1-4-i Mr. S. Maulik oti CassIJiiiaj and BiiicliiJte//*t)m 



IX. — Cassiclinse and Brucliidae [Colcoptera'\ from the Sey- 

 chelles Islands and AUlabra. By S. Maulik, 13. A. 

 (Cantab.). 



This paper deals «'ith the material o£ these jxroups obtained 

 by the Percy Sla.leu Trust Evpe.litioii, in li)i)8-9, in the 

 Seychelles Islands and Aldabra. Many of the results of 

 this expedition have be^n published in special vohiines 

 of the Linnean Society's 'Transactions' (ser. 2, Zool. 

 vols, xii.-xvii.), in which series the writer of the i)resent 

 paper has alreadv reported on the Hispinaj of the Seychelles 

 (vol. xvi. pp. 23r-21.->, 191 -i). 



dirysomelidoe. 

 Cassidinje. 



This subfamily is represented by two species — Tloplionota 

 Vila, sp. n., and Aspidomorpha apicalis, Klu;^. The former 

 is allied to certain Madagascar species, the latter is known 

 from Madaj^ascar and Africa. The only member of the 

 group previously recorded from tlie Seychelles was Copto- 

 cycla leopardina, Boheman, known also from Madajjascar 

 and the Comoro Islands ; but this was not obtained by the 

 Percy Sladcu Trust Expedition. 



HoPLioxoT-i, Hope. 

 1. Hoplionota Ilia*, sp. n. 



Quadrate, slightly narrowed behind ; as seen in profile 

 very convex behind the middle, from the highest point 

 of the convexity a gentle slope towards the head and a 

 sudden decline towards the posterior extremity; subnitid. 

 Head, anteniiEe, prothorax with its lateral expansions, scu- 

 tellum, the elytral expansions, and the underside orange-red. 

 Eyes black. Basal half of elytra green, without costae, 

 apical half dark red. Elytra without spines or tubercles, 

 Lena;th 5 mm. ; greatest breadth 4 5 mm. 



Head not completely concealed under the pronotum, 

 dorsal surface slightly depressed between the eyes ; viewed 

 dorsally the vertex is bilobed and slightly projecting; the 

 antennse are situated under the lobes. Eyes oblong-ovate. 

 Antennae : joint 1 elongate and distally thickened, joint 2 



* A Sanskrit word, used with reference to the green colour cf the 

 elytra. 



