from the Went Indies. 387 



diameter much ^i^reater than the length of tlie temples; very 

 finely and moderately closely punctured, very finely pubes- 

 cent. Antennae with the third joint much shorter and more 

 slender than the second, the fourth to the tenth transverse, 

 gradually increasing- in breadth, the penultimate nearly three 

 times broader than long. Thorax twice as broad as long, 

 the sides evenly rounded, a little narrower in front than 

 behind, the posterior angles obsolete, the base passing 

 insensibly into the sides ; sculpture and pubescence very 

 similar to that of the head. Elytra one-third longer and a 

 little broader than the thorax, transverse, more finely and 

 more closely punctured than the thorax. Abdomen scarcely 

 narrowed behind, very finely and moderately closely punc- 

 tured on the anterior segments, much more sparingly 

 behind. 



(^ . Third (first visible) dorsal segment with a slender 

 spine arising from the middle of the posterior margin ; 

 eighth broadly rounded. 



Grenada (Mount Gay Estate) {H. H. Smith). Type in the 

 British Museum. 



OXYPODINI. 



142. Ocyusa granella, sp. n. 



(Schistoglossa yranella, Fauvel, in Hit.) 



Black, moderately shining ; the thorax, elytra, and some- 

 times the base of the abdomen, pitch-black. Eirst two joints 

 of the antennae and legs testaceous. 



Length 1*8 mm. 



This species is very similar to Atheta amicula, Steph., in 

 general appearance (except that the thorax is less transverse), 

 size, and colour ; the tarsi, however, have the structure of 

 Ocijusa. 



Head black, subquadrate, the eyes rather large, not 

 prominent, their diameter rather more than the length 

 of the temples; vertex with a short longitudinal impressed 

 line, very finely and pretty closely punctured and pubescent 

 and without ground-sculpture. Antennae with the third joint 

 shorter than the second, the fourth to the tenth transverse, 

 gradually increasing in breadth, the penultimate about three 

 times as broad as long, the eleventh large, conical, longer 

 than the two preceding joints together. Thorax about one- 

 third as broad again as long, widest a little behind the 

 anterior angles, the sides from thence rounded and narrowed 

 in front, behind more strongly narrowed to the rounded 

 posterior angles in a nearly straight line, pitch-brown, very 



