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very small scattered spots on the elytra. The scales are often cupreous, golden, greenish, 
or bluish-grey, sometimes cinereous, as in the type. The length varies from 6—11, and 
the breadth from 24—44 mm. 
6. Cratopus griseovestitus. (Pl. 22, fig. 6, 3.) 
Cratopus griseovestitus Linell, Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus., xix. p. 697 (1897); Kolbe, 
Mitteil. Zool. Mus. Berlin, v. p. 41 (1910). 
Cratopus sparsutus Fairm., Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg., xli. p. 485 (1898). 
Loc. Seychelles: Mahé (1905 and 1908—9), Silhouette (VIII. 1908), Praslin (1905) ; 
Round Island (Mus. Brit.). 
This is exclusively a coast-species, living upon bushes such as Tournefortia argentea 
which grow just behind the beach*. It was found at several places in Mahé (Baie 
Lazare, and the coast near Cascade), and a number of specimens were obtained in two 
islets (Long Island, VII. 1908, and Anonyme Island, I. 1909) lying off the coast of the 
main island. . In Silhouette it was met with at various parts of the coast. 
The types of both Linell and Fairmaire were from Mahé, whence I have seen 
upwards of 60 examples collected by Messrs Gardiner and Scott, as well as 19 from 
Silhouette, three from Praslin, and four from Round Island. C. griseovestitus is a form of 
C. adspersus with more convex eyes, coarser and more scattered granules on the prothorax 
and elytra, and less elongate, broader scales on the upper surface, these being usually 
condensed into numerous small definite patches on the elytra. The insect seems to be a 
little more elongate than C. adspersus, especially the male, and to have a relatively longer 
basal joint to the funiculus. The surface-vestiture is variable in colour, often more or less 
metallic. Kolbe also records C. griseovestitus from Silhouette and Praslin. 
7. Cratopus viridisparsus. 
Cratopus viridisparsus Fairm., Bull. Soc. Ent. France, 1896, p- 222; Linell, Proce. 
SS: Nat. Mus., xix. p. 702) (1897). 
Loc. Aldabra: Takamaka, Picard Island, &c., 1908 (Fryer); 1907 (Thomasset). 
The description of C. viridisparsus would apply to similarly-coloured varieties of 
either of the two forms obtained by Messrs Thomasset and Fryer in Aldabra: one with 
oval, depressed eyes (C. adspersus), the other (C. viridisparsus, Fairm.) with the eyes 
coarsely facetted, more rounded, and strongly convex. M. Lesne, however, who has been 
kind enough to compare one of our examples with the latter, assures me that it agrees 
with Fairmaire’s type. The eyes in the present species are even more prominent than 
they are in C. griseovestitus. The vestiture is equally variable in colour, and condensed 
into numerous small patches on the elytra; but it is nearly as fine and hair-like as 
in C. adspersus. Of the 93 examples before me from Aldabra, 21 have depressed, and 
72 prominent, eyes. Linell says Dr Abbott obtained two examples there. 
* There is little doubt that the two species found in the coral-islands (C. adspersus and vuridisparsus) 
are obtained in the same way, though I have no personal experience in their cases.—H. Scorv, 
