CHAMPION—COLEOPTERA ; CURCULIONIDA 423 
front, densely, finely, rugulosely punctate. Elytra elongate, very little wider than the 
prothorax, rather finely punctate-striate, the interstices rugulosely punctured ; the apices 
not or feebly mucronate in ?. Beneath shining, closely, moderately coarsely punctate ; 
ventral segments 1 and 2 broadly depressed down the middle in g. Femora each with a 
small tooth. 
Length (exclud. head) 22—22 mm. (f?). 
Loc. Seychelles: Mahé, Silhouette. 
Found in Mahé in the high forest of Morne Blanc and Pilot, in the forest above 
Cascade Estate, and in the Mare aux Cochons district: and in Silhouette, in the forest 
above Mare aux Cochons up to the highest parts. Five males and four females, one of the 
latter having the elytra rather sharply mucronate at the apex. This is a form of 
P. nigrolimbatus, with long, erect, whitish, clubbed setze on the apical declivity, and the 
black border of the elytra angularly extending inwards before the middle. In one of the 
Mahé females the elytra are mucronate at the apex, at some distance from the sutural 
angle; it may belong to a different species. 
31. Phenicobates fortirostris, n. sp. 
Elongate, somewhat convex, opaque, the elytra shining; nigro-piceous or black, 
the antennee (the club excepted) and tarsi ferruginous ; sparsely clothed with coarse, 
whitish, adpressed, setiform scales, those on the elytra uniseriately arranged down 
each interstice. Rostrum shorter than the prothorax, the antenne inserted beyond the 
middle in both sexes, the apical portion slightly widened, parallel-sided in $, appearing 
somewhat thickened; (¢) stout, rugulosely punctate to the tip, and squamose ; (?) more 
slender, cylindrical, bare, and faintly punctate. Prothorax a little longer than broad, 
rounded at the sides, narrowed anteriorly, and constricted just before the apex ; densely, 
finely, rugulosely punctate. Elytra moderately long, very little wider than the prothorax, 
parallel in their basal half; closely punctate-striate, the interstices rugose. Beneath 
shining, closely punctate in 2, the ventral segments and the middle of the metasternum 
sparsely punctured in 3, the first segment, at most, faintly hollowed down the centre, and 
the fifth transversely depressed below the base, in this sex. Femora each with a small 
tooth. Tarsal jomts 2 and 3 moderately dilated. 
Length (exclud. head) 2—22 mm. (¢?). 
Loc. Seychelles: Mahé. 
A long series, varying a good deal in size, males predominating: they were found in 
the high forests of Morne Blanc and Pilot, of Trois Fréres and Morne Seychellois, and of 
the Mare aux Cochons district, up to ca. 2000 feet. This insect has the facies of a small, 
narrow, elongate Barid. The vestiture is coarse, setiform, whitish, and entirely decum- 
bent. Large males have the first two ventral segments somewhat swollen and the median 
groove wanting, and the rostrum very stout. The females have a relatively thicker 
rostrum than the same sex of the allied forms. 
32. Phancobates duplovestitus, n. sp. 
Moderately elongate, subopaque; ferruginous, the head and prothorax, the base of 
