the Seychelles Islands and Aldabra. ' 187 



excepted), mouth-parts, basal joints of the antennae, anterior 

 coxae, femora, and tibiae, and calcaria testaceous or ruf'o- 

 testaceous ; closely, uniformly fusco-cinereo-pubescent. 

 Head ver}^ convex ; antennae slender, moderately Ion"-, joints 

 1 and 2 rather stout, 2 a little shorter than 1, 3 small, sliort, 

 4 subtriangnhar, 5-10 longer than broad, feebly subserrate ; 

 last joint of maxilhiry palpi stout, securiform, Prothorax 

 moderately transverse, not wider than tlie elytra, rounded 

 at the sides anteriorly. Elytra subparallel in their basal 

 half. Pygidiu5n long, acute, about as long as the posterior 

 tarsi. Anterior femora beneath and anterior tii)iae at base 

 fu^co-ciliate, the latter sinuous -within. Posterior til)iie with 

 two very long oblique ridges, in addition to the short sub- 

 a[)ical one. Posterior tarsi with joints 1 and 2 each with 

 two oblique ridges. 



? . Similar to (^ , but with the head and the anterior legs 

 ill great ])art or entirely infiiscate, the antennae a little 

 shorter, the anterior feniora and tibite not ciliate. 



Length (inch pygid.) 2i— !■ mm. ( cj ? .) 



Loc. Seychelles : Maiie, Round Island, Anonyme Island, 

 Silhouette, Felicite. 



A long series, almost all from low elevations. In Sil- 

 houette a large number of examples was swept from grass in 

 the low coconut-planted country near the coast at Pointe 

 Etienne, 17. ix. 1908 ; a few were also taken near Mare aux 

 Cochons. In Mahe specimens were collected near Morne 

 I51anc, 500-1000 feet; on the marshy coastal plains of 

 Anse aux Pins and Ause Royale ; and a few from over 

 1000 feet in the Mare aux Cochons district. Examples 

 were also found in two cultivated islets, Anonyme and 

 Round Island. Felicite : six specimens from a rather dry 

 type of foi'est near sea-level. 



A small, narrow, obscure form,wdth the head and anterior 

 legs partly rufo-testaceous in ^ , the vestiture uniform, the 

 prothorax rather long and not wider than the elytra^ the 

 pygidium long and acute. 



i:XPLANATI(JN OF PJ.ATE VI. 



Fi(/. 1. Cacoplesia viriditincfa, ()hRni\non, J. 



Fi(/. 2. Cucop esiu crmiulqws, Chauipion, J . 



I'lff. 3. Stictodri/a lo7i(/>pe)iins, Chumjiion, J. 



Fir/. 4. Mycteromimus in^vlans, Chanijiioi), 5 . 



Fi(f, 5. Furt/(/e)iiusfroff ilicornis, Chuntidoii, $. 



J'if/. <j. Xylophikts tarticornis, Champion, J . 



Fiy. 7. Ditto. Antenna. 



Fig. 8. Xylophilvs seychellctrum, Champion, J • 



Fiy. 9. Xylophilus vUtvicornis, Champion, ^ . 



Fiy. 10. JJordelld peiryi-intitor, L!haniiiion, 2- 



