442 Mr. G. Clark on the Cocoa-nut of the Seychelles Islands. 
Regularly ovate, robust ; antennz rather longer than half the 
body, slender, filiform, scarcely thickened at their apex. Thorax 
more than twice as broad as long; sides narrowly margined, very 
slightly rounded, and converging from base to apex, anterior 
angles thickened ; upper surface very minutely punctured ; the 
usual longitudinal impression on either side at the base strongly 
marked, transverse groove distinct. Elytra rather broader at 
their base than the thorax, ovate, slightly narrowed towards 
their apex, very convex, impressed within the humeral callus- 
with a curved semicircular depression. Hinder thighs strongly 
thickened, unarmed beneath. 
Arsipoda rugulosa. 
A. anguste ovata, modice convexa, obscure fulva, nitida; antennis 
extrorsum nigris; pectore, abdomine femoribusque posticis (basi 
preetermissa) obscure piceis, vertice elytrisque cupreo-zeneis ; 
thorace fusco-zeneo. 
Long. 23 lin. 
Hab. Melbourne. 
Facial ridge very broad, scarcely raised; facial plates trans- 
verse, separated from the front by an indistinct transverse groove, 
vertex minutely granulose: antenne scarcely equal to half the 
length of the body, slightly thickened towards their apex ; four 
basal joints, together with the bases of the fifth and sixth, ful- 
vous—the first four stained above with piceous. Thorax more 
than twice as broad as long; sides slightly rounded, converging 
from base to apex; anterior angles obliquely truncate, slightly 
reflexed ; upper surface irregularly excavated on the sides, closely 
rugulose, impressed a short distance in front of the basal margin 
with a faint transverse groove, which does not extend to the 
lateral border. Elytra rather broader than the thorax, irregularly 
punctured, their whole surface covered with irregular transverse 
ruge. : 
L.—On the Cocoa-nut of the Seychelles Islands, or Coco-de-Mer. 
By Mr. Grorce Cxiark, of the Seychelles.* . 
Tur Coco-de-Mer is undoubtedly the most remarkable plant in 
this colony and its dependencies, one of which is the only spot 
in the world in which it is indigenous. The fruit was known 
long before the plant which produces it, or the locality m which 
it is found; and various fables were invented as to its origin, and 
marvellous virtues were attributed to its qualities. The few 
known specimens of it which existed were valued at an enormous 
price till, im 1742, the discovery of the Seychelles archipelago 
made known the habitat and nature of this singular production. 
* Communicated by Dr. Bond. 
