86 Mr. Charles J. Gahan on the 
(?) Prionus vittattcs, Oliv., Entomologie iv., No. 66, 
p. 39, pi. 6, fig. 20, 6 (1795). 
Hah. Haiti. 
SoLENOPTEEA, ServiUe. 
24. Sole7ioptera canaliculafa, Fabr. 
Prionus canaliculahiSy Fabr., Mant. Ins. i., p. 130 
(1787). 
Solenoptera suhranaliculata, White, Cat. Longicornia 
B, M., p. 53 (1850). 
Var. 8. asteria (Buq. MS.), Gahan, Ann. and Mag. Nat. 
Hist. (6) vi., p. 27. 
(?) Prionus canaliculatus, Oliv., Ent. iv., No. 66, p. 25, 
pi. 9, figs. 32, A, B. 
Hah. Mustique T. in the Grenadines, St. Vincent — 
Windward side. Young I., and Becquia T. (H. H. Smith); 
also Trinidad. 
Yar. asteria. Martinique (Dej. D. Buquet) and Guade- 
loupe (Lherminier). 
Pronotum with a distinct furrow along the middle, with a 
single band of dense white pubescence in the furrow. Elytra 
black or dark-br6wn, rugosely punctured. Antennas dull black or 
brown. 
Yar. asteria. Elytra reddish-brown. Antennae reddish-brown, 
and subnitid. 
25. Soleiioptera metallescens, Thorns., Essai Class, des 
Cerambycides, p. 306 (1860) 
Hah. Cuba (according to Thomson). 
Pronotum with a distinct furrow along the middle. Furrow 
with a single band of dense white pubescence. Prothorax and 
elytra with a bronzy-brown tint, veiled by a sparse ashy-grey 
pubescence. The species seems to come nearest to S. canaliculata, 
from which it may be easily distinguished by its colour and 
pubescence. 
26. Solenoptera sulcicoUis, Thorns., Essai Class, des 
Cerambycides, p. 306 (1860); Fleut. and Salle, 
Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr., 1889, pi. g, fig. 15. 
Hah. Guadeloupe (Lherminier, Delauney, andYitrac). 
Pronotum with a distinct furrow along the middle. Furrow 
