Coleoplera from tJu- Se.ycltclles /.■ilidnls, itc. 4.'>7 



Lamiiuae. 



21. Coptops humerusiiy Kiiirni. 



Loc. Seyclielles : Silhouette, jMalie. Silhouette: iicir 

 coast (one speiMuuMi) and Mare au\ Cochons j)latc;aii, over 

 lOOU feet (several spcciniens). Mahe : various phurcis (not 

 the high forests), IDUj and rj08-*J. l.'i examples ui all. 



22. Coptops cedificator, Fabr. 



This widely distributed species is variable iu colour and 

 markings. The specimens from Assum|)tion are unifurnilv 

 grey with few and indistinct markings. Tiie specimens 

 from Rodriguez are, on the contrary, vei'v distinctly and 

 richly markeil. Two specimens from Aldabra are much 

 smaller than the others. 



Loc. Assumption : 1909, 6 specimens labelled " very 

 common ou Ficus-trees" {R. P. Dupont) ; 1910, 1 example. 

 Aldabra: 1907, 1 specimeu {d'Emtnerez) ; Takamaka, 

 xi. 1908 and Esprit I., xii. 1908 {Fryer). Coetivy : 1905, 

 1 specimen. Chagos : Salomon and Diego Garcia atolls, 

 1905, several specimens. Kodriguez : 1918, 8 examples 

 {Snell and Thomasset) . 27 specimens in all. 



23. Tragocephala comitessa, White. 



Loc. Seychelles: Mahe, 1 ?, 1914- {Thomasset). 

 Agrees closely with specimens from South Africa, and is 

 undoubtedly inti'oduced. 



24. Olenecamptus bilohus, Fabr. 



I^oc. Seychelles : IG specimens from Silhouette and 

 Mahe. All the examples from SUhouetie, 10 in number, 

 were beaten at once from a single tree (of an introduccil 

 species) in the yard behind Mons. Daubau's house at 

 La Passe, viii. 1908. »Some of the Mahe specimens were 

 collected in 1905 and 190G. 



This beetle is at times a pest of cultivated figs in India, 

 and references to it occur in the literature of economic 

 entomology. It has recently been reared from larvie found 

 under the bark of a fallen Ficus glomerata, and notes and 

 figures illustrating its life-history are contained in the 

 Report of the Imperial Entomologist (Sci. Reports Agric. 

 Res. Inst. Pusa, 1920-21, Calcutta, 1921, pp. 41-59, 

 () [)lates). 



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