the Seychelles Islands^ (Oo. 81 



articulo primo cnisso, davato, 2 sat iiinpiio, '.\ afl jiarviH, li diiplo 

 loiiwion* qiuiin SM(|iit'iitibus, 7 ad *J iiiaj^'uis, clavam laxe coiinexam 

 formjiiitibus, (|ii(»riiiii S valdo truiifsvcrso. I'nilliorax brovis, 

 latoiilms aiij^usto marpiiiatis, rotundutiH, atif^ulis oinriil)ii8 roluri- 

 datis, tovois basulibiia lonjje rarin itis, hand ad niargiiu'in aiitirara 

 productis,basi medio j)iofiiiide marjjinato. Scutt'lluni triaiij;;ulare. 

 Elytra fortiter couvexa, angusto inarginafa. Pedes modico 

 graciles. Femora intermedia et postica pauIo incrassata. Tibiio 

 simpliees. Tarsi 4articiiluti,8implices, articulis duo])Us basalibus 

 8ubii;(jualib<i«, torlio brovi. rrostornum aiigustum, antrorsum 

 prodiictum, baud dilatatiim ant acuminatum. Coxic iiiterinediic 

 baud distantes. Mesostoriium sat, anguste ])roductum. Meta- 

 steriium antice late lobatuni, rotundatum. Abdomen 6-scgmeii- 

 tatuin, segmento primo iribiis sequontibiis a^quali. Talpi onincd 

 crassi, maxillariuni artioulo ultimo breviter ovato, labiulium 

 breviter trausverso, fere gioboso. 



It is necessary to constitute this genus for another ot" the 

 minute Endoniychidiie, the known representatives of which 

 (belonging to the genera Ch'Vinius, Exysnia, Ai/aricophilvs, 

 etc.) are verv few in number and little studied. The last- 

 named genus, containing only a single European species, 

 appears to be that most related to tlie present insect. The 

 tarsi of Anayaricophilug are almost the same as in that genus, 

 consisting of four joints, the first two simple and similar, 

 the third distinct but very sliort. The antennie, however, 

 are reduced and consist of only nine joints, the first six 

 forming a short compact footstalk, of whi(di the second three 

 are very short and closely packed, and the last three are 

 large and form a club scarcely shorter than the footstalk. 

 All its joints are transverse, the middle one very strongly. 

 The insect is highly convex in shape, with a broadly oval 

 outline, the elytral e|)ipleur;e rather broad beneath, but the 

 upper margins narrow. The head and prothorax are 

 relatively larger than in Ayuricophilus, and the nuirgins of 

 the prothorax and elytra are not continuous, as in the 

 latter, the adjacent angles of each being entirely rounded off. 

 The outer margins of the pronotnm are narrow, and there is 

 no inner marginal carina, as in the other genus, the fovea; 

 being remote from the margin, not parallel to it and 

 extending only about two-thirds of the distance from base 

 to front. The prosternum forms a narrow prominent 

 process behind the front coxie. The mesosternum is mode- 

 rately long, tlie part lying between the middle coxaj nearly 

 as long Jis it is wide, and the metasternum is only very 

 feebly lobed in the middle. Tlu-re is a sixth visible ventral 

 segment. The claws have a rectangular dilafatuiu at the 

 base. 



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