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terminal joint of tlie maxillary palpi narrower and more 

 elongate, the antennae distinctly wider, with short fourth 

 joint as in M. degressa, the posterior tibiae strongly, sparsely 

 setose along their lower edge, the third joint of the posterior 

 tarsi without definite ridges. Three of the Silhouette 

 specimens are labelled as having been bred from larvae found 



Fiff. 4. 



Mordellistena coJece, Ohampiou. Posterior leg. 



in the wood of an endemic tree, the " Bilimbi marron," 

 Colea pedunculata ; another from the same locality is marked 

 " bred from a pupa'^ found in same tree. All the examples 

 are from various places in the mountain-forests, at altitudes 

 ranging from about 1000 to 2000 feet.- 



24. Mordellistena septemcarinata, sp. u. 



Moderately elongate, narrow, convex, shining ; ferrugi- 

 nous or castaneous, the eyes l)lack, the under surface in 

 part and the base of the pygidium black or piceous ; thickly 

 clothed with gi'eyish-browu pubescence. Antennae long in 

 cJ, slightly shorter in $, slender, filiform, joints 3 and 4 

 short, 4 a little longer and wider than 3, subtriangular, 

 5-11 elongate, subequal, 5 about twice as long as 4. Apical 

 joint of maxillary palpi moderately stout, subtriangular. 

 Prothorax broader than long, not wider than the elytra. 

 Elytra subparallel in their basal third, gradually narrowing 

 from the middle, somewhat coarsely and not very densely 



