176 Mr. G. C Clianipioii on CoUoptera from 



species are represented in the Sej^clielles collection, all of 

 tlieni apparently beinj; fairly common insects in the Islands. 

 Mr. Scott notes that " many of them were swept from grass 

 and other low-growing vegetation." So far as known, they 

 are wood-feeders in their earlier stages. Owing to their 

 extreme fragility, very few of the specimens obtained are 

 in good condition. U|)wards of a dozen species have been 

 described from ^ladaguscar, three from Mauritius, one from 

 Bourbon, &c. 



14. Xylophilus tortico?-nis, sp. n. 

 (PI. VI. figs. 6 (^ ,7 (^ antenna.) 



Rather short, moderately shining, very finely cinereo- 

 pubescent, black, the tips of the tarsi, and sometimes that 

 of the eleventh anteunal joint also, reddish. Head short, 

 together with the eyes broader than the prothorax, finely 

 punctate; eyes moderately large, occupying nearly the whole 

 of the sides of the iiead, feebly emarginate, distant ; antennae 

 (fig. 9) moderately long, closely setose, somewhat twisted, 

 stout, joints 2 and 3 short, 4-10 broad, perfoliate, very 

 strongly transverse, 6-8 wider than the rest, II stout, ovate, 

 about as long as 9 and 10 united. Prothorax transverse, 

 convex, rounded at the sides, closely, rather finely punctate, 

 bi-impressed on the disc posteriorly. Elytra much wider 

 than the prothorax, subparallcl in their basal half, closely, 

 rather coarsely punctate, obliquely depressed on the disc 

 below the base. Legs short ; posterior femora moderately 

 thickened, obsoletely sulcate beneath ; basal joint of pos- 

 terior tarsi slightly curved. 



Var. a. Duller, the punctuation denser and coarser. 



Var. yS. Shining, the punctuation more scattered than in 

 the type. 



Length 1-U mm. (c? ? •) 



Loc. Seychelles : Silhouette [type] ; Mahe [var. a] ; 

 Praslin [var. /8]. 



Eighteen specimens — twelve of the form from Silhouette 

 selected as type, two of the var. a from Mahe, and four of 

 the var. yS from Praslin, three of these much smaller than 

 the rest. The examples from Silhouette were found in the 

 forest near the Mare aux Cochons plateau, ix. 1908 ; the 

 two from i\Iahe are from high elevations in the forests of 

 Morne Blanc and the Mare aux Cochons district; those 

 from Praslin were collected on Cotes d'Or Estate, xi. 1908. 

 The females appear to have the antennse a little less widened 

 and the eyes rather smaller than in the males. A species 



