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IX. — Cassidinse and Bruchidse [Coleopteral from the Sey^ 

 chelles Islands and Aldabra. By S. jMaulik, B.A. 

 (Cantab.). 



This paper deals vritli the material o£ these groups obtained 

 by the Percy S laden Trust Expedition, in 1908-9, in the 

 Seychelles Islands aud Aldabra. Many of the results of 

 this expedition have been published in special volumes 

 of the Linnean Society's 'Transactions' (ser. 2, Zool. 

 vols, xii.-xvii.), in which series the writer of the present 

 paper has already reported on the Hispince of the Seychelles 

 (vol. xvi. pp. 237-212, 1913). 



Chrysomelidae. 



Cassidin.j<:. 



This subfamily is represented by two spscies — HopUonota 

 lila, sp. n., and Aspidomorpha apicaUs, King. The former 

 is allied to certain Madagascar species^ the latter is known 

 from Madagascar and Africa. The only memi)er of the 

 group previously recorded from the Seychelles was Copto- 

 cycla leopardina, Boheman, known also from Madagascar 

 and the Comoro Islands ; but this was not obtained by the 

 Percy Sladen Trast Expedition. 



HoPLioNOTA, Hope. 

 1. HopUonota lila^, sp. n. 



Quadrate, slightly narrowed behind ; as seen in profile 

 very convex behind the middle, from the highest point 

 of the convexity a gentle slope towards the head aud a 

 sudden decline towards the posterior extretnit}^ ; subnitid. 

 Head, antennae, prothorax with its lateral expansions, scu- 

 tellum, the elytral expansions, and the underside orange-red. 

 Eyes black. Basal half of elytra green, without costse, 

 apical half dark red. Elytra without spines or tubercles. 

 Len2;th 5 mm. ; greatest breadth 45 mm. 



Head not completely concealed under the pronotum, 

 dorsal surface slightly depressed between the eyes ; viewed 

 dorsally the vertex is bilobed and slightly projecting ; the 

 antennae are situated under the lobes. Eyes oblong-ovate. 

 Antennae : joint 1 elongate and distally thickened, joint 2 



* A Sanskrit word, used with reference to the green colour cf the 

 elytra. 



