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The scutellum is very minute; elytra nearly twice as long as the prothorax and 
slightly wider than the latter at their middle, lmeate punctate and covered with longish 
yellow hairs which are finer than those on the prothorax, the interstices very faintly 
punctate and furnished with similar hairs, the apex rounded; viewed laterally the 
declivity is very abrupt; the under surface is transversely shagreened, especially the 
centre portion of the mesosternum; the anterior cox are moderately close together, 
the middle ones being farther apart, whilst the posterior are still more so. The first and 
second exposed abdominal segments are in some specimens obscurely separated, the 
third and fourth very narrow and the fifth equal to the two preceding ones in breadth. 
Loc. Seychelles. Praslin: 40 specimens were found between the leaf-bases of a 
& Coco-de-mer (Lodoicea seychellarwm) which was felled for collecting purposes in the 
Vallée de Mai, Cétes d’Or Estate, 28. XI. 1908*. 
Platypodidee. 
Puatypus Herbst. 
2. Platypus lepidus Chap., Mon. Platypides, 1866, p. 282, fig. 171. 
In the series of both sexes of this species from Seychelles there is considerable 
difference shown in size, some being larger and others smaller than the type; there are 
also variations in the number and arrangement of the prothoracic punctures on the 
females, but these differences are not sufficient to constitute definite varieties. M.Chapuis 
pointed out (op. cit., p. 283), “Les exemplaires des différentes localités que nous avons 
signalées different quelque peu entre eux; ainsi, les deux petits groupes de points du 
corselet peuvent manquer chez la femelle; la forme est un peu plus étroite dans individu 
provenant des iles Philippines.” 
Loc. Seychelles. Silhouette: near Mont Pot-d-eau, ca. 1500 ft, WII. 1908; 
Mare aux Cochons, over 1000 ft. Praslin: Cétes d’Or Estate, XI. 1908. 36 specimens. 
In Silhouette (VIII.—IX. 1908) this beetle frequently came to the lamp at night in the 
huts near Pot-a-eau and at Mare aux Cochons; the hut-walls were built of freshly split 
lathes of the palm Verschaffeltia, but whether the Platypus had any connection with this 
wood or was merely attracted from the surrounding forest is uncertaint. Celebes, Molucca 
and Philippine Islands. 
Ipide. 
CRYPHALUS Er. 
3. Cryphalus pallidus Hichh., Berlin. Ent. Zeitschr., xv. 1871, p. 181. 
5 specimens. 
Loc. Seychelles. Silhouette: Mare aux Cochons, over 1000 feet, IX. 1908. Mahé: 
Cascade Estate, ca. 1000 feet ; Long Island, VII. 1908. Madagascar. 
* Scratrophus fuscus is not the only species of beetle which was found only between the bases of the 
leaves of this remarkable tree. Atenius lodoicew was almost exclusively so found (see Vol. xv. of these 
Transactions, p. 226, 1912), also a fine Scydmsenid which has not yet been studied.—H. Scorr. 
7 One or more of the species of Xyleborus also came sometimes to the light, but unfortunately there 
is no certain record to show which species. 
