Iy6 Mr. G. C. Champion on Coleojitera from 



punctate, the interspaces sliininp;, Pygidium long, becoming 

 very slencU-r beyond the middle, as long as the hind tarsus. 

 Anterior tibiae slender, sinuous within. Posterior tilnae with 

 3, and the first two joints of the posterior tarsi each with .2, 

 oblicpie ridges. 



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



J.ur. Seychelles : .Mahe, Silhouette, Praslin. 



.Mnhe ; forest above Cascade Estate, and in the INIare anx 

 Coihons district, in both cases over 1000 feet, also one 

 specimen recorded from the low country ; Silhouette, various 

 places in the mountain-forests above 1000 feet; Praslin, one 

 specimen from Cotes d'Or Estate. 



A long series, mostly in very bad condition. Closely 

 resembling M. co/ea, but smaller, narrower, and less cunei- 

 lorm ; the elytra subparallel and somewhat coarsely sculp- 

 tured ; the first joint of tlie posterior tarsi with two ridges 

 only ; the pygidium very slender. 



25. MordeUistena dirempta, sp. n. 



Narrow, convex, shining ; testaceous or ferruginous, the 

 elytra often darker towards the sides and ajjcx, the eyes 

 and under surface black or piceons ; thickly pubescent. 

 Antennae comparatively short, joint 3 very small, 4 slightly 

 longer and wider, 5-10 broader, subtiiangular, not much 

 longer than broad, subequal, 11 longer than 10. Prothorax, 

 elytia, and pygidium much as in M. sc/j/emcarinafa. Anterior 

 tibise slender, sinuous within, thickened towards the base ( c^ ). 

 Posterior tibia) with 3 (the subapieal one short), and the 

 first two joints of posterior tarsi each with 2, oblique ridges. 



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



Loc. Seychelles : Silhouette, Alahe, Praslin. 



Silhouette, ]Mare aux Cochons and forest above, over 

 1000 feet ; Mahe, high forest of ]Morne Blanc, and a speci- 

 men also from the low country ; Praslin, Cotes d'Or Estate. 



Described from about a dozen examples, other damaged 

 individuals probably belonging here. These were at first 

 supposed to be diminutive females of 31. septemcarinuta, 

 coming as they do from each of the islands quoted ; but, as 

 both sexes appear to be represented in each series, this 

 cannot be the ease. M. dirempta, therefore, may be described 

 as a rather short, small form of M. septemcarinata, with the 

 antennal joints 5-10 subserrate and but little longer than 

 broad. 



26. MordeUistena argvtuta, sp. n. 



$ . Narrow, moderately elongate, convex ; black, the head 

 (a large transverse patch of variable extent on the vertex 



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