•130 Prof. Clir. Amivilliua on 



All the bred examples of M. albosignata and ,1/. glauca were 

 reared by a method which I had seen practised in J^^ngland 

 by Dr. Sharp. It consists in packinj; a scre\v-t()p[)ed glass 

 bottle of small diameter tii^litiy with fragments of the 

 wood, and placing a single larva in each bottle in a crevice 

 between the pieces, after which the zinc top is screwed on 

 and the bottle is left undisturbed, sometimes for weeks. 



"The 3 specimens taken in an adult state were fouud 

 respectively in the high forest of Morue Pilot (iMahe), 

 xi. 1908; in Silhouette at about 1000 feet, viii.-ix. 1908 ; 

 and in INIahc' by Gardiner in 1905.''— H. S. 



6. Microncemia glauca, sp. n. 



Testaceous-brown ; vertex, pronotum, and elytra blackish, 

 rather densely clothed with a glaucous or greyish-green 

 pubescence, and without markings; abdomen subnitid, 

 black; antennae, except the underside of the first joint, 

 tibiie, and tarsi sometimes more or less infuscated ; the 

 pubescence at the base aud sides of the pronotum, on the 

 scutellum and at the sides of the breast, often glistening 

 white; last joint of palpi triangular; first antenual joint 

 always testaceous below, ft)llowing joints either testaceous- 

 brown with black tips, or entirely fuscous; ])ronotum 

 minutely punctulate, with nearly frlabrous median line; 

 elytra flattened in basal part, with six rows of punctures, 

 the fourth row being the shortest; femora testaceous; tips 

 of tibise and tarsi more or less fuscous. Length 6-8 mm. 



Loc. Seychelles: Silhouette, Mahe. 



" 8 examples, 5 of which were bred from larvje, or in 

 one case from a pupa, found in the high damp forests. 

 Two larvae and the pupa were found in Silhouette in August 

 or September, and one larva was found in the high forest 

 of ^Morne Seychellois (Mahe) in December. One of the 

 Silhouette larvae was found in a stick of ' Capucin ' [Nortfieu) 

 on the highest peak, about 2400 feet. For methods of 

 breeding see under M. albosignata. 



"The 3 specimens taken as adults were found respectively 

 at over 1000 feet in Silhouette, viii. 1908; high damp forest 

 at summit of Morne Pilot, Mahe, over 2000 feet, xi. 1908 ; 

 and in Mahe, 1905 {Gardiner)." — H. S. 



M. glauca, ab. Jiwneralis, ab. nov. 



Differs from the typical form by being smaller and 

 having on the elytra a lateral subhumeral yellow stripe, 



