from the West Indies, 389 



sliould serve to separate the species: — The head is much more 

 finely punctured, tlie antennae distinctly longer, and the 

 penultimate joints considerably less transverse ; the maxillary 

 palpi are entirely testaceous ; the thorax and elytra are much 

 more finely and rather more closely punctured ; the abdo- 

 men is narrower, much less coarsely punctured at the bases 

 of the segments, and much more finely and closely punc- 

 tured on the rest of the segments. 

 Haiti. Tj^pe in my collection. 



Aleocharini. 

 145. Aleochara (s. str.) bugnioni, sp. n. 



(Fauvel, in litt.) 



Black, shining ; abdomen with the whole of the eighth, 

 the whole or part of the seventh (and sometimes of the 

 posterior portion of the sixth) segments bright reddish 

 testaceous. Antennae with the first two joints pitchy ; legs 

 brown. 



Length 3*5 to 6*5 mm. 



This species has exactly the build of A. fuscipes, ¥., and 

 was regarded as a variety of that species by Fauvel. It varies 

 much in size, but the puncturation of the elytra in specimens 

 of the two species of corresponding size appears to be rather 

 coarser and not quite so close in A. bugnioni as in A. fuscipes ; 

 moreover, the posterior margin of the eighth dorsal segment 

 is furnished with nine or ten distinct teeth. 



Grenada, St. Vincent {H. //. Smith). Type in the British 

 Museum. 



146. Aleochara (s. str.) nigrocarulea, sp. n. 



Shining, blue-black ; the abdomen black. Antennae 

 rather stout, the first joint pitchy. Legs pitchy, the tarsi 

 reddish. Fore-parts coarsely punctured. 



Length 5'75 to 6'5 mm. 



Similar in build to A. curtuJa, Goeze, but readily i^ecoo- 

 nized apart from the colour by the much coarser pun(,'turatiou 

 of the fore-parts. Head broad, coarsely, deeply, and 

 moderately closely punctured. Antennae formed as in 

 A. curtula. Thorax pretty closely and coarsely punctured. 

 Elytra and abdomen punctured as in curtula. 



(^ . Eighth dorsal segment with thirteen or fourteen teeth 

 on the posterior maigin. 



Jamaica. Type in my collection. 



