CHAMPION—COLEOPTERA ; CURCULIONIDA 413 
Loc. Seychelles: Mahé. 
Five specimens from the high damp forest:—Morne Blane and Pilot, XI. 1908; 
between Trois Fréres and Morne Seychellois, 1500—2000 feet, XII. 1908; slopes of 
Morne Seychellois, 1500—2000 feet, II. 1909. Differs from C. carinifer in having the 
rostrum similarly shaped im the two sexes, the prothorax longer and simply canaliculate 
on the disc, the elytra more inflated and with the costz uninterrupted posteriorly, the 
prosternum more deeply emargimate at the apex, and the anterior and intermediate 
coxee much less widely separated. 
20. Cycloterinus wueristatus, n. sp. (Pl. 23. figs. 18, 18a, ¢.) 
Short, broad, shining; varying in colour from black to ferrugimous, the tarsi and 
the base of the antennee always rufo-testaceous; clothed above with short, curled, 
semi-erect, fulvous or cinereous setz, which are condensed on the elytra into a conspicuous 
line along the rather prominent alternate interstices, the tubercle on each side of the 
suture in ¢ with a common tuft of longer erect hairs. Rostrum (g) very stout, arcuate, 
nearly as long as the prothorax, the lower portion dilated and shovel-shaped from near 
the base, the upper portion opaque, 7-carinate, and rugosely punctate to near the apex ; 
(?) arcuate, cylindrical, shining, finely punctate, and carinate at the sides only. Hyes 
very small. Prothorax transversely subquadrate, the tubulate anterior portion narrow, 
the posterior portion with the sides subparallel or feebly rounded and usually with 
a small tubercle at each anterior angle; densely, rather coarsely punctate, without 
trace of median sulcus or carina. Elytra very broad, short, scutiform or subcordate 
somewhat flattened on the disc anteriorly in the larger specimens, the humeri obliquely 
truncate in front and more or less angulate externally; with rows of very coarse, 
closely-placed, transverse punctures, separated by shining, sparsely punctulate, raised 
interstices, the alternate interstices a little more prominent that the rest, the first 
(sutural) with a setigerous tubercle at the commencement of the apical declivity in ¢. 
Beneath closely, coarsely punctate; first ventral segment depressed in the middle at 
the apex in g. Third tarsal joint feebly bilobed. 
Length 14—2, breadth ~—14 mm. (f2). 
Loc. Seychelles: Mahé. 
This is an abundant insect in the high mountain-forests of Mahé, where it is 
found on damp decaying leaves of Wormia ferruginea and Northea seychellarum on 
the ground. It was obtained in the high forest of Morne Blane and Pilot up to 
2000 feet, X.—XI. 1908; forest between Trois Freres. and Morne Seychellois, ca. 
1500—2000 feet, XII. 1908 and I. 1909; forest above Cascade Estate, up to 2000 feet, 
I.—III. 1909; Mare aux Cochons district, 1000—2000 feet, I.—II. 1909; forest on 
Summit of “Montagne Anse Major,” ca. 2000 feet, I]. 1909. The very large number 
of specimens captured by Mr Scott vary greatly in size and colour. The male is 
easily recognizable by the tuft of erect hairs on the suture beyond the middle and 
the inferiorly dilated shovel-shaped rostrum. The larger castaneous examples are some- 
what thickly fulvo-setose, the smaller, more convex, blacker individuals having a shorter 
cinereous setosity, which, however, is partly hidden by an earthy exudation. 
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