24 Mr. H. Scott on Cory lopliidoe /row the 



niul anteniije reddisli tftstaceous, clubs of the antennae not 

 l>li>ckened. Thorax and scnteUum under a powerful hand- 

 lens appearing impunctate, but under a compound microscope 

 the tliuiax is seen to boar numerous very fine subobsolete 

 j.uncturt's. ^///^-a closely and strongly puncturetl, punctures 

 separated by once to twice their own diameter ; sutural stria 

 not distins^uishable. Wiiiys dissected out and found to be 

 ample. Sletasteruum rather closely and stron<;ly punctured 

 towards the sides, but with the elevated central part almost 

 im|)unctate. Ahdomen ventrally clothed with fairly close, 

 tine, short h:iirs. 



In general appearance closely resembling L. cei/lonicum, 

 Matth., which is, however, distinctly larger. The example 

 of L. ceyJoniciini before me appears a very little less convex, 

 has scarcely any reddish colour along the suture of the 

 elytra, the eh^tra even more strongly punctured, and the 

 metasternum almost impunctate at tlie sides as well as slightly 

 less elevated in the middle. But differences of a more 

 delinite character lie in the form of anteinife and mouth-[)arts, 

 as stated above. 



L. seycheUeaninn is quite distinct in size and general 

 appearance from the other previously described species of the 

 genus — /. e., L.japonicum, Matth., and also from Catoptyx 

 boivrin(/{, Matth. A second species of Catoptyx has been 

 described recently by t^ahlberg (1913) — C. levantinus, from 

 the Lebanon ; but this is said to have the elytra " obsolete 

 punctata" and the third joint of the antenna as long as broad, 

 and must be quite different from L. seychelleanum. 



Loc. Seychelles : Silhouette, Mahd, Long, Praslin, and 

 Felicito Jslands, 1908-9. Found much niore abundantly 

 than any other species, over 190 specimens being taken ; the 

 distribution seems fairly general, from sea-level and the 

 cultivated country up into the endemic forests. In Silhouette 

 many examples were collected from near Mont Pot-a-eau, 

 ca. laOO feet, and from ]\Iare aux Cochons ; a number were 

 swept from long grass; one is recorded as beaten from dead 

 palm-leaves ; two were found in fallen dry branches con- 

 taining nests of the ant JPhtidole punctulata, Mayr (A. Forel 

 det.), on the coast near Pointe Etienne, 17. ix. 1908. In 

 Mah<$, generally distributed from the cukivated country up 

 to elevations of over 1000 feet. In Long Island, a cultivated 

 islet near Mahe, a specimen was taken from the beach just 

 above high-water mark. 



