SPECIES OF THE MELOLONTHID GENUS LACHNOSTERNA. 191 



Lachnosterna montserratensis, sp. nov. (fig. 1, e, k). 



Castaneo-rufa, nitida, eljrtris abdomineque (cum pygidio) leviter pruinosis, illis 

 parcissime setosis, metasterno dense baud longe flavo-villoso ; oblonga, cylindrica, 

 capite lato, fortitersat dense aequaliterpunctato, clypeo valde bilobato, vix excavato; 

 pronoto aequaliter fortiter punctato, lateribus leviter crenatis, angulis omnil^us 

 obtusis, posticis rotundatis ; scutello fortiter punctato, medio fere laevi ; elytris 

 modice fortiter et crebre punctatis, costa suturali duabusque discoidalibus vix 

 perspicuis ; pygidio fortiter punctato ; pedibus gracilibus, unguibus valde dentatis, 

 dente reclinato ; antennis 9-articulatis, clava triphylla. 



(J, Clava antennali modice elongata, pedum posticorum calcaribus longis, tarsis 

 quam tibiis longioribus. 



Long. 17 '5-19 mm. ; lat. max. 9-10 mm. 



MONTSERRAT. 



In size, colour, sculpture and general appearance this rather closely resembles 

 L. jamaicensis, but there are numerous points of difference. There is a rather 

 faint bloom upon the elyi^ra, and this is more apparent upon the pygidium and 

 abdomen. These are also more reddish in colour than in the Jamaican species. 

 The head and pronotum are shining and strongly punctured, as in the latter, but 

 the head is broader, the eyes are larger, the clypeus flatter and more strongly 

 bilobed. The punctures of the pronotum are rather more numerous, the lateral 

 margins are slightly crenate and the hind angles rounded. 



I have not seen a female of this species. In the male the 6th j oint of the antenna 

 is not produced as in that of L. jamaicensis. The claw-tooth is very strong and 

 sharp, inclined a little backwards and separated by a very acute notch from the basal 

 dilatation. 



Lachnosterna antiguae, sp. nov. (flg. 1, d). 



Testaceo-rufa, corpore subtus, pedibus antennisque flavis ; cylindrica, parum 

 elongata, pruinosa, baud nitida, pectore dense abdominisque medio parce flavo- 

 hirto ; capite baud lato, grosseet rugose punctato, clypeo nitido, excavato, bilobato ; 

 pronoto sat fortiter baud crebre punctato, lato, lateribus fortiter arcuatis, vix 

 crenulatis, angulis anticis obtusis, posticis rotundatis ; scutello inaequaliter punc- 

 tato ; elytris leviter modice crebre punctatis, costa suturali duabusque discoid- 

 alibus vix perspicuis ; pygidio paulo densius punctato ; pedibus modice gracilibus, 

 tibiis anticis tridentatis, unguibus medio fortiter dentato ; antennis 9-articulatis, 

 clava triphylla. 



cJ, Antennarum clava ad stipitem longitudine aequali, articulo 6° brevissime 

 laminato, pedum posticorum tarsis quam tibiis longioribus ; $, clava antennali 

 brevi, pedum posticorum tarsis quam tibiis multo brevioribus. 



Long. 14-17 mm. ; lat. max. 7-9 mm. 



Antigua (H, A. Teynpany — ^April ; H. A. Ballou — March ; E. Elridge — July). 



Dominica (H. A. Ballon — ^May). 



Beetles and pupae were found in numbers in the soil of the cane-fields in March. 



The beetle is testaceous red in colour, its upper surface covered with a dull bloom 

 and the clypeus alone shining (in fresh specimens). The clypeus is rather narrow 

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