196 prof, p. r. uhler on the [Mar. 6, 



were found on the Mirabeau estate, April 7, at an altitude of 

 250 feet ; on the Mount Gay estate, at levels from 200 to 400, on 

 August 21 ; and on the Chantilly estate, September 17, at an 

 altitude of 500 feet. Some came to the light at night, others 

 were taken while flying at sunset, and some others were swept 

 from herbage in open places. 



Bhinacloa, Eeuter. 

 Bhinacloa forticorstis, Eeuter. 



Rhinacloa forticornis, Eeuter, Ofv. Vetensk.-Akad. Forh. 1875, 

 no. 9, p. 88. 



This species was found at Balthazar, St. George's, and on the 

 Mount Gay estate in August, upon herbage growing in swampy 

 ground. 



CeEATOCOMBIUjE. 



Ceratocombus, Signoret. 



1. Ceratocombus brasiliensis, Eeuter. 



Ceratocombus brasiliensis, Eeuter, Monogr. Ceratocomb. p. 7, 

 no. 3, fig. 3. 



This species is common in both St. Vincent and Grenada, and 

 it seems to have a general distribution from Brazil to the Antilles. 

 Numerous specimens were collected at Balthazar, March 5, under 

 decaying leaves on a damp rock, next the shady bank of a stream. 

 At Woburn one specimen was found on the Windsor estate, at an 

 elevation of 500 feet, March 28, under decaying leaves on wet sand 

 on the shady bank of a stream. In August it was abundant on 

 the Mount Gay estate, at an elevation of 1900 feet above the sea, 

 in a clearing of the damp forest, with masses of brush and leaves. 



Individual specimens vary somewhat in the extent of the white 

 colour near the costal margin of the hemelytra. In some of them 

 scarcely more than a white dot is present, while in others the 

 colour is extended into a broad streak. In a small proportion of 

 the specimens the white is obsolete or absent. 



This form is closely related to, if not the same as, one which 

 belongs to the Gulf States and Florida ; but, as only soiled speci- 

 mens have been accessible to me, it is not possible to express a 

 settled opinion as to the identity of these insects. 



2. Ceratocombus minutus, sp. nov. 



Oblong-ovate, dull black ; form similar to C. brasiliensis, Bent., 

 but small, and comparatively wider across the hemelytra. Head 

 subconical, longer than wide, a little narrower than the apex of 

 the pronotum, minutely pubescent, sometimes tinged with rufous, 

 indented in the middle, with the tylus wide and prominent, and 

 the eyes projecting beyond the sides of the pronotum ; underside 

 of head testaceous, piceous on the tumid base of the gula, the 

 rostrum testaceous, reaching upon the middle coxae ; antennae 

 moderately stout, testaceous, the two apical joints slender and 



