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Mr. G. C. Clanip'on on Cch o/ifera from 



produced in front, sparsely, rather coarsely punctate, the 

 ])nncturcs beeoiuiug more crowded towards the base ; eyes 

 large, separated by about the width of one of them as seen 

 from above ; mandibles each bifid at the tip ; antennae nearly 

 as long as the body in ($ , shorter in ? , joints 3-10 decreasing 

 very slightly in length, 11 slightly longer than 10 and feebly 

 constricted at the middle. Prothorax longer than broad, 

 narrow, sul)Cordate, rather sparsely, moderately coarsely 

 pnuciate, the disc excavate on each side of tlie middle 

 anteriorly and also in the centre before the base, appearing 

 trifoveate. Elytra long, closely and rather coarsely scabroso- 

 punctate, each with two faint costae on the disc and another 

 near the outer margin. 



S. Sixth (hidden) ventral segment divided into two, 

 curved, concave, comparatively short lobes ; sedengus mode- 

 rately long, gradually narrowed at the apex, the long 

 narrow tegmen divided into two slender, acuminate pro- 

 cesses (lateral lubesj from about the middle. (Text-fig. 2.) 



Ananca fcabrlpeyinis, Champion, J. Gen. armature. 



Length 8-10 ram. ((?$.) 



Lac. Seychelles : Mahe, Silhouette, Praslin (190,'), 

 1908-"J). Christmas Island (Mus. Brit.). The examples 

 from the Seychelles were all taken near the coast, not ia 

 the enflemic mountain-forests. 



Twelve specimens, apparently all females but one. Various 

 female examples from Christmas Island placed by Arrow 

 under his Sessinia andrewsi doubtless belong to this species. 

 They diflfer from his type ( ? , not S 'is stated) in having the 



