Coleoptera from the Seychelles Islands, dr. 42.") 



of yidcrotomn known tVoiii IJodrif^uez. Lamoerc refers 

 M. simplex ? to the };i()U[) of species with nearly approxi- 

 UKited eyes ('' yeux rapproclies endessns"); in the male the 

 eyes are, however, rather widely (2*5 inni.) distant on tlie 

 upperside. The sides of the prothorax are rather stroii<5ly 

 Convex a little behind the middle. 



2. Macrotoma {Hovaloma) sp. 



Loc. Aldabra: TakaniaUa, 2 examples, x. 1908 (Fryer). 



lk)th specinuMis are nearly destitute of lej^s and antc-nnse, 

 and are badly damaji;ed. They were evidently found dead, 

 and are not fit to be deseribed. 



A narrow, nearly eylindrieal, pale brown species, wliicli 

 seems to l)e identical with or nearly allicil to M. iraterlwusei, 

 Laineere. Length of the male 2-1- mm., of the female 

 '60 mm. 



3. Platiiynathus (?) sechellarum, sp. n. (Text-fig. 1.) 



? . Head, tliorax, antennre, and legs blackisli ; elytra 

 dark brown, blaekish at the base; abdomen dark brown, 

 paler at the sides. Head and pronotum punctured in the 

 middle and finely granulose at the sides, clothed with short 

 yellowish hairs emitted from the punctures or from the 

 granules. Head tlatteiied between the eyes, slightly concave 

 between the antenniferous tubercles; genae rather long. 

 First antennal joint obeonieal, hardly reaching beyond the 

 middle of the eye; second joint half as long as the first 

 joint or a little longer (the following joints are missing). 

 Pronotum broad, nearly as broad as the elytra at the base, 

 bioadest between the posterior lateral angles ; apical angles 

 obtuse, anterior lateral angles small ; sides slightly concave 

 between the lateral angles, posterior lateral an<;les broad 

 and produced; liind angles rather acute; sides between 

 them and the posterior lateral angles distinctly emarginate. 

 kSeutellura obtusely rounded wilii few shallow punctures. 

 J'Jytra punctured all o\er, with very minute yellowish setiu 

 in the punctures ; the punctures slightly coarser at the base; 

 no granules; a short sutural spine at apex; the raised 

 lines very obsolete. Underside and legs with setiferous 

 punctures; abdomen with smaller and more crowiled jmiie- 

 tures. Length 31) mm. (abdomen swollen and protruding 

 behind the elytra). 



Loc. Seychelles: Frigate Island, 1 ? , UK)5 ((janlinrr). 



This interesting species differs from the only hitlurto 



