258 PERCY SLADEN TRUST EXPEDITION 
11. Cleranthribus colydiopsis, spec. nov. (Plate 15, fig. 6). 
é?. Niger, nitidus, pilis sparsis vestitus, pube alba signatus, ex parte rufus, capite 
dense rugato-punctato, pronoto grosse punctato, fascia subapicali atque stria brevi 
mediana subbasali albis notato, elytris pone basin rufis fascia transversa alba ornatis. 
Long. (cap. excl.) 1°3—2°5 mm. 
The specimens vary considerably in size and also to some extent in markings, but the 
long series of examples obtained contains individuals which are intermediate. Moreover, 
the specimens which differ in size or colour, or in both, are apparently alike in structure. 
The whole body is glossy black, the mouth-parts, the antennee (usually with the 
exception of the club), the bases of the pronotum and elytra, the postbasal depression and 
frequently a postmedian sublateral patch of the elytra, and the legs are more or less bright 
rufous. A subapical transverse band on the pronotum and a band situated in the 
depression of the elytra as well as a short median line in front of the carina, a lateral spot 
touching the carina, a sutural spot behind the scutellum, the epimerum of the mesosternite 
and the episternum of the metasternite (as well as part of the hind edge of the meta- 
sternum) are pubescent-white, the head and the rufescent posterior portion of the elytra 
also bearing white pubescence in well-preserved specimens. This pubescence consists of 
broad flat hairs. 
Sometimes the greater portion of the elytra is rufous, only a sutural stripe or patch 
remaining blackish brown. In specimens with a distinct white subapical band on the 
pronotum, this portion of the derm is also rufescent (e.g. in the type-specimen). 
The prothorax is one-third ($) or one-sixth (¢) longer than it is broad, being widest a 
little before the centre, the sides being very slightly rounded. The dise bears dispersed 
punctures, which are rather large, and the sides, particularly ventrally, are densely and 
coarsely punctured. The elytra are three-fifths as broad as they are long, being slightly 
broader than the prothorax. They are sharply marginate at the base and around the 
shoulders. In one of the $3 the apical area of the elytra is somewhat flattened, the centre 
of each elytrum being in this place longitudinally swollen, an obtuse smooth crease being 
formed. 
Loc. Mahé: Mare aux Cochons, I.—II. 1909; country above Port Glaud, 500— 
1000 ft., XI. 1908 ; high forest of Morne Blanc and Pilot, XI. 1908 ; near Morne Blane ; high 
damp forest between Trois Fréres and Morne Seychellois, about 1500—2000 ft., XII. 1908 ; 
from grass in cultivated country, about 1000 ft., XII. 1908; forest above Cascade Estate, 
I. and IL. 1909; also in low country ; top of Mount Sebert, nearly 2000 ft., I. 1909; 
forest of stunted Capucin trees (Northea) on summit of “ Montagne Anse Major,” 2000 ft. 
or over, II. 1909; Cascade Estate, about 1000 ft., II. and III. 1909; jungle between 
Trois Fréres and Morne Seychellois, 1500—2000 ft., XII. 1908. Silhouette: high country 
near Mont Pot-a-eau, VIII. 1908; Mare aux Cochons plateau and jungle near by, VIII. 
and IX. 1908. 
Many of the specimens were obtained in the forests by beating. Along with these 
occurred frequently a Clerid beetle of the same size and colour. 
