1G4 Mr. G. C. Champion on Coleoptera from 



from above ; last joint of maxillary palpi ratlicr narrow, 

 elongate-triangular; antennae slender, long in (5*, shorter 

 in ? , joints 3-11 snbequal in length, 3-10 feebly subserrate. 

 Prothorax transverse, rather small, arcuately narrowing from 

 a little behind the middle to the apex, the base broadly sub- 

 truncate, the hind angles obtuse ; the punctuation fine and 

 sparser thun on the head, the interspaces alutactous. Elytra 

 much wider tlian the prothorax, nioderately elongate, sub- 

 parallel in their basal half in ^J , a little -widened posteriorly 

 in ? ; deeply crenato-striate. the punctures closely placed, 

 the interstices convex throughout and very sparsely, finely, 

 irregularly punctate, ^deagus of (^ long, tapering, abruptly 

 bent at some distance before the slender tip. 

 Length 7^-8^, breadth 3-3^ mm. ( c^ ? .) 

 Loc. Aldabra : Esprit Island, xii. 1908 (Fi'yer). 

 Five specimens, the two males having the tedeagus pro- 

 truding. Allied forms occur in Madagascar, and it is just 

 possible that the present species may be referable to one of 

 them. It has the upper surface obviously less shining than 

 in C. micaiis, Klug, coerulans and caeruleovirens^ Fairm., &c., 

 to judge from the descriptions of those insects. 



3. Cacoplesia atinulipes, s-p. n. (PL VI. fig. 2, c? .) 



Oblong-ovate, convex, the head and prothorax opaque, 

 the rest of the surface shining; head, prothorax, and coxie, 

 and the basal joint of the antennae in immature examples, 

 obscure ferruginous, the rest of the antennae black, the 

 elytra brown, the legs testaceous, ■with the knees, and some- 

 times the apices of the tibiae also, black ; very finely pubes- 

 cent, the elytra almost glabrous. Head small, densely, 

 rugosely punctate, the epistoma confused with the front ; 

 eyes small, strongly transverse, rather prominent, somewhat 

 distant from the base of the head; last joint of maxillary 

 palpi small, subtriangular ; antennae extending to beyond 

 the middle of the elytra, joint 2 small, 3 and 5 equal, 4 

 slightly longer, 5-10 gradually becoming shorter and stouter, 

 11 ovate, shorter than 10. Prothorax transversely convex, 

 short, nearly twice as wide as the head, rounded at the sides, 

 a little more narrowed in front than behind, subtruncate 

 at the base, the hind angles obtuse ; densely, rugulosely 

 punctate. Elytra convex, moderately long, about one-half 

 wider than the prothorax, narrowing from the middle, the 

 humeri rounded; crenato-striate, the punctures closely placed,! 

 the interstices convex, faintly punctulate. Beneath closely,] 



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