the Seychelles IslanJ.^ and Aldahra. 177 



recognizable by the saraewliat twisted antennoe, due to the 

 joints 6-8 being more dilated than those preceding or 

 follow ing. 



15. Xyhiphiliis c/avicornis, sp. n. 

 (IM. VI. fig. 9, $.) 



Rather short, feebly sliuiin<^, pioeous ov nigro-piceons, the 

 tarsi, the bases of the tibi;e, and the antennal joints 2-9 and 

 the tip of 11 testaceous ; the prothorax and elytra in fresh 

 specimens variegated with sharply defined, irregular patches 

 of very fine grey pubescence (tending to form an interrupted 

 median and subapical fascia on the elytra), the rest of the 

 vestiture brown. Head short, together with the eyes broader 

 than the prothorax, densely, finely punctate ; eyes large, 

 occupying nearly the whole of the sides of the head, distant, 

 almost entire ; antennae I'ather short, sparsely setose, joints 

 2-8 each longer than broad, 2 nearly as stout as 1, 3 more 

 slender, 4-8 scarcely stouter, 9-11 wider than those pre- 

 ceding, 9 transversely subtriangular, 10 broader, strongly 

 transverse, 11 stout, acuminnte-ovate, about as long as 9 

 and 10 united. Prothorax transverse, convex, somewhat 

 rounded at the sides, densely punctate, and with an inter- 

 rupted arcuate depression on the disc before the base. 

 Klytra much wider than the prothorax, slightly rounded at 

 the sides, densely, rather coarsely punctate, feebly depressed 

 on the disc below the base. Legs short ; posterior femora 

 moderately thickened, obsoletely sulcate beneath ; basal 

 joint of posterior tarsi feebly curved. 



Length 1-1 1 mm. (($ ?'.) 



Loc. Seychelles : Silhouette, Mahe, Praslin. 



Found in profusion in Silhouette and Mahe, sparingly on 

 Praslin. !Most, if not all, of the specimens are from the 

 mountain-forests, from a number of different places and 

 elevations : one was taken from a rotten and fungus-grown 

 fallen trunk of the endemic " Bois Rouge" [Wormia ferru- 

 yinea). Many of these examples are now in bad condition, 

 very few having the cinereous markings intact. Recogniz- 

 al)le by the slender, nigro-clavate antennae, with stout second 

 joint, the variegate legs, and the densely punctured, cinereo- 

 maculate surface. The antennae seem to be a little shorter 

 in the females. The variegate vestiture of the elyti-a is 

 common to many species of the genus. The beautilul ex- 

 ample iigured was accidentally injured by the artist after 

 the drawing was completed and finally corrected. 



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