184 Mr. G. C. Chaiiii)ion o« Coleoptera from 



protliorax flavo-cincrcoup. Antcniirc moderately long, slen- 

 der, joints 1 and 2 rather stout, 2 shorter than 1, 3 and 4 

 small, snboqtial in K'lifith, 5-10 longer than broad, suh- 

 serrate. Apical joint of maxillary pali)i stout, securiform, 

 Protliorax transverse, rounded at the sides anteriorly, not 

 wider than the elytra. Elytra relatively short, subparallel 

 in their basal lialf. Pygidium long, acute, as long as poste- 

 rior tarsus. Posterior tibipe with 4*, first joint of posterior 

 tnrsi with 3, and the second joint with 2, short oblique 

 ridges, the third joint also with uri indication of a single 

 ridge. 



$. Similar to ^, but with tlie ])rothorax infuscute or 

 black, the basal margin at most testaceous, the antennae a 

 little shorter. 



Length (incl. pygid.) 2^-3 mm. ((??.) 

 ]a)C. Seychelles : Mahe, Silhouette. 



One male and four females — both sexes from Mahe, a 

 fenuile only from Silhouette. The Silhouette specimen is 

 from near Mont Pot-k-eau, about 1500 feet ; those from 

 Mahe were all found in t!ie forests above Cascade Estate 

 at about 1000 feet. Easily distinguished from the other 

 Seychelles forms by the sharply defined elytral markings, 

 the single male with both the head and protliorax testaceous. 

 I'he protliorax is more transverse than in M. argutula. The 

 anterior femora are not ciliate in r^ . 



23. Mordellistena calea, sp. n. 

 (Text-fig. 4, posterior leg.) 



^Moderately elongate, cuneiform, robust; fusco-casta- 

 neous or castaneous, thickly clothed with greyish-brown 

 imbescence. Antennae with joints 3 and 4 short, equal, 5 at 

 l(ast twice as long as 4, 5-11 rather broad, comj)ressed, 

 elongated, and 11 longer than 10, in ^, 5-11 shorter and 

 subserrate in $ . Last joint of maxillary palpi rather nar- 

 row, elongate-triangular. Pygidium elongate, about as long 

 as liind tarsus. Anterior tibiae sleuder, sinuous within. 

 Posterior tibiee with 3 ridges — two very long and oblique, 

 and a shorter apical one — and with from 3-5 stiff erect 

 sette along their lower edge in both sexes. First joint of 

 posterior tarsi with 3, and the second joint with 2, oblique 

 ridges, the third unarmed. 



Length (incl. pygid.) 3^-5^ mm, ((??•) 



Loc. Seychelles : Mahe, Silhouette. 



Numerous examples from each island. Extremely like 

 J/, mahena and ]\I. clep-essa, but averaging larger in size, the 



