146 Mr. S. Maulik on Cassidinse and Brucliidse. 



greater sloping of the elytra from tlie highest convex point, 

 (5) the more pronounced character of the costae on the apical 

 portion of the elytra. 



AspiDOMORPHA, Hope. 



2. Aspidomorpha apicalis (King). 



Camcla apicalis, Klug, Ins. Madag. 1833, p. 122; Bolieman, Mon, 



Cassid. ii. 1854, p. 257. • 

 Cassida decolorata, Boheman, Cat. Brit. Mus. ix. 1856, p. 144 ; id. 



Mon. Cassid. iv. 1362, p. 347. 

 Cassida sideuropcea, Thoiusou ; Weise, Deutsche Ent. Zeitsclir. 1896, 



p. 19 ; Kolbe, Abb. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. xxvi. 1902, p. 584. 

 Yar. lutea, Fairm., Bull. Soc. Ent. Frauce, 1896, p. 223 ; Weise, in 



Voeltzkow, Reise in Ost-Afrika, ii. 1910, p. 504. 



Loc. Seychelles : Mahe ; Cascade Estate, ca. 1000 ft., 

 i.-ii. 1909. Aldabra [teste Fairraaire and Kolbe). Known 

 also from Madagascar and -widely spread in Africa. 



The specimens from Mahe are all from cultivated land. 

 Several were found, together with a larva and a pupa, on 

 the leaves of sweet potatoes [Ipomcea batatas) in Jan. 1909. 

 After death most dried examples fade from green to a 

 uniform light yellow. 



CoPTocYCLA, Chevrolat. 



3. Coptocycla leopardina, Boheman. 



Coptocycla leopardina, Boheman, Mon. Cassid. iii. 1855, p. 255 ; id. 

 Cat. Brit. Mub. 1856, p. 175; Fairmaire, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xxxvii. 

 1893, p. 525 ; Alluand, Cat. Col. R6gion Malgache, 1900, p. 333. 



Not obtained by the Percy Sladen Trust Expedition. 

 Loc. Seychelles {teste Fairmaire, /. c). Madagascar, 

 Comoros. 



Bruchidae. 



Apparently no member of this family has been recorded 

 hitherto from any of the islands under review. Two species 

 were collected by the Expedition — one in Seychelles, the 

 other in Aldabra. According to Pic's * Catalogue of Bru- 

 chidse ' (1913), both are Oriental. 



Pachymerus, Thunberg. 



Caryohorus, Schonberr. 



4. Pachymerus g onager (Fabr.). 



Loc. Seychelles : Mahe, two specimens from Port Vic- 

 toria, xii. 1908. East Indies (Pic^ Catalogue, p. 7). The 



