is Mr. H. Scolt on ()orylo[)lilJ;B/fc)/n the 



be identical with some described species wliieh I have not 

 seen. 



Condition of hind loings : see ante (p. 4) and below. 



9. Sericoderns ( Ani.snm^i'isffs) sei/rhellensis, sp. n. 



(PI. II. i\g<. ia-15.; 



Obconicus, iiitidus, nnicolor flavo-testaceus, pedibus antennisque 

 flavescentibus, haruoi clavis baud nigricantibus, sat loiige aureo- 

 pilosus ; prothorace 'stibtiliter punctata, inter punctos Isevi ; 

 elytris fortius punctatis, inter punctos parum asperutis ; antenuis 

 Curtis.- 



Long. corp. O'To^rO mm. 



Obconic, of the form cliaracteristic of S-ricoderus — that is, 

 -with thorax broader than elytra and j)roduced at the hind 

 angles, and with elytra narrowing- gradnally from the base 

 backwards, subtriincate at the apices, and with sides straig;ht, 

 not curved. S. (A.) seijchellensis is narrower in proportion 

 than some of its congeners. It is sliining, nnicolorous yellow- 

 testaceous, with legs and antenme yellowish, the clubs of the 

 latter not (or only very slightly) darkened. Body covered 

 above and below with golden pubescence, rather coarser and 

 longer than, and not quite so close as, in some species. Thorax 

 smootit, very finely ])nnctured; elytra rougher, with coarser 

 punctuation, which extends right to the base. Wings con- 

 siderably longer than elytra (mounted in balsam). 



Of all the forms whicli I have seen, the Hawaiian S. (-4.) 

 j^uhipennis, Sharp*, is nearest to S> {A.) seychellensis, but it 

 is larger and has the pubescence and punctuation denser. 

 It also differs in the form of the antennal joints (figs. 15, 15 a). 

 In sei/chellensis the antenna} are short, less than 1|- times the 

 breadth of the iiead, while in puhipennis they measure over 

 1^ tin)es the breadth of the head. In sei/cheUensis joint 2 

 is short and conspicuously broad in proportion, 3 and 4 are 

 short and transverse, and the division between them is con- 

 spicuous, 4 being narrowed at its base, 5 is very little broader 

 than long, 6 much more transverse, 7 consincuously larger 

 than 8, and the club-joints are short, {) and 10 both being 

 broader than long, in puhiptnnis (tigs. 16, IG a) joint 2 is 

 })roportionately much longer, 4 is differently shaped and 

 ]nuc!) less narrowed at its base, 9 and 10 are longer, being 

 about as long as broad. Perhaps characters of a more defi- 

 nite nature than some of those hitherto used may be found in 



* Tr. Dublin Soc. iii. 1885, p. 128 ; Matthews, ]Mou. CorylopLidee, 

 p. 121 ; Scott, •' Fauna Ilawaiieiisis/ iii. p. 417 (1908). 



