702 NINE NEW SPECIES OF COLEOPTEBA—LINELL. 



abdomen <;labrous and smooth. Legs red, femora strongly clavate, 

 finely pubescent. Tarsi infuscate, broad, short; first joint of bind tarsi 

 somewhat longer than the second. Length, 9.5 mm. One example 

 from Aldabra Island. 



Type.—^So. 579, T.S.N.M. 



This species is nearly allied to Glaucites {Leptocera) UneatieoUis, 

 Fairmaire, irom Madagascar, but is distinct by the i»iceoiis antenna', 

 stronger punctuation of thorax and a different arrangement of the 

 pubescent lines on the elytra. Two other species of the genus are 

 described from Madagascar, one of which also occurs on He de France. 



7. CRATOPUS VIRIDISPARSUS, Fairmaire. 



Cratopus viridiisparsm, Faikmairk, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fraucc, LXV, 1896 p. 222. 

 This is the only beetle recorded from Aldabra by Doctor Fairmaire 

 that was also collected there by Doctor Abbott. Two examples were 

 obtained. 1 have had a manuscript description of it for the last two 

 years and barely escaped making a synonym before going to press. 



INSECTS FROM GLORIOSO ISLAND. 



The insects collected by Doctor Abbott on this little island are as 

 follows : 



LEPIDOPTERA. 



Two species of buttertlies and three of moths, all of wide distribu- 

 tion. (Reported upon by Doctor Holland.) 



XEVliOPTEHA. 



Two species of Myrmeleon and one of Palpares. 



DIVTERA. 



Three species: Asilus, Tabanus, and Myodina. 



IIYMENOVTEKA . 



Four species: Eiimcnen Megachile, and Sphegidiv, two species. Three 

 of these were also collected on Malic Island. 



nEMIl'TEKA. 



Nezara riridula, Linna'us, a cosmopolitan si)ecics, and Leptoglossus 

 memhranarius, Fabricius. The latter species is common on Madagascar. 



nOMOPTEBA. 



A large Cicada, closely allied to the South .Vfrican PJatypJeKra Hm- 

 bata, Fabricius, but the fore wings are more densely maculate. 



GOLEOPTERA. 



Five species, of which three are here described as new. One is i)re- 

 viously described from the Seychelles, and the remaining one is of wide 

 distribution in Africa and Malayan Archii^elago. 



