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wider than the prothorax, parallel in their basal half in 9, and very gradually narrowing 
from about the basal third in ¢; closely punctate-striate, the interstices rugulose. 
Beneath rather sparsely punctate; first ventral segment shallowly depressed down the 
middle in g. Femora unarmed. Anterior tibiz arcuate on their outer edge. Tarsal 
joints 2 and 8 moderately dilated. 
Length (exclud. head) 14—13} mm. (29). 
Loc. Seychelles: Mahé, Silhouette, Praslin. 
Mahé: high forest of Morne Blane and Pilot, country above Port Glaud, forests 
above Cascade Estate (including the stunted forest on the summit of Mount Sebert, 
ca. 2000 feet), high forest behind Trois Fréres, and the Mare aux Cochons district. 
Silhouette: found both near Mont Pot-a-eau, ca. 1500 feet, and at the Mare aux Cochons 
and in the forests above. Praslin: one specimen from the Coco-de-mer forest in the Vallée 
de Mai, Cétes d’Or Estate. This is evidently a common insect in the islands. A minute, 
narrow form, thickly set with small whitish setiform scales, the femora unarmed, the 
rostrum of the male simply curved above (as seen in profile), the eyes more prominent 
than in the allied forms, the elytra not or very little wider than the prothorax in either 
sex. When fresh the entire insect is covered with an exudation which almost hides 
the sculpture, and makes the surface appear opaque. The tarsi are often infuscate. In one 
male the fifth ventral segment has an oblong shining prominence, no doubt accidental, 
as it is not exactly in the centre. The female, as usual, has the elytra more parallel-sided 
than the male. 
39. Pheenicobates peropacus, n. sp. 
Comparatively short, convex, opaque, and alutaceous above and beneath ; black or 
piceous, the antennze (the club excepted) and tarsi, and sometimes the rostrum, the anterior 
margin of the prothorax, and tibiz also, ferruginous; the prothorax and elytra almost 
glabrous, the head, rostrum (¢), and legs clothed with small, adpressed, white, setiform 
scales. Rostrum (¢) stout, considerably shorter than the prothorax, thickened towards 
the base beneath (appearing arcuately dilated inferiorly when viewed in profile), rugulosely 
punctate; (?) subeylindrical, more slender, and striate-punctate; the antennz inserted 
far beyond the middle in both sexes, at near the tip in g. Prothorax about as long as 
broad, narrowed and feebly constricted anteriorly; densely, finely punctate. Elytra 
much wider than the prothorax, comparatively short, somewhat rounded at the sides, 
subparallel at the base, the humeri obtuse; rather coarsely punctate-striate, the imter- 
stices densely alutaceous. Beneath densely alutaceous, the metasternum and first ventral 
segment with a few widely scattered fine punctures. Legs short, stout, the femora 
unarmed, the second and third tarsal joints moderately dilated. 
Length (exclud. head) 12—12 mm. (?2). 
Loc. Seychelles: Silhouette, Mahé. 
Mahé, found in the high forest of Morne Blanc and Pilot, the high forest between 
Trois Freres and Morne Seychellois, 1500—2000 feet, the forests above Cascade Hstate, 
and the Mare aux Cochons district. Silhouette, from the forest near Mont Pot-a-eau 
(ca. 1500 feet) and above Mare aux Cochons (over 1000 feet). 
