Coleopfera from the Seychelles Tslands^ (Cc 111 



r. Ah. transversa^ iiov. — Elytra greyish or dark hrowu, 

 without other inarkiiif^s thiin a luorc; or less distinct 

 triuisvcrse whitish or greyish irregular fascia at the 

 hegiiiiiiug of the posterior declivity. 



/. Al). unicolor, nov. — Elytra unicolorous greyish or brown 

 without markings, or only with 1-2 white dots on the 

 declivity of each elytron. 



y. Ah. niyrovittittn, nov, — Elytra pale yellowish-grey, each 

 having on the side of the disc two nearly denuded 

 hlackisii vitt;e, of which the upper one is very short, 

 and both are al)l)reviated towards the apex. Inter- 

 mediate between ah. suturalis and ab. unicolor. 



Length 4r-7 mm. 



L.OC. Seychelles: Silhouette, Mahe, Long, and Anonyme 

 Islands. 



39 specimens in all. The forms abcissa (7 specimens), 

 transversa (10 specimens), and unicolor (9 specimens) seem 

 to be commoner than the others. About 20 examples, 

 representing 5 forms, were taken in Long Island, a small 

 coconut-planted islet with a few patches of native vegeta- 

 tion, close to Mahe, in July 1908. In Silhouette and Mahe 

 this species was found at elevations of 1000 feet or more, in 

 the endemic forests, but not in the highest and dampest 

 zones of forest, 



28. Prosoplus dentatus, Oliv. 



Loc. Amirantes : Eagle I., 1905, 2 exatn|)les {Gardiner). 

 Astove: 1907, 1 specimen {Tliomnssel). Aldal)ra: 1907, 

 1 specimen [d' ilinmvrez). Also known from Mauritius, 

 I'ourbon, and Rodriguez. 



29. Syhra yeminata, Klug. 



Loc. Seychelles : Silhouette, Mahe. 35 specimciis, from 

 various |)hices in the endemic forests at elevations be- 

 tween 1000 and 2000 fret : the only exception is a single 

 specimen labelled as from St, Anne (a small cultivated islet 

 near Mah('), 1905 (Gardiner). 



A true Syhra, as Gahan has pointed out. Very variable 

 in size, colour, and markings. " Apomeryna'^ seclwUarum, 

 Laineere, and A. fauvcli, Thrry, are undoubtedly only forms 

 of Sybra yeminata, Klug. '■'■(Jopsis " hianynlala and O. cphip- 

 j/iu/ii, Eairm., and Praonetha dorsata, Kairm., are probably 

 also forms of this species. The size of the specimens before 

 me varies from 6 to 10 mm. 



