Seychelles and Rangoon. 23 



w'itliout llie pcrrations tliat exfend ?onie way down tiie 

 niMn<lil)ks of L. veylonicum {<f. Malthfwr^, pi. v. fig. A 4). 

 Md.villort/ jalpi ot L. styckdleaiAun (fig. 31) with joint 2 

 imicli le.«s curveil aud iiifliited outwardly, and ilio. a[)ic:d joint 

 sliorter and blunter, t'.ian ihose of L. ceylonicum (fig. 32) ; 

 maxillarij ivies cf L. sei/chelleanuvi slender, sharply pointed, 

 with inner edge serrate near the apex [Mutthe\\s tigures the 

 lobes in Lewisium as unarmed ; but a ba!.<am-|)re|t;ualion of 

 the maxilla of L. c^'ylonicum (ti;^. 32) shows about six minute 

 teeth near the apex, though these are scattered on the j-uifaco, 

 not arranged in a serrate edge as in L. seyc}ieUtaiiitm~\. 

 Fig. 33, copied Ironi Matthews, shows the maxilla ot* Caio- 

 ptyx boicriiuji for comparison. Labial palpi of L. seyche/lt- 

 anam (Hg. 3-1) lyiiig nearly contiguous, not sprend apart as 

 in L. ceylonicum (fig. 35) *; iig. 3(3, copied from Matthews, 

 shows the parts in Catoptyx hoxcringi. Tiierefore in tl\e 

 niaxil'se and labium L. seychtlleanum seems in several points 

 to resemble Catoptyx howriugi more closely. Tarsi of all 

 three pairs in L. seychelleanuni broadly dih.ted and bilobed, 

 the lubes pubescent. 



11. Leicisium seyclifUi^annw, sj). ii. 

 (PI. III. figs. 25, 27, 30 ; PI. IV.'figs. 31, 34.) 



Late ovale, postice perparum angustatum, valde convexum, uiti- 

 dissimum, supra glaVjrum ; piceo-uigrum, prothoracis margiiie 

 antico pallide testaceo et pellucido, disco prothoracis ante scu- 

 tellum, scutello ipso, elvtrorura sutura et marginibus exterioribus 

 (his anguste) piceo-rufis, antennis pedibusque rufo-testaceis, 

 antennarum clavis baud nigricantibus ; protborace fere impunc- 

 tato, ehtris dense sat fortiter confuse punctatis. Lewisio ceylonico 

 simile, sed statura minus, et difl'ert in forma antennarum, man- 

 dibulorum, &c., quse vide supra. 



Long. corp.»l-(J5-l'l mm. 



Broadly oval, slightly narrowed behind, very convex, very 

 shiniiig, glabrous. Pitchy black, with anterior margin of 

 the thorax pale testaceous and pellucid, and the middle of the 

 disc of the thorax before the base, together with the scutellum 

 and suture of the elytra, lighter — i. e., ])itchy reddish ; outer 

 margins of the elytra also narrowly reddish [in a few speci- 

 mens the reddish colour is more extended and the whole body 

 is a little lighter] ; underside pitchy reddish, centre of meta- 

 sternum and first abdominal segment darker; legs, mouth, 



* Too much reliance must not be placed on this difference, which may 

 he partly due to greater pressure of the covtrslip iu one preparation than 

 in the other. 



