the SeijcheUes Islands and Ahhihra. ]75 



llian tlie prothorax, parallel iu ? , broader at base and some- 

 what attenuate in rT ; closely set with subseriately arranged^ 

 coarse, oblong, foveiform punctures, tbe narrow interspaces 

 minutely punctate and liere and there transversely confluent. 



(J, Femora stouter than in $, the hind'tibite more 

 curved ; fifth ventral segment unimpressed, simply truncate 

 at tip. 



Length 6, breadth H mm. ( cJ ? .) 



Loc. Seychelles : ]\Iahe. 



One pair, taken (4. ii. 1909) on the precipitous slopes of 

 the ])eak of Morne Seychellois at an elevation of about 

 2000 feet ; the specimens were obtained by sweeping a dense 

 low growth of native feins and shrubs (Melastoma, RubuSy 

 Senecio sechellensis, &c.), among Avhich were occasional 

 Ruscheria-^pi\vix% and other small trees. The coarsely and 

 closely foveato-punctate elytra separates the present species 

 from the Madagascar forms. The single re[)resentative 

 from the adjacent island of Silhouette cannot be treated as a 

 variety of it. 



13. Eurygenius convexicollis, sp. n. 



(J . Elongate, rather narrow, opaque, the elytra and under 

 surface somewhat shining ; nigro-pieeous, the epistoraa and 

 scutellar region rufescent, the two basal joints of the antennae, 

 the mouth-parts (the tips of the mandibles excepted), femora, 

 and tarsi in part, testaceous ; somewhat thickly clothed, the 

 antennse and legs included, with rather long, j)ailid, coarse„ 

 semierect pubescence. Head, palpi, and eyes as in E. frayili- 

 cornis, the anteniue a little shorter and stouter, about as 

 long as in ? of that species. Prothorax distinctly broader 

 than the head (with the eyes), much narrowed behind. 

 Elytra broader than in E. fragilicornis, narrowing from the 

 base, the narrow interspaces between the subseriately 

 arranged foveiform punctures more rugose, giving a dull 

 appearance to the surface. Legs stout, the posterior tibiae 

 feebly curved. Fifth ventral segment broadly hollowed 

 down the middle, truncate at the apex. 



Length 6, breadth 1? mm. 



Loc. Seychelles : Silhouette, viii. 1908. 



One male example.. 



Fam. Xylophilidae. 

 Xylophilus. 

 Xi/loj>hilns, Latreille, Fam. Nat. Repine Anim. p. 383 (1825). 

 A genus almost cosmopolitan in its distribution. Three 



