IHQ Mr. G. C. Champion on Coleoplera from 



punctate^ tlie interspaces sinning. Pygidium long, becoming 

 very slender beyond tlie middle, as long as the bind tarsus. 

 Anterior tibise slender^ sinuous within. Posterior tibise with 

 3, and the first two joints of the posterior tarsi each with 2, 

 .obli([ue ridges. 



Length (inch pygid.) 3-3| mm. (c? ? .) 



Loc. Seychelles : Mahe, Silhouette, Praslin. 



M:die ; forest above Cascade Estate, and in the Mare aux 

 Cochons district, in both cases over 1000 feet, also one 

 specimen recorded from the low country ; Silhouette, various 

 places in the mountain-forests above 1000 feet ; Praslin, one 

 specimen from Cotes d'Or Estate. 



A long series, mostly in very ])ad condition. Closely 

 resembling M. colece, but smaller, narrower, and less cunei- 

 iorm ; the elytra subparallel and somewhat coarsely sculp- 

 tuixd ; the first joint of the posterior tarsi with two ridges 

 only ; the pygidium very slender. 



25. Mordellistena dirempta, sp. n. 



Narrow, convex, shining ; testaceous or ferruginous, the 

 elytra often darker towards the sides and ajjex, the eyes 

 and under surface black or piceous ; thickly pubescent. 

 Antennae comparatively short, joint 3 verj^ small, 4 slightly 

 longer and wider, 5-10 broader, subtriangular, not much 

 longer than broad, subequal, 11 longer than 10. Prothorax, 

 elytra, and pygidium much as in M. seylemcarinata. Anterior 

 tibise slender, sinuous within, thickened towards the base {$). 

 Posterior tibiae with 3 (the subapical one short), and the 

 first two joints of posterior tarsi each with 2, oblique ridges. 



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



Loc. Seychelles : Silhouette, Mahe, Praslin. 



Silhouette, Mare aux Cochons and forest above, over 

 1000 feet ; Mahe, high forest of Morne Blanc, and a speci- 

 men also from the low country ; Praslin, Cotes d'Or Estate. 



Described from about a dozen examples, other damaged 

 individuals probably belonging here. These were at first 

 supposed to be diminutive females of M. septemcarinuta, 

 coming as they do from each of the islands quoted ; but, as 

 both sexes appear to be represented in eaeli series, this 

 cannot be the case. M. dirempta, therefore, may be described 

 as a rather short, small form of M. septemcai'inata, with the 

 antennal joints 5-10 subserrate and but little longer than 

 broad. > . 



26. Mordellistena argvtula, sp. n. 



(J . Narrow, moderately elongate, convex ; black, the head 

 (a large transverse patch of variable extent on the vertex 



