424 PERCY SLADEN TRUST EXPEDITION 
the rostrum, the sides of the elytra, the femora, tibiz, and under surface more or less 
suffused with piceous or black; clothed with small, scattered, narrow, white scales inter- 
mixed with numerous erect, blunt, pallid sete, the setze on the elytra uniseriately arranged 
down each interstice and becoming much longer towards the apex, the legs also albo- 
setose. Rostrum subcylindrical, rather slender, much shorter than the prothorax, 
rugulose and dull in its basal half in %, striate-punctate and shining from the base in 8, 
the antennz inserted at about the middle in both sexes. Prothorax as long as broad, 
rounded at the sides, narrowed and feebly constricted anteriorly ; densely, finely, 
rugulosely punctate. Elytra considerably wider than the prothorax, moderately long, 
parallel at the base, gradually widened to about the middle, conjointly rounded at 
the apex in both sexes, the humeri subrectangular ; finely punctate-striate, the inter- 
stices rather broad and rugose. Beneath shining, coarsely, closely punctate; ventral 
segment 1 broadly depressed down the middle in ¢. Femora each with a small sharp 
tooth. 
Length (exclud. head) 1}—2 mm. (@9). 
Loc. Seychelles: Silhouette, Mahé. 
Found in abundance: in Mahé, in the forests of Morne Blanc and Pilot (one specimen 
being recorded as found between leaf-bases of a growing Pandanus), in the country above 
Port Glaud, ca. 1000 feet, in the forests above Cascade Estate, and in the Mare aux 
Cochons district; in Silhouette, both near Mont Pot-d-eau and in the forests above 
Mare aux Cochons. A small form, clothed above with intermixed adpressed white scales 
and erect setz, the latter becoming longer towards the apex. The wings, which are 
extended in one of the smaller examples, are cousiderably longer than the body (rostrum 
included), measuring 24 mm. in expanse. 
33. Phanicobates praslinensis, n. sp. 
Oblong, convex, subopaque; piceous, the antennz, rostrum, anterior portion of 
prothorax, tarsi, and apex of abdomen ferruginous, the elytra reddish-brown, sometimes 
darker along the sides; sparsely clothed with small whitish scales intermixed with short, 
fine, suberect setee, the legs also setose. Rostrum slender, polished, shining, shorter than 
the prothorax, slightly widened at the tip, finely striate-punctate, the antennz inserted 
behind the middle. Prothorax about as long as broad, strongly rounded at the sides, 
narrowed anteriorly, very densely, finely, rugulosely punctate. Elytra comparatively 
short, a little wider than the prothorax, subparallel at the base, obliquely narrowed 
posteriorly; coarsely punctate-striate, the interstices narrow and rugose. Beneath 
shining, coarsely, closely punctate. Femora each with a small sharp tooth. Wings fully 
developed. 
Length (exclud. head) 14—14 mm. (@). 
Loc. Seychelles: Praslin. 
Seven specimens, apparently all females. This species agrees with P. duplovestitus 
in having the upper surface clothed with intermixed scales and setze, but the setz in the 
Praslin insect are short throughout. It also differs from the above-mentioned form in 
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