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pubescence on the subbasal black spots of the elytra not forming a slight tuft, and in the 
longitudinal groove of the frons being better defined. The above-mentioned ¢ recorded by 
Fahrens belongs to cervinus. 
9. Phlaobius pustulosus, Gerst. (1871). 
Phleobius pustulosus, Gerst., Arch. Naturg., (1871) p. 76; and in Decken’s Reise 
OPAtire mie ps 250) tb. L2tioa salsa): 
One small ?, which is purer white and slenderer than any other specimens I have 
seen of this species. P. pustulosus bears a raised median line on the frons ; the prothorax 
is but slightly narrowed at the apex, the anterior angles being very prominent, and has a 
transverse row of five tufts. The elytra also bear tufts. The tibize have three black or 
brown spots, one of which is placed at the base. 
Loc. Aldabra, 1908 (Fryer). 
Occurs also in Hast Africa and in Madagascar. 
Contexta, Jord. (1902). 
Contexta, Jord., Deutsche Ent. Zeitschr., (1902) p. 78. 
An Oriental genus. 
10. Contexta murina, Jord. (1901) (Plate 15, figs. 11, 11 a, 110). 
Contexta murina, Jord., l.c. (Ceylon). 
The specimens from the Seychelles only differ from the few I have from Ceylon in the 
club of the antenna being darker. 
Ten specimens were obtained on Mahé, which vary in the ground-colour from 
rufescent brown to pale rufous. 
Loc. Mahé: Cascade Estate, 800—1000 ft. ; Long Island, VII. 1908. 
CLERANTHRIBUS, gen. Nov. 
$9. Elongatus, nitidus. Rostrum brevissimum. Antennarum foveze apertee. Oculi 
ovati integri laterales grosse granulosi. Antenne prothoracis basin haud superantes, clava 
distincta, articulis 9° et 10° late triangularibus. Mandibule prope apicem dente acuto 
instructee. Prothoracis carina a basi remota, arcuata, lateribus tenuissima ad medium 
continuata, angulo laterali distincto. Elytra basi emarginata. Prosternum longum ; 
processus intercoxalis mesosternalis angustus. Abdomen cylindricum. Pygidium con- 
vexum verticale. Tibize posticze apice supra setis brevibus instructe ; tarsorum articulus 
tertius lobis longis angustis.—Genotypus: C. colydiopsis, spec. nov. 
The genus has no very near relative. It belongs to the Anocerine, and may be 
placed near Choragus. The species here described recall Anthicids and Colydiids by their 
facies, one of them also closely resembling a small Clerid which occurs with it. 
The rostrum is at least four times as broad as it is long, the sides being entirely 
occupied by the mandibles and the antennal grooves; the apical margin is straight with 
the angles rounded off. The eyes are quite lateral, prominent but not large, coarsely 
