the Seychelles Islands and Aldahra. 



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terminal joint of the maxillary palpi iiarrn\ver and more 

 elongate, the antennse distinctly wider, with short fourth 

 joint as in M. degressa, the posterior tibia strongly, sparsely 

 setose along their lower edge, the third joint of the posterior 

 taisi without detinite ridges. Three of the Silhouette 

 speeiinens are labelled as having been bred from larvse found 



Fio-. 4. 



Mordellistena cotece, Cliampiou. Posteiior leo-. 



in the wood of an endemic tree, the " Bilimbi marron/' 

 C'oA'rt pedunculata ; another from the same locality is marked 

 " bi-ed from a pupa^"" found in same tree. All the examples 

 are from various places in the mountain-forests, at altitudes 

 rangingr from about 1000 to 2000 feet. 



S^. Mordellistena septemcaritiata, sp. u. 



Moderately elongate, narrow, convex, shining ; ferrugi- 

 nous or castaneous, the eyes black, the under surface in 

 part and the base of the pygidium black or piceous ; thickly 

 clothed with greyish-brown pubescence. Antenna long in 

 (^ , slightly shorter in $, slender, filiform, joints 3 and 4 

 sliort, 4 a little longer and wider than 3, subtriangiilar, 

 5-11 elongate, subequal, 5 about twice as long as 4. Apical 

 joint of maxillary palpi moderately stout, subtriangular. 

 Prothorax broader than long, not wider than the elytra. 

 Elytra subparallel in their basal third, gradually narrowing 

 from the middle, somewhat coarsely and not very densely 



