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Mr. G. C. Cli:uiij)ioii on CoIeojiUri from 



16. Xylophilus seydieUarum, sp. n. (IM. VI. lig. 8, (^ .) 



Rather short, moderately shiniii<i-, i)igro-piceous or piceous, 

 the base and tip of the aiitemiBe, tlie palpi, the base of tlie 

 prothorax in the mi(hlle in some examples, the humeri or 

 base of the elytra, and the legs testaeeous, clothed with a 

 fine sericeous pubescence. Head short, together with the 

 eyes much wider than the protlioiax, iinely ])unctate ; eyes 

 large, occupying almost the whoh; of the sides of the head, 

 separated antrriorly i)y about half the width of one of them 

 in J, more distant in ?, feebly emarginate ; antennae (c) 

 finely pubescent, long, slender, joint 2 short, 3-10 moderately 

 elongate, becoming gradually shorter and wide)', 9 and 10 

 subtriangular, 11 stouter, obliquely acuminate, nearly as 

 long as 9 and 10 united, ( $ ) similar, but much shorter. 

 Prothorax convex, broader than long, parallel-sided at the 

 base, closely, finely punctate, with an interrupted arcuate 

 depression on the disc behind. Elytra convex, rather short, 

 at the middle about twice as wide as the |)rotliorax, slightly 

 rounded at the sides ; closely, moderately coarsely putictate, 

 obliquely de[)n'ssed on the disc below the base. Legs rather 

 long, slender ; posterior femora moderately incrassate, 

 simple in both sexes ; basal jtnut of posterior tarsi feebly 

 cui'ved. 



Length l^-li mm. (J ? .) 



Loc. Seychelles : Silhouette, Mahe. 



!Most of the examples were collected in the forests, but 

 in Silhouette at least one was taken in the low country. 

 Eighteen si)ecimens, varying a little in colour, immature 

 examples having the elytra paler. In this species the 

 antennae are moderately elongate in J', shorter in ? , slender 

 and very gradually widened outwards to the stouter apical 

 joint in both sexes. The type of coloration is common to 

 many members of the genus, some of which have peculiarly 

 formed posterior femora in J . 



Fam. Mordellidae. 



MORDELLA. 



Mordella, Linn?eus, Syst. Nat. lOtli ed. i. p. 420 (1758). 



17. Mordella braueri. 

 Mordella irrmen, Kolbe, Mitteil. Zool. Mus. BerJiii, v. p. 27. 



Loc. Seychelles : Mahe {Brauer). 



This insect is described as deep black and albo-n)aculatc ; 



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