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are parallel to beyond the middle and then rounded to the apex; the apical declivity 
commences beyond the middle and is obtuse and slightly depressed centrally. 
Near C. graniceps but smaller, and has no frontal carina, the thorax is longer than 
broad and not equally granulate over the whole surface, the elytral hairs are similarly 
arranged to those of C. bicolor, &e. A slight depression extends the whole length of the 
elytra, causing the suture to appear raised when viewed in certain lights; in some of 
the specimens no such depression is discernible from the commencement of the declivity to 
near the apex. Ten specimens. 
Loc. Seychelles. Silhouette: Mare aux Cochons, [X. 1908. Mahé: high forest of 
Morne Blane and Pilot, X.—XI. 1908; country above Port Glaud, 500—1000 feet, XI. 
1908; from between leaf-bases of growing Stevensonia-palm, near Morne Blane, one 
specimen ; forest above Cascade Estate, 1000—2000 feet, II. 1909; Mare aux Cochons 
district, 1000—2000 feet, I.—II. 1909. 
26. Coccotrypes parvus, sp. n. 
Breviter ovalis, piceo-brunneus, pilosus, subnitidus, thorace globoso, anterius granulis 
exasperato, posterius granulato-punctato ; elytris lineato-punctatis, alternatim longius et 
brevius seriatim pilosis, apice obliquo, utrinque subtiliter subimpresso-retuso. 
Long. 1°8—2 mm. 
Head pitchy-brown, with roughened surface and a few hairs placed transversely over 
the mouth ; the thorax equal in length and breadth with the sides rounded from base to 
apex, the anterior edge having several coarse tubercles, of which the middle six are more 
prominent than the rest, the whole surface roughened but less so posteriorly, with a few 
scattered tubercles above the anterior edge and having some longish upstanding hairs, 
especially laterally. The elytra are half as long again as the thorax, but not quite equal 
to it in breadth at its widest part ; the interstices flat with rather widely placed piliferous 
punctures ; laterally the elytra are subparallel for the posterior two-thirds and rounded to 
the apex with a very slight depression of the apical third. 
Loc. Seychelles. Mahé: high forest of Morne Blanc and Pilot, XI. 1908, one 
specimen. Praslin: Cotes d’Or Estate, Coco-de-mer forest, XI. 1908, one specimen. 
27. Coccotrypes, sp.? 
There are two specimens, without antennze and otherwise in bad condition, of a 
species which probably belongs to this genus. They are characterised by the base of the 
declivity bearing a transverse stria of brilliant golden hairs; and are very distinct from 
the other species found in the Seychelles. 
Loc. Seychelles. Silhouette: Mare aux Cochons, and high forest above Mare aux 
Cochons, IX. 1908. 
