from the West Indies, 383 



Length 5 mm. 



This species is evidently closely allied to Z. {Mi/r/ne- 

 donia) lonr/ipes, Shp., having a similar autennal structure and 

 general facies; the thorax, however, is not quite so trans- 

 verse. 



Head broad, narrower than the thorax, with a few fine 

 sparse punctures near the eyes and base, the disc iui[)unctate; 

 eyes large and prominent. Antennai with the second joint 

 sliorter than the third, the fourth to the tenth all longer than 

 broad, but gradually decreasing in length so that tlie tenth is 

 but slightly longer than broad, all narrowed at the base, 

 the eleventh scarcely as long as the two preceding together. 

 Thorax transverse, the sides rounded for the anterior half, 

 rather strongly contracted and sinuate behind to the obtuse 

 posterior angles ; disc with a moderately broad, smooth, longi- 

 tudinal space thronghout, and a small deep impressiou 

 before the scutellum ; the rest of the surface, except the 

 sides and base, studded with moderately close granules, the 

 larger of which are situated towards the base. Elytra as 

 long as, but considerably broader than the thorax, trans- 

 verse, pretty closely covered with pointed tubercles which, 

 however, are not so large as those of the thorax. Abdomen 

 pointed, the margins strongly elevated, practically irapunc- 

 tate and glabrous, the middle of the base of the seventh seg- 

 ment (at least in the (^ ) with large and close punctures. 



(^ . Seventh dorsal segment coarsely punctured in the 

 middle of the base, from which area four fine keels pass 

 backwards towards the posterior margin, each ending in a 

 small tubercle before this is attained, the surface between 

 the keels coriaceous ; eighth dorsal segment similarly, but 

 more obsoletely punctured at the base, posteriorly with two 

 transverse rows, each of five or six tubercles ; the lateral 

 margin produced into a strong laterally compressed, pointed 

 tooth on either side, the posterior margin with six or seven 

 equal, contiguous, short teeth, the external separated from 

 the lateral margin by a wide emargination on either side. 

 Grenada {H. H. Smith). Type in the British Museum. 



138. Zyras ivaterhousei^ sp. n. 



(Fauvei, in litf.) 



Shining, black or pitchy-black, exceedingly finely and very 

 sparingly punctured; thorax slightly transverse. Antennre 

 pitchy- brown, the last joint clear yellow. Femora black, the 

 tibire and tarsi yellow. 



Length 2T mm. 



