184 Mr. G. C. Champion on Coleoptera from 



prothorax flavo-cinereous. Antennse moderately long, slen- 

 der, joints 1 and 2 rather stout^ 2 shorter than 1, 3 and 4 

 small, subequal in length, 5-10 longer than broad, sub- 

 serrate. Apical joint of maxillary palpi stout, securiform. 

 Prothorax transverse, rounded at the sides anteriorly, not 

 wider than the elytra. Elytra relatively short, subparallel 

 in their basal half. Pygidium long, acute, as long as poste- 

 rior tarsus. Posterior tibiae with 4*, first joint of posterior 

 tarsi with 3, and the second joint with 2, short oblique 

 ridges, the third joint also with an indication of a sinjile 

 ridge. 



$ . Similar to ^ , but with the prothorax infuscate or 

 bltiek, the basal margin at most testaceous, the antennse a 

 little shorter. 



Length (inch pygid.) 2^-3 mm. ((^ ? .) 

 Loc. Seychelles : Mahe, Silhouette. 



One male and four females — both sexes from Malie, a 

 female only from Silhouette. The Silhouette specimen is 

 from near Mont Pot-a-eau, about 1500 feet ; those from 

 Mahe were all found in the forests above Cascade Estate 

 at about 1000 feet. Easily distinguished from the other 

 Seychelles forms by the sharply defined clytral markings, 

 the single male Avith both the head and prothorax testaceous. 

 The prothorax is more transverse than in M. argutula. The 

 anterior femora are not ciliate in ^ . 



23. Mordellistena colece, sp. n. 

 (Text-fig, 4, posterior leg.) 



Moderately elongate, cuneiform, robust ; fusco-casta- 

 ueous or castaneous, thickly clothed with greyish-brown 

 pubescence. Antennse with joints 3 and 4 short, equal, 5 at 

 least twice as long as 4, 5-11 rather broad, compressed, 

 elongated, and 11 longer than 10, in (^ , 5-11 shorter and 

 subserrate in ? . Last joint of maxillary palpi rather nar- 

 row, elongate-triangular. Pj^gidium elongate, about as long 

 as hind tarsus. Anterior tibise slender, sinuous within. 

 Posterior tibise with 3 ridges — two very long and oblique, 

 and a shorter apical one — and with from 3-5 stiff erect 

 setse along their lower edge in both sexes. First joint of 

 posterior tarsi with 3, and the second joint Avith 2, oblique 

 ridges, the third unarmed. 



Length (inch pygid.) 3|-5^ mm, ( (5" ? .) 



Loc. Seychelles : Mahe, Silhouette. 



Numerous examples from each island. Extremely like 

 M, mahena and M. degressa, but averaging larger in size, the 



