16 ]\rr. H. Scolt on Cory\op]\idx from the 



soiitative. The ii'-w fonn drscriboil Ix-low agrees closely with 

 M. nitidtis ill (reneiic characters — in general shaj^e, form of 

 anteiiiiiv, inouili-parts, sterna, tarsi, &c., — but is quite distinct 

 in specilic characters. 



8, ^Jtio lerus "jfiiftissi/ayiKS, sp. n. 

 (PI. 11. fig.' 12.) 



Sat late ovalis, supra fortiter nitidus, ouinino glaber ; prothorace 

 unicolore, rufo, scutello elytrisquc unicoloribus, piccis, corpore 

 sul)tu8 fuaco-testaceo, pedibus antenuisque testaceis, barum clavis 

 baud nigricaotibus ; protborace fere impmictato, elytris subtiliter 

 remot«i punctatis, siue stria suturali. 



Long. Corp. ca. I'l mm. 



Rather broadly oval, modoratelj convex, very shininfr, 

 an<l quite glabrous above. Colour : prothorax uiiicolorous 

 reddish, the colour broadly diluted at the translucent front 

 niaroin, scutellum and elytra unicolorous pitchy, underside 

 brownish testaceous, legs and antennae testaceous, clubs of 

 antennae not blackened. Jltorax rather short, its front mar- 

 gin forming a wide curve ; for ordinary purposes it may be 

 culled impunctate, though under a very high po'ver a few 

 very remote and exceedingly fine punctures are visible, as 

 indicated in fig. 12. Elytra gradually curved, with lateral 

 margin narrowly reflexed, though when viewed from directly 

 above this is generally visible only in front, as shown in 

 fig. 12 ; punctures fine, remote, shallow, slightly elongate ; 

 sutuial stria entirely absent. Wings ample (mounted in 

 balsam). Metasternum and Jirst abdominal segment glabrous, 

 the former iinj)unctate in the middle, finely and remotely 

 punctured at the sides, the latter finely and remotely punc- 

 tured. 



M. nitidusj ]\latth., is larger, more elongate-ovate in out- 

 line, with thorax much darker; the elytra are much deeper 

 black, their punctuation is, if anything, a little stronger, and 

 a sutural stria is discernible in the posterior ])art; the ventral 

 surface is much blacker and tlie nietasteriium more closely 

 punctured at the sides. Wiien the ventral surfaces of J/, i.ili- 

 dns and M. qninssyanus are viewed side by side tbe greater 

 relative breadth ot M. guitissi/niiiis is apparent, and the co.\?e 

 of its middle and posteri(;r piirs of legs look even more 

 widely distant, inter se, in spite of its smaller actual size. 



Loc. Seychelles : Silhouette, viii.-ix. 1908. 



Four examples, one from near Mont Pot-a-eau, at about 

 1500 feet, three from Mare aux Coclions, about 1000 feet. 



This species is named after Monsieur Le Queau de Quinssy, 



