146 Mr. S. Mfiullk on Cassldiiia; and Brucliltlse. 



greater slopinj>" of the elytra from the highest convex point, 

 (5) the more pronounced character of tlie costae on the apical 

 portion of the elytra. 



AspiDOMOKPHA, Hope. 



2. Aspidomorpha apicalis (King). 



Camda apicalis, Klup:, lus. Madag. 1833, p. 1:22; Boheiuan, Mon. 



Caasid. ii. 1854, p. 2.j7. 

 Cassida deco/orata, Bolienian, Cat. Brit. Mus. ix. 1856, p. 144; id. 



Mon. Cat»9id. iv. 1502, p. 347. 

 Cassida snheuropc^a, Thou)sou ; Weise, Deutsche Ent. Zeitschr. 1896, 



p. 19; Kolb-, Abh. Seuckenb. Naturf. Ges. xxvi. 1902, p. 584. 

 Var. lutea, Fairni., Bull. Soc. Ent. France, 1890, p. 223 ; Wei.se, in 



Voeltzkow, Reise in Oat- Afrika, ii. 1910, p. 504. 



Loc. Seychelles : Mahe ; Cascade Estate, ca. 1000 ft., 

 i.-ii. 190J. Aldabra [teste Fairmaire and Kolbe). Known 

 also from Madagascar and widely spread in Africa. 



The specimens from Mahe are all from cultivated land. 

 Several were found, together with a larva and a pupa, on 

 the leaves of sweet potatoes {Ipomoea batatas) in Jan. 1909. 

 After death most dried examples fade from green to a 

 uniform light yellow. 



CoPTocYCLA, Chevrolat. 



3. Coptocycla leopardina, Boheraan. 



Coptucycla leopardina, Boheman, Mon. Cas.sid. iii. 1855, p. 255 ; id. 

 Cat. Brit. Mu3. 1856, p. 175; Fairmaire, Ann. Soc. Eut. Belg. xxxvii. 

 1893, p. 525 ; Alluand, Cat. Col. Pti^gion Malgache, 1900, p. 333. 



Not obtained by the Pei'cy Sladen Trust Expedition, 

 Loc. Seychelles (teste Fairmaire, /. c). Madagascar, 

 Comoros. 



BrucMdae. 



Apparently no member of this family has been recorded 

 hitherto from any of the islands under review. Two species 

 Avere collected by the Exj)edition — one in Seychelles, the 

 other in Aldabra. According to Pic's ^Catalogue of Bru- 

 chidffi' (1913), both are Oriental. 



Pachymerus, Thunberg. 



Caryoborus, Scbcinherr. 



4. Pachymerus gonager (Fabr.). 



Loc. Seychelles : Mahe, two specimens from Port Vic- 

 toria, xii. 1908. East Indies (Pic^ Catalogue^ p. 7). The 



