IGG I\Ir, G. C. Champion on CoIeojHera from 



fasciatc elytra, smaller eyes, 8zc., separate Stictodnja from 

 Mijcter ami nuts. Fairmaire's Melaiulry id-genus Diegoa, from 

 iMadagasear, is eompared ■with Maro/ia, and it cannot, there- 

 fore, be verv nearly allied to the Sevehelles insect. 



4. Stictodnja longrpennis, sp. ii. (PI. VI. fig. 3, ^ .) 



J . Moderately shining, piceous, -nith a faint aeneous lustre, 

 the aiftennje and legs testaceous ; variegated above uith 

 very fine, adpressed brownisli and Havo-cinereous pubescence, 

 the latter condensed, into dense patches on the prothorax 

 and elytra, forming irregular interrupted fascice on the 

 latter; the head, prothorax, and scuteUum densely, finely 

 jmnetate, the puncturing of the elytra a little more diflfuse. 

 Head convex, transversely depressed in front, the post- 

 ocular portion about one-third the length of the eye ; 

 antcinise reaching the base of the prothorax, very slender, 

 joints 3-10 gradually decreasing in length, 2 short, stout, 

 3 about twice as long as 2, 9 and 10 triangularj 11 short- 

 ovate. Prothoi'ax transverse, a little wider than the head 

 with the eyes, the sides rounded anteriorly and parallel 

 behind, the disc obliquely depressed on each side, the small 

 basal fovcic polished. Elytra about four times the length 

 f)f the prothorax. the humeri somewhat oblique in front. 

 Ventral segments 1—5 closely, finely punctate, >sim])le. 



Length 5|, breadth 2 mm. 



Loc. Seychelles : Mahe. 



One sprciraen, beaten from dense forest-vegetation of 

 '■'Capucin "-trees {X'lrt/iea)^ Rosc//er/a-\rd]n]s, &c., on the 

 summit of Morne Pilot, over 2000 feet, xi. 1908. 



jMyctekomimus, geii. nov. 



Head sliort, obliquely narrowed before the eyes, the 

 epistoma not separated from the front ; eyes very large, 

 reaching the anterior margin of the prothorax; labrum 

 strongly transverse ; anteume short, slender, the outer 

 joints subserrate, 11 short-ovate, simple ; mentum strongly 

 transverse; apical joint of maxillary palpi stout, elongate- 

 ti'iangular; mandibles acute at tij), toothed towards the apex 

 beneath: prothorax short, closely applied to the elytra, bi- 

 sinuate at the base, distinctly margined to near the apex 

 at the sides beneath; scutelium small; elytra much wider 

 than the prothorax, oblong, without trace of striae, the 

 sculpture consisting of intermixed minute and larger punc- 

 tures, the epiplcura not reaching the apex; anterior coxie. 



