Col copter a from the Seychelles Islands, d'c. i'.VJ 



(»f middle ro-rrt" not ojirn to tlio e|)iinera ; front coxfc slightly 

 anj^ulatc exteriorly, their acetiibulu completely closed pos- 

 teriorly. The intercoxal process of the prosterimm and of 

 the mesosternnm ratlu-j' narrow, sli-^htly curved. 



The spccii's for which I have erected this new jrenns lias 

 entirely the hal)it of a smaller Hcri/rida, lint differs froni 

 that {;ronp hy the exteriorly closed acetahnla of the middle 

 co.\;e and the non-retractile head. 



26. Mimecyrhla fasciculata, sp. n. (PI. XIII. fig. H.) 



Fuscons, densely clothed with a whitish tomcntnm ami 

 variegated with hlackish sjjots and stripes; head with 

 impressed median line and two fuscons spots between the 

 antennfE ; antennic pubescent and set with very short pallid 

 setaj, but not ciliatc beneath, the first joint nearly reaching 

 the middle of the prothorax; joints 3-6 variegated with 

 small dark spots or rings, joints 7-11 blackish with pale 

 basal ring; pronotum with broad dark median stri[ic and a 

 small daik dot on each side of it, punctate, but the punctures 

 hardly visible except in the median strii)e ; elytra very 

 slightly emarginate, nearly truncate at base with the humeri 

 distinct but rounded, lateral margin and liumeral carina 

 slightly waved, especially behind the middle, and clothed 

 with short hairs on the wave-ridges; posterior half with 

 4—5 irregular discal costa}, not reaching the apex or ol)solete 

 before apex, two or three of these eostre furnislicd with 

 small tufts of yellowish hairs; scutellar region variegated 

 with fuscous, a broad lateral strifje from the base below the 

 humerus to the middle, not visible from above except at its 

 posterior end, a double row of small black sutural dots, ami 

 a large black subajjical transverse spot behind the diseal 

 costic, not reaching the sides; legs variegated with dark 

 dots. Length 10 mm. 



Luc. Rodriguez: 1918, 1 specimen (Siiell aiifl Thomasset). 



The specimen is undoubtedly a female, the last ventral 

 segment being long, as long as the third and fourth 

 segments united, and furnished with a fine longitudinal 

 groove; its apex is slightly emarginate in the mitldle. 



27. Ptrro/nphia instabilis, sp. n. (IM. XI IT. (\^. 8.) 



A true Ptcrohtjihla with the middle tibi;e antirc, the first 

 antennal joint fiattened below, reaching nearly to the 

 middle of the [irothorax, anil the eyes subdivided and distant 

 above. Vcrv variable in size, colour, and markings. There 



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