from the West Indies. 881 



<at tlie scutcllmn. First two joints of ilic anteniKP and the 

 legs testaceous. 



Length 1*75 mm. 



Allied to A. qiuesticuliu Slip., but smaller, rather more 

 finely punctured, and the abdomen with much less coarse 

 pubescence, which is more analogous to that usual in the 

 genus Od-ypoda. 



Head black, shining, very finely and pretty closely punc- 

 tured, finely pubescent. Antennre witli the third joint a 

 little shorter than the second^ the fourth to the tenth trans- 

 verse, the penultimate about half as broad again as long, 

 the eleventh about as long as the two preceding together. 

 Thorax a little transverse, very finely, closely, and asperately 

 ])nnctured, the disc with a distinct median groove extending 

 nearly to the anterior margin. Elytra as long as, and a 

 little broader than the thorax, transverse, finely, closely, and 

 asperately punctured, finely pubescent. Abdomen contracted 

 from the base to the apex, very finely and pretty closely 

 punctured and finely pubescent, the seventh and eighth 

 segments only a little less closely than the preceding. 

 Middle tibiae with a rather strong setie about the middle ; 

 posterior tibicC with a weak seta similarly placed. 



Grenadines {H. H. Smith), Type in the British Museum. 



135. Atheta (^Acrotona) flavoterminata, sp. n. 



Black, moderately shining ; the elytra dark brown. An- 

 tennae with the first two joints brownish yellow, the eleventh 

 clear testaceous-yellow. Legs testaceous. 



Length 2 mm. 



Except for the elytra being shorter, this species is exactly 

 similar in build to ^. jyarivi. Sahib., the antenna) also are 

 very similar in build ; the puncturation of the fore-parts is, 

 however, stronger in the species under consideration. 



Head finely and rather closely punctured, finely pubescent. 

 Antennae with the second and third joints of equal length, 

 the fourth slightly longer than broad, the sixth to the tenth 

 transverse, gradually increasing in breadth, the penultimate 

 scarcely half as broad again as long, the eleventh as long as 

 the two preceding together. Thorax strongly transverse, 

 more than half as broad again as long, the sides rounded ; 

 finely and closely punctured, finely pubescent. Elytra as 

 long as, but scarcely broader than the thorax, transverse, 

 sinuate internal to the postero-external angle, finely, closely, 

 and somewhat asperately punctured, finely pubescent. Ab- 

 domen very finely and pretty closely punctured and 



