390 PERCY SLADEN TRUST EXPEDITION 
24. Coccotrypes bicolor, sp. n. 
Oblongus, thorace nigro, semiovato, toto crebre exasperato; elytris ferrugineis, 
lineato-punctatis, alternatim longius et brevius seriatim pilosis, apice fortiter obliquo, 
utrinque subimpresso-retuso. 
Long. 3 mm. 
Head black, longitudinally strigose especially laterally, with a short shiny carina 
posteriorly in the centre, and a transverse row of yellow hairs over the mouth. Prothorax 
black and semi-ovate, with the base truncate, rounded at the angles and faintly margined, 
the anterior edge without any prominent tubercles; dorsally depressed from base to apex, 
the surface closely rugose and sparsely hairy, and having a slight central longitudinal 
ridge posteriorly. Scutellum small, black and shiny, Anterior coxe large, very hairy 
and placed very nearly but not quite touching each other; the femora large and flattened; 
the tibize broadened apically, abruptly truncate, with a few strong spines and some hairs 
on the outer lateral margin. Elytra reddish-brown, half as long again as the prothorax, 
parallel-sided for the basal three-fourths and thence rounded to the apex, the declivity 
commences abruptly at the apical fourth and is slightly depressed on each side of the 
suture; the elytra are strongly punctate, the punctures appearing slightly larger at 
the base than at the declivity, each being provided with a very minute hair, whilst the 
interstices are flat and furnished with a single row of longish hairs. The metasternum 
is much raised along its centre and deeply grooved longitudinally at the basal portion, the 
first visible abdominal segment has a bisinuate basal edge and is somewhat raised 
along the centre and rather broader than the second, the third and fourth narrow, the 
fifth of equal breadth to the preceding two together; all the segments are coarsely 
punctured and hairy. 
This large species resembles C. graniceps Kichh. in many ways, but has a much more 
abrupt declivity, alternate rows of long and short hairs on the elytra, no carina above the 
mouth, the prothorax longer than broad, ete. 
Loc. Seychelles. Mahé: slopes of Morne Seychellois, 1500—2000 feet, 4. IT. 1909. 
2; specimens. 
25. Coccotrypes declivis, sp. n. 
Breviter ovalis, subdepressus, piceo-brunneus, pilosus, subnitidus, thorace antrorsum 
angustato, anterius granulis exasperato, posterius granulato-punctato; elytris lineato- 
punctatis, alternatim longius et brevius seriato-pilosis, apice subtiliter subimpresso-retuso. 
Long. 2 mm. 
Head black, front closely rugulose strigose with a transverse row of yellow hairs 
over the mouth ; prothorax ovate and slightly longer than broad, laterally curved from 
base to apex, with a transverse dorsal elevation just behind the centre, the whole surface 
slightly roughened and having scattered granulations anterior to the dorsal elevation ; 
the anterior edge is furnished with numerous blunt tubercles; the scutellum small and 
shiny. The elytra are the same breadth as the prothorax and nearly one-half longer, 
and posteriorly the surface on each side of the suture is depressed, whilst laterally they 
