178 Mr. G. C. Champion on CoJeoptera from 



16. Xylophilus seychellarum, sp. u. (PI. VI. fig. 8, ^ .) 



Rather short, moderately shining, nigro-piceous or piceous, 

 the base and tip of the antemife, t!ie j)a1pi, the base of the 

 ])roth()rax in the middle in some examj)les, the humeri or 

 base of the elytra, and the legs testaceous, clothed with a 

 tine sericeous pubescence. Head short, together with the 

 eyes much wider than the prothorax, finely punctate ; eyes 

 large, occupying almost the whole of the sides of the head, 

 separated anterioi'ly by al)out half the width of one of them 

 in (;^, more distant in ?, feeljjy cmarginate ; antennae ( c^ ) 

 finely pubescent, long, slender, joint 2 short, 8-10 moderately 

 elongate, becoming gradually shorter and wider^ 9 and 10 

 subtriangular, 11 stouter, obliquely acuminate, nearly as 

 long as 9 and 10 united, ( $ ) similar, but much shorter, 

 Prothorax convex, broader than long, parallel-sided at the 

 base, closely, finelj'^ punctate, with ;ui interrupted arcuate 

 depression ou the disc behind. Elytra convex, rather short, 

 at the middle about twice as wide as the prothorax, slightly 

 rounded at the sides; closely, moderately coarsely punctate, 

 obliquely depressed on the disc below the base. Legs rather 

 long, slender ; posterior femora moderately incrassate, 

 simple in both sexes ; basal joint of posterior tarsi feebly 

 curved. 



Length l^-li mm. ( J ? .) 



Loc. Seychelles : Silhouette, Mahe, 



INIost of the examples were collected in the forests, but 

 in Silhouette at least one Mas taken in tlie low country. 

 Eighteen specimens, varying a little in colour, immature 

 examples having the elytra paler. In this species the 

 antennse are moderately elongate iu c^ , shorter in ? , slender 

 and very gradually widened outwards to the stouter apical 

 joint in both sexes. The type of coloration is common to 

 many members of the genus, some of which have peculiarly 

 formed posterior femora in J" • 



Earn. Mordellidse. 



MORDELLA. 



Mordella, Liunfeus, Syst. Nat. lOtli ed. i. p. 420 (1758). 



17. Mordella braueri. 

 Mordella hrauen', Kolbe, Mitteil. Zool. Mus. Berlin, v. p. 2". 



Loc. Seychelles : Mahe [Brauer). 



This insect is described as deep black and albo-maculate ; 



