174- ^]r. G. C. Champion on Coleoptera from 



11. Anthicus oceanicus. 



Anfhicu-t oceanicu.<<, Laferte, Monogr. Authic. p. 170; Fairin., Rev. et 

 Marr. Z(.ol. 1849, p. 452; Pic, Ann. Soc. Eiit. France, 1.^94, p. CCS; 

 Alliiaud, Hist. Madag., Coleopt. p. 487 ; Kolbe, Mitleil. Zool. Mus. 

 Berlin, v. p. 27. 



Loc. Seyclielles : Bird Island, vii. 1908 (^Fryer). Mar- 

 quesas ; Tahiti ; Polynesia. 



Three specimens are before me from Bird Island ; this is 

 one of two small coral-islands situated on tlie north of the 

 Seychelles Bank, but which have neither the peculiar flora 

 nor any of the physical features characteristic of the other 

 islands of the j^jroup. Recorded by Picas having been found 

 in numbers by M. Ch. Alluaud in the Seychelles iu April, 

 189.2, beneath seaweed on the coast. 



Fam. Pedilidae. 



Eurygenius, Laferte, Monogr. Autbic. p. 1 (1846). 



The known species of this genus are mostly from North 

 or Central America ; two from Madagascar, however, have 

 been descril)ed by Fairmaire, one from Japan by Lewis, one 

 from E. Africa and another from Bengal by Pic, one from 

 the Nilgiri Hills by myself, and one from E. Africa by 

 Kolbe. 



12. Eury genius fragilicornis, sp. n. (PI. VI. fig. 5, ? .) 



Elongate, narrow, somewhat shining, seneo-piceous or 

 piceous, tlie anterior portion of the head rufous, the basal 

 joint of the antennae, the mouth-parts (the tips of the man- 

 dibles excepted), the humeri, femora, and the tibiae in part 

 or entirely, testaceous ; somewhat thickly clothed, the legs 

 and antennae included, with rather long, semierect, pallid 

 pubescence. Head densely, rugulosely punctate, obli(|ucly 

 narrowed behind the eyes, the latter extremely large, 

 rounded, very feebly emarginate in front, coarsely facetted ; 

 mandibles entire; maxillary palpi with terminal joint stout, 

 securiform, the two preceding joints angulate within ; 

 antennai about half the length of the bod}', a little shorter 

 in $ , very slender, joints 3-10 elongate-obconic, subequal 

 in length, 2 shorter than 3, 11 slightly longer than 10 and 

 constricted beyond the middle. Prothorax narrower than 

 the head (with the eyes), transversely orbicular^ the narrow 

 neck-like anterior portion rather long, the entire surface 

 densely, rugulosely punctate. Elytra elongate, much wider 



