely pubescent. Elytra a little longer and 

 broader than the thorax, slightly transverse, finely, closely, 

 and asperately punctured, finely pubescent. Abdomen nar- 

 rowed gradually from base to apex, finely and pretty closely 

 punctured, rather more sparingly on the posterior half of 

 the seventh and whole of the eighth segments ; pubescence 

 rather long and coarse, the sides and apex setose. 



St. Vincent (/7. H. Smith). Type in the British Museum. 



134. Atheta (Acrotona) cacophila, sp. n. 

 (A. discrepans, Fauvel, in lift.) 

 Pitchy-black, shining ; the elytra brownish yellow, darker 



