SCOTT—COLEOPTERA; HYDROPHILIDA, HISTERIDA 233 
sternum in medio punctis aliquibus majoribus; meso- et metasterno et segmento 
abdominali primo subtiliter striolato-punctulatis. Long. corp. $ mm. 
Form oblong-oval and depressed. Head impunctate, without visible suture between 
frons and clypeus. Thorax and elytra covered with a dense fine striolation. The 
punctures themselves are extremely fine and some way apart, but the fine striole into 
which they are drawn out before and behind form a dense sculpture: towards the base of 
the thorax the punctures are a little stronger, and they form a somewhat irregular series, 
not very close, along the actual base. The general direction of the striole is much more 
longitudinal than in the preceding species: there is no general convergence towards 
middle of base of thorax or towards inner basal angles of elytra: at the apex of the elytra 
the inner striole curve inwards towards the sutural angle. Sculpture of the pygidiwm 
not satisfactorily made out; it appears to have extremely fine transverse striolations, but 
to be smooth and unsculptured at the apex. 
Prosternum (Pl. 14, fig. 32) between the striz a little more than 14 times as long 
as broad at the base, slightly narrower in the middle than at the base, with striz 
diverging somewhat in front ; surface slightly convex with a few fine striolations. It is 
not possible to see whether the mesosternal marginal stria is entire or not, since its 
median portion is hidden under the base of the prosternum. The division between meso- 
and metasternum is visible: it has no definite transverse series of punctures, but in its 
median part there are about six rather larger punctures placed transversely, not very 
close together. Meso- and metasterna and 1st abdominal segment finely striolate- 
punctulate, the striole being short and generally longitudinal in direction, and the 
punctures very fine; this sculpture becomes obsolete at the hind margin of the Ist 
abdominal segment. 
Distinguished from the preceding by its much smaller size, oblong and flattened 
form, by its very fine punctures, the different arrangement of the striole, &c. 
This species is dedicated to Mr J. C. F. Fryer. 
Loc. Seychelles. Mahé: Cascade Estate, over 800 feet, 1909, 1 specimen; Mare 
aux Cochons district, 1500 feet or over, 1909, 1 specimen. Praslin: Cétes d’Or Estate, 
1908, 1 specimen. 
Saprinus, Erichson. 
Subgenus SAPRINUS, s. str. 
37. Saprinus erichsoni, Marseul. 
Saprinus erichsoni Marseul, Ann. Soc. ent. France, sér. 3, ill. 1855, p. 363, Pl. 16, 
fig. 8; Alluaud, Liste Coléopt., p. 110; Kolbe, Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin, v. 1910, 1D Bil. 
Not obtained by the Percy Sladen Trust Expedition. The single specimen found by 
Alluaud was stated by J. Schmidt (Bull. Soc. ent. France, 1893, p. 101) to be perfectly 
identical with specimens from Madagascar. 
Loc. Seychelles: Mahé, 1892 (Alluaud). Madagascar. 
