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but Dr Sicard and Monsieur Alluaud, after examining specimens, both state without hesi- 

 tation that P. temiitarse is identical with P. (xnescens, and that P. grande is new. 



Loc. Seychelles. Praslin : from Coco-de-Mer Forest in the Vallee de Mai, Cotes 

 d'Or Estate, XL 1908, 1 $ (Type) collected by R. P. Dupont. Felicity, XII. 1908, 1 $. 



Rutelini. 

 Parastasia "Westwood, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 1, viii. 1841, p. 204. 



20. Parastasia coquereli, Fairmaire. 



Parastasia coquereli Fairmaire, Ann. Soc. ent. France, ser. 4, viii. 1868, p. 789 ; Linell, 

 Proc. U. S. Mus., xix. 1897, p. 696 ; Alluaud, Liste Coleopt., p. 269 ; Kolbe, Mitt. Zool. 

 Mus. Berlin, v. 1910, p. 23. 



12 males and 2 females were obtained. There is considerable variation in the colouring 

 of the elyira : in most cases there is a lighter (yellowish-brown) patch at the base of the 

 elytron, sharply marked off from the dark remaining portion ; but in some specimens the 

 lighter colour is spread over almost the whole elytron. These colour-differences are not 

 dependent on sex. Dissection of two of the specimens with sharply-marked basal patches 

 has shown one to be $, the other $ ; and it has also shown that the two specimens in my 

 series with the most uniformly light-coloured elytra are both males. The lamellae of the 

 antennal club are longer in the male than in the female. The thorax in the male is 

 broader in the basal portion and more abruptly narrowed before the middle, the sides 

 being subangulate at the middle, whereas in the female they are much more gradually 

 rounded from the posterior to the anterior angle. 



Loc. Seychelles. Mah^ : 2 $ which came to light near Morne Blanc, about 

 800 feet, X. 1908; 2 $ from Cascade Estate, II. 1909; 7 $ and 1 ? which came to 

 light at Port Victoria on a rainy night, II. 1909 : also 1 $ and 1 ? obtained by the 

 "Sealark" Expedition (1905). Previously obtained in Mah^ by Coquerel, Alluaud, and 

 Abbott, and in La Digue by Alluaud. 



Adoretus Castelnau, Hist. Nat. Col., ii. 1840, p. 142. 



21. Adoretus versutus, Harold (PI. 12, figs. 10 — 12). 



Adoretus versutus Harold, Coleopt. Hefte, v. 1869, p. 124; Kolbe, Mitt. Zool. Mus. 

 Berlin, v. 1910, p. 22. 



Adoretus vestitus Boheman {nee Reiche), Eugenics Eesa, ii. 1. 1858, p. 56. 



Adoretus insularis Fairmaire, Ann. Soc. ent. Belg., xli. 1897, p. 105; Alluaud, 

 Liste Coldopt. p. 271. 



I am indebted to Dr F. Ohaus for kindly determining this species ; he tells me that 

 the specimens which I sent to him are absolutely identical with a specimen of A. versutus 

 from St Helena, which is in his possession. Also Dr Sicard, who kindly compared 

 specimens with those in Fairmaire's collection, informed me that they are identical with 

 A. insularis of that author. Therefore the name insxdaris nuist become a synonym of 

 versutus. 



