Coleoptera from the Seijchellcs Idamls^ <0<'. l^.'J 



present eollcction eontaiiis five more s|)ecies, viz. Macro- 

 tuitui s|). ; I'di'd/ocus Sfinitihudis, Fiiirin.(al.so in .Madagascar) ; 

 Lhltriuin femuratum, Auriv. ; Cuptups (Vilijicator^ V. (widi-ly 

 (liatributi'd in the African rc'^\on), niui J'roso/>lus dentufas, 

 01. (only known I'roin sonu^ of the sinall ncijjhhonriiig islands 

 and from the Mascarencs, bnt not from Madagascar). 



The Ccrainl)y('id fauna of Al(lal)ra coniprijscs accordingly 

 seven species, of which three probably are endemic and one 

 also occurs on the mainland of Africa. 



Rodriguez. — Six species of Cerambyeidse were recorded 

 from this islaiul by C. O. Waterhouse in his report on 

 the Coleoptera collected by the "Transit of Venus Expedi- 

 tion " (Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. vol. 108 (extra vol.), pp. 510- 

 533, pi. liii , 1879). In his above-mentioned ' Liste des 

 Insectes Coleopteres de la Rt'gion Malgaclie,' Aliuand adds 

 two more, making a total of 8 recorded from this far out- 

 lying, highly interesting island, viz. Macrutoma simple.^, 

 Waterli. (endemic); Xystrucera glubosa, 01.; ^'Strumutitun 

 bardaitim, F. ; Fhorucantha seinijiiinclata, F. (Australian, 

 nndouljtedly introduced) ; Cercsiuin Jlacipcs, F. (sinip/cx, 

 Gyllenh.) ; Butocera rufomaailutu, De Geer { = rubus) (also 

 found in Madagascar, Mauritius, and Bourbon) ; Coptops 

 cedificalor, F.. and Prusoplus dentutus, 01. 



Through the collections made by II. J. Snell and II. P. 

 Tliomasset in the year 1918* four very remarkai)le 

 species have be n added to the list : Iduhriuin vui<nnnu, Auriv. 

 (endemic) ; Glaucytes i/denujda, 01. (also known from 

 Madagascar and Bourbon); Madccups denticollis, Fairm.? 

 (? also from Mauritius and \iourhon), and Mimecyrida fasci- 

 culata, Auriv. (endemic). 



The Ceranibycid fauna of Rodriguez consists then of 12 

 species^ of which three are highly diH'ereutiated endemic 

 forms. 



The carefulness and competence witli which the members 

 of the Percy Sladen Trust E.\pedition have performed the 

 task entrusted to them is proved, not oidy by the many 

 newly discovered forms, but also by the fact that they have 

 met with all forms previously known from the Seychelles 

 and Aldabra, with the exception only oi' Macro/oma tvriyhti, 

 ^^ aterh., and Truyoccphala alluaudi, Lamcere, of which the 

 latter, however, was probably oidy accidentally introducid 

 into the islands. 



* Seo H. J. Snell and W. II. T. TnniH, " Tlie Nutiirftl History of iho 

 Ifland of ICoilrigiiez," I'roc. Caiiib. I'hil. 8uc. xix. part (>, i>p. 26'-'>- '2\)2 

 ( U'L'O). 



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