the Sej/cIitUes Inlands and Aldahra. . 175 



than the protliorax, parallel iu $ , broader at base and soir.e- 

 ■\vliat attenuate in c^ ; closely set with subseriately arranged, 

 coarse, oblong, foveiform punctures, the narrow interspaces 

 minutely punctate and here and there transversely confluent. 



(^ . Femora stouter than in $ , the hind tibiae more 

 curved ; fifth ventral segment unimpressed, simply truncate 

 at tip. 



Length 6, breadth H mm. ( cT ? •) 



Loc. Seychelles : jNIahe. 



One pair, taken (4. ii. 1909) on the precipitous slopes of 

 the ])eak of Morne Seychellois at an elevation of about 

 2000 feet ; the specimens were obtained by sweeping a dense 

 low gmwth of native ferns and shrubs (Melastoma, RubuSy 

 Senecio sechelltnsis, &c.), among which were occasional 

 Ruscheria-]i?i\n\^ and other small trees. The coarselv and 

 closely foveato-punctate elytra separates the present species 

 from the Madagascar forms. The single representative 

 from the adjacent island of Silhouette cannot be treated as a 

 variety of it. 



13. Eurygenius convexicoUis, sp. n. 



^ . Elongate, rather narrow, opaque, the elytra and under 

 surface somewhat shining ; nigro-piceous, the epistoma and 

 scutellar region rufescent, the two basal joints of the antennee, 

 the mouth-parts (the tips of the mandibles excepted), femora, 

 and tarsi in part, testaceous ; somewhat thickly clothed, the 

 antennae and legs included, with rather long, pallid, coarse, 

 semierect pubescence. Head, palpi, and eyes as in E. fragili- 

 cornis, the antennae a little shorter and stouter, about as 

 long as in ? of that species. Prothorax distinctly broader 

 than the head (with the eyes), much narrowed behind. 

 Elytra broader than in E. fragilicornis, narrowing from the 

 base, the narrow interspaces between the subseriately 

 arranged foveiform punctures more rugose, giving a dull 

 appearance to the surface. Legs stout, the posterior tibiae 

 feebly curved. Fifth ventral segment broadly hollowed 

 down the middle, truncate at the apex. 



Length 6, breadth 1? mm. 



Loc. Seychelles : Silhouette, viii. 1908. 



One male example. 



Fam. XylopMlidaB. 

 Xylophilus. 

 Xylophilus, Latreille, Fam. Nat. Ilegne Anim. p. ,383 (1825). 

 A genus almost cosmopolitan iu its distribution. Three 



