the Sei/cJulh's Inlands and AJdahra. 173 



elytra roughly sculptured aud obsoletely costate, the pro- 

 thoi-ax subtrifoveatej the apical joint of the autenuse feebly 

 constricted^ &c. 



10. Ananca suhmarginata, sp. n. 



cJ . Moderately elongate, narrow, depressed, shining, 

 finely pubescent ; pale testaceous, the tips of the mandibles, 

 the eyes, an oblong spot on each side of the prothorax, and 

 an evanescent subniarginal stripe on each elytron (extending 

 from the humeral callus to beyond the middle), black or 

 piceous ; the entire upper surface closely, very finely punc- 

 tate. Head slightly produced anteriorly ; mandibles each 

 bifid at the tip ; eyes large, separated by considerably more 

 than the width of one of them as seen from above ; antennse 

 slender, extending to a little beyond the middle of the elytra, 

 joints 3-5 subequal, 6-11 distinctly shorter, 11 feebly con- 

 stricted. Prothorax longer than broad, subcordate, slightly 

 hollowed on each side of the disc anteriorly and also in the 

 middle towards the base. Elytra comparatively broad, 

 moderately elongate, subparallel, faintly bicostate on the 

 disc for about three-fourths of their length, the jjunctuation 

 a little finer and more diffuse than that on the prothorax. 



^deagas (as seen completely everted) long, bisagittate at 

 the apex, the outer portion of the sheath also sagittate and 

 divided at the tip into two slender acute processes ; lateral 

 lobes widely separated from the base, extremely elongate, 

 slender, and ciliate. 



Length 7 mm. 



Loc. Aldabra : Takamaka, xi. 1908 {Fryer). 



One male. A rather slender form, with a spot on each 

 side of the prothorax and a submarginal streak on each 

 elytron infuscate, the eyes widely separated, the upper 

 surface shining and finely punctate, the mandibles bifid at 

 tlie tip. 



Fam. AnthicidaB. 



Anthicus. 



Anthicus, PaykuII, Fauna Suecica, i. p. 253 (1708). 



A cosmopolitan genus represented in all parts of the 

 world. 



