16 Mr. H. Scott on Corylopliidae/rom the 



seiitative. The new form described below agrees closely with 

 M. nitidus m generic characters — in general sliape, form of 

 antenna?, mouth-parts, sterna, tarsi, &c., — bat is quite distinct 

 in specific characters. 



8. Meioierus qninssi/anus, sp. n. 

 (PI. II. fig." 12.) 



Sat late ovalis, supra fortiter nitidus, omnino glaber ; prothorace 

 unicolore, rufo, scutello elytrisque iinicoloribus, piceis, corpore 

 subtus fuaco-testaceo, pedibus aiitennisque testaceis, harum clavis 

 baud nigrieantibus ; prothorace fere impunctato, elytris subtiliter 

 remote punctatis, sine stria suturali. 



Long. Corp. ca. I'l mm. 



Rather broadly oval, moderately convex, very shining, 

 and quite glabrous above. Colour : prothorax unicolorous 

 reddish, the colour broadly diluted at the translucent front 

 margin, scutellum and elytra unicolorous pitchy, underside 

 brownish testaceous, legs and antenna? testaceous, clubs of 

 antennae not blackened. Thorax rather short, its front mar- 

 gin forming a wide curve ; for ordinary purposes it may be 

 called impunctate, though under a very high power a few 

 very remote and exceedingly fine punctures are visible, as 

 indicated in fig. 12. Elytra gradually curved, with lateral 

 margin narrowly refl^xed, tiiough when viewed from directly 

 above this is generally visible only in front, as shown in 

 fig". 12 ; punctures fine, remote, shallow, sli2,htly elongate ; 

 sutural stria entirely absent. Wings ample (mounted in 

 balsam). Metasternum and Jirst abdominal segment glabrous, 

 the former impunctate in the middle, finely and remotely 

 punctured at the sides, the latter finely and remotely punc- 

 tured. 



M. nitidus, Matth., is larger, more elongate-ovate in out- 

 line, with thorax much darker; the elytra are much deeper 

 black, their punctuation is, if anything, a little stronger, and 

 a sutural stria is discernible in the posterior part ; the ventral 

 surface is much blacker and the metasternum more closely 

 punctured at the sides. When the ventral surfaces of M. hili- 

 dus and M. quinssyanus are viewed side by side the greater 

 relative breadth ot M. quiiisf<ynnus is apparent, and the coxa? 

 of its middle and posterior pairs of legs look even more 

 widely distant, inter se, in spite of its smaller actual size. 



Loc. Seychelles : Silhouette, viii.-ix. 1908. 



Four examples, one from near Mont Pot-a-eau, at about 

 1500 feet, three from Mare aux Cochons, about 1000 feet. 



This species is named after Monsieur Le Queau de Quinssy, 



