432 PERCY SLADEN TRUST EXPEDITION 
Rostrum cylindrical, rather slender, a little shorter than the prothorax, rugosely punctate, 
squamulose, and opaque to near the tip in 2, shining, bare, and finely striate-punctate 
in 2, the antennze inserted at about the apical third im ¢ and at the middle in 9. 
Prothorax rather longer than broad, rounded at the sides, narrowed and feebly constricted 
anteriorly ; densely, finely, rugulosely punctate. Elytra connate, long, gradually widened to 
beyond the middle, rounded at the sides, usually mucronate at the apex m ?; very closely 
punctate-striate, the interstices rugulose and not wider than the striz. Beneath shining, 
coarsely punctured ; ventral segment 1 hollowed down the middle in g. Anterior femora 
with a minute tooth, the others sometimes obsoletely dentate. Tarsal joimts 2 and 3 very 
broadly dilated. Wings wanting. 
Length (exclud. head) 13—24 mm. (29). 
Loc. Seychelles: Mahé. 
Found in abundance, males predominating: from the forests of Morne Blanc and 
Pilot, including one specimen from between leaf-bases of a growing Pandanus ; from high 
forests behind Trois Fréres and the slopes of Morne Seychellois, 1500—2000 feet ; from 
the forests above Cascade, and the Mare aux Cochons district. Some specimens, irre- 
spective of sex, have the elytra considerably widened posteriorly, others again have the 
prothorax nearly as wide as the broadest portion of the elytra. A small, elongate, 
posteriorly-widened form, with the upper surface usually ferruginous or brown, bordered 
laterally with black ; the elytra conspicuously setose towards the apex, and in the female 
usually mucronate at the tip; and the rostrum cylindrical in both sexes. The dentiform 
prominence at the apex of each elytron of the female is usually well developed, but in 
two examples it is minute and inconspicuous, and is sometimes entirely wanting. 
45. Phaenicobates lodoicee, n. sp. 
Oblong, convex, shining; black, the antennz, tarsi, and tip of the rostrum rufo- 
testaceous ; clothed with small, hair-like, adpressed, whitish scales, those on the elytra 
uniseriately arranged down each interstice. Rostrum slender, cylindrical, as long as the 
prothorax, almost straight, faintly striate laterally. Prothorax transverse, strongly 
rounded at the sides, narrowed and feebly constricted anteriorly ; closely punctate, the 
punctures well separated on the disc. Elytra connate, comparatively short, not wider 
than the prothorax, subparallel in their basal half, the humeri obtuse ; rather coarsely 
punctate-striate, the interstices narrow, transversely wrinkled. Beneath sparsely punc- 
tate; ventral segments 3 and 4 extremely short. Legs comparatively slender ; femora 
unarmed ; tarsal joints 2 and 3 moderately dilated. 
Length (exclud. head) 1}—14 mm. (). 
Loc. Seychelles: Mahé, Praslin. 
Three females: one labelled as having been taken from the leaf-bases of a growing ¢ 
“Coco-de-mer” (Lodoicea seychellarum) in the Vallée de Mai, Praslin, on Nov. 28th, 
1908; one from the Cotes d’Or Estate, from the Coco-de-mer forest, Praslin, same date ; 
one from the high damp forest between Trois Freres and Morne Seychellois, Mahé, in 
Dec. 1908. A small, shining, convex form not very closely related to any of the other 
species here described. The connate elytra denote absence of wings. 
