398 PERCY SLADEN TRUST EXPEDITION 
long, curled, decumbent, whitish setze, the legs and antennze closely setulose ; the surface 
densely, finely punctate. Rostrum concave and canaliculate, deeply triangularly excised 
at the tip, the scrobes narrow, parallel. Antennz stout, joint 1 of the funiculus much 
stouter than those following, 3—7 transverse, the club moderately large. Eyes finely 
facetted, not prominent. Prothorax strongly transverse, feebly rounded at the sides, 
scarcely narrower at the apex than at the base. Elytra ovate, very convex, obliquely 
narrowed anteriorly, and at the base not wider than the prothorax ; with regular rows of 
conspicuous, rather coarse punctures, the interstices somewhat convex. Legs moderately 
stout, the tarsi broad. 
Length (includ. rostr.) 24, breadth 14 mm. 
Loc. Aldabra: Takamaka (Fryer). 
One specimen, found in November or December 1908, possibly an introduction from 
Madagascar? Much smaller than B. setofasciatus, Fairm. (length 5—6 mm.), the pro- 
thorax and elytra more even, the second joint of the funiculus smaller, the legs not so 
stout. The prothorax is apparently vittate down the middle, due to abrasion of the 
scales. 
EPIRRHAMPHUS, n. gen. 
Rostrum excessively stout, short, about as long as the head, a little narrowed out- 
wards (with the head appearing subconical as seen from above), feebly emarginate at the 
apex, Sulcate, the scrobes superior, distant from the margin, deep, as long as the eyes, 
subparallel on their inner edge and curved externally ; antennze moderately long, stout, 
inserted: near the tip of the rostrum, joints 3—7 of the funiculus transverse, the club 
ovate ; eyes finely facetted, moderately large, superior, rounded (oval as seen from above), 
not prominent; mentum very small, leaving the maxillee and palpi exposed ; mandibular 
scars small; prothorax transverse, truncate at the base and apex, narrow; scutellum 
wanting ; elytra oval, broad ; anterior and middle cox very narrowly, the posterior coxee 
widely, separated ; metasternum short, the episterna not visible ; ventral segment 2 much 
longer than 3 and 4 united, the latter very short; legs stout; femora unarmed ; tibiz 
sinuous within, the anterior and intermediate pairs unguiculate, the posterior pair widened 
at the tip, ciliate along their apical margin, and with the cavernous articular surface 
glabrous ; tarsi with joint 3 bilobed, pubescent beneath, the claws small, connate at the 
base; body obovate, densely squamose throughout, apterous. 
Type, LE. litoralis. 
This genus appears to be not uncommon on the coasts of Aldabra and Farquhar, and 
may be expected to occur further south in Madagascar. The type is not unlike a 
Strophosomus or Cneorrhinus. The superiorly placed scrobes and eyes (the head and 
rostrum together appearing subconical as seen from above, and the outer portion of the 
former distinctly extending beyond the eyes) separate Hpirrhamphus from Ellimenistes 
and other described African forms. It may be placed near Hadrorhinus, Schénh. 
4. Epirrhamphus litoralis, n. sp. (Pl. 22, figs. 4, 4a.) 
Piceous, densely clothed with small cinereous or brownish scales, the prothorax 
