Coleoptera from the 6<t(/ch^lles hhinJs, etc. 431 



which often emits a short transverse yellow band towards the 

 suture l)L'hiud the shoulders. Scutclluni yellowish. Legs 

 and uiiteunie often darkened. Lni<;th 5— G niui, 



Ldc. Seyehclles : Silhouette, Mahe. 



"11 speeinicns, 7 of which were bred. Four were reared 

 from fallen stieks of ' Capuciii ' {Xortfiea) found on the 

 highest peak of Silhouette, about 2400 feet, viii.-ix. 1908; 

 one from a larva found in * Capuein ' wood at about 1500 feet 

 (Silhouette) ; one from a fallen stick of a dicotyledonous 

 tree (not named) found just above Mare aux Cochons in 

 Silhouette, over 1000 feet ; and the remaining one from 

 another larva found near Mare aux Cochons. 



"The 4 examples taken as adults are all from the highest 

 and dampest forest at the summits of Morne Pilot or Morne 

 Blanc (Mahej, at end of October or in November 1908." 

 — H.S. 



7. Micronoemia bifasciala, sp. n. (PL XII. fig. 2.) 



Black, with a sericeous pubescence; antenna?, palpi, legs, 

 breast, shoulders, and two transverse lateral spots on each 

 elytron, one before and one behind middle, testaceous or 

 brown ; antennal joints 3-7 and 10 black at tip, 8 and 9 en- 

 tirely pale, 11 entirely black. Pronotum distinctly nari'ower 

 at l)ase than at apex, with the sides rounded in middle, longer 

 than in the foregoing species, minutely transversely punc- 

 tate-striate, the sculpture almost concealed by the yellowish 

 adpressed pubescence, the hairs of which are directed 

 upwards towards the median line. Tarsi fuscous, pale at 

 base. Punctures of elytral rows coarse and reaching behind 

 the middle. Length 5 mm. 



Loc. Seychelles : Malir, 1 specimen from tlie !Mare aux 

 Cochons district, about 1500 feet, 2G. i.-2. ii. 1909 ; it was 

 taken in a forest of the endemic " Bois de Fer " ( Valeria 

 Seychellorum), these trees being some of the largest and 

 oldest in the forests of Mahe. 



Easily distinguished by the form of the pronotum and 

 the markings of the elytra. 



8. Xi/strocera globosa, Oliv. 



Loc. Seychelles : Maht- ; Port Victoria and other j)laces 

 in the cultivated country, 1905, 1900, 1908-9; one specimen 

 is labelled "grub in sap of [the imported] ' Jiuis Noir,' 

 Alh'tzzia Lebljek" {Gardiner, 1905 j. Rodriguez, 1918 

 {Snell and Tliomasset), 33 examples in all. 



