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utroque elytro duabus maculis fusco-pubescentibus notatis ; oculis sinu parvo instructis ; 
tibiis anticis maris non incrassatis. 
Long. (cap. excl.) 1°5—2°5 mm. 
A good series of both sexes. 
The pronotum and elytra are rather more convex than in the previous species. The 
two fuscous patches on the pronotum and the two patches on each elytrum are placed as 
in H. tibialis, but are very inconspicuous on account of the black or brownish black colour 
of the derm. A median stripe on the pronotum and the suture are often more densely 
pubescent-grey. The fore tibia is very slightly broader in the ¢ than in the @. 
Loc. Mahé: above Port Glaud, 500—1000 ft., XI. 1908; Morne Blanc, 1000 ft., 
XI. 1908; high damp forest at summit of Pilot, above 2000 ft., X. 1908; high damp 
forest between Trois Fréres and Morne Seychellois, 1500—2000 ft., XII. 1908; Cascade 
Estate, 800—1000 ft., I Hl. 1909; summit of Montagne Anse Major, in forest of 
Capucin trees (Northea), 2000 ft., IT. 1909. Silhouette: Mont Pot-d-eau, VIII. 1908 ; 
Mare aux Cochons, 1000 ft., IX. 1908 ; forest above Mare aux Cochons, IX. 1908. Marie 
Anne : forest of “Takamaka” trees, “‘ Bois de Natte,” XII. 1908. Type from Mahé. 
5. Hormiscops letus, spec. nov. 
?. Nigro-brunneus, griseo-pubescens, antennarum basi, ore tibiisque luteis, pronoto 
elytrisque luteis nigro-plagiatis, oculo simu parvo instructo, articulo 1° tarsorum quatuor 
posticorum reliquis segmentis simul sumptis breviore. 
Long. (cap. excl.) 2°5 mm. 
Two specimens, one of them minus head and prothorax. 
The centre of the head is blackish. The frons is broader than in the other species. 
The sides of the pronotum are occupied by a large brownish black patch which reaches 
neither the carina nor the apical margin, is longitudinally divided by an irregular line of 
continuous spots and meets the patch of the other side in the centre of the pronotum, 
separating a bell-shaped posterior median luteous patch from the luteous apical border. 
The lateral carina is rather longer than in the two previous species here described and 
the angle replaced by a nearly even curve. The structure of the surface of the pronotum 
and elytra agrees with that of H. tbialis, only being a trifle finer. The elytra bear each 
two blackish patches, a rounded one on the subbasal callosity, and a very large lateral one 
which occupies the limbal margin from the shoulder to the apical declivity, narrows 
dorsally, and extends to the second or third stripe. 
The pygidium is semicircular, with the basal groove continued as far as the centre or 
beyond. 
Loc. Praslin: Cétes d’Or Estate, XI. 1908. Silhouette: Mare aux Cochons, VIII. 
1908. Type from Praslin. 
6. Hormiscops (?) tessellatus, spec. nov. 
g. A speciebus antea descriptis differt oculis profundius sinuatis, carina pronoti 
basali lateribus valde arcuata haud angulata ad laterum medium continuata. 
