CHAMPION—COLEOPTERA ; CURCULIONID A A433 
46. Phemcobates pandanicola, n. sp. (Pl. 28, fig. 27, 3.) 
Elongate, moderately convex, subeylindrical, shining; varying in colour from 
brownish-ferruginous, or ferruginous with the sides of the prothorax and elytra infuscate 
or black, to black, with the antenne, tibiz, tarsi, tip of rostrum, and last three ventral 
seoments ferruginous, the elytra often with a broad sordid ochreous stripe on the disc 
of each in dark examples; very sparsely clothed with minute, adpressed, hair-like, 
whitish scales, those on the elytra uniseriately arranged down each interstice and 
becoming coarser along the basal margin ; the head with two lines of narrow white scales 
between the eyes. Rostrum much shorter than the prothorax, cylindrical, slender, very 
little stouter in f than in ?, the basal portion rugose and opaque in 4, and closely striate 
in 2, the apical portion shining and almost smooth in both sexes, the antennee inserted 
at () or just beyond (¢) the middle. Prothorax much longer than broad, suboval and as 
broad as the elytra in fully developed $; narrower in 9, feebly constricted and narrowed 
anteriorly in both sexes; closely, rather coarsely punctate, the interspaces alutaceous. 
Elytra moderately elongate, subparallel in their basal half, rather coarsely punctate- 
striate; the interstices rugulose. Beneath closely, coarsely punctate; ventral segments 
1 and 2 hollowed down the middle in g. Femora each with a small tooth, which is 
almost obsolete in small examples. Tarsi with joints 2 and 3 extremely broad, 4 elongate- 
oval (as seen from above), the claws very minute. Coxee widely separated. 
Length (exclud. head) 13—22 mm. (69). 
Loc. Seychelles: Mahé, Silhouette, Praslin. 
A long series, varying greatly in size and colour, and also in the lateral expansion of 
the prothorax in the males. The more widely separated coxe separate this species from 
all the allied forms. In Mahé this species was found near Morne Blanc, several of the 
specimens having been taken from between the bases of the leaves of growing Pandanus ; 
also in the high forest behind Trois Fréres, and above Cascade Estate. In Silhouette it 
was found near Mont Pot-a-eau, ca. 1500 feet, and between the leaf-bases of growing 
Pandanus hornev in the forest above Mare aux Cochons. In Praslin several examples 
were found between leaf-bases of growing Pandanus on Cotes d'Or Estate. Most of the 
specimens therefore are known to have been found in Pandanus, which the insect 
doubtless attacks. 
47. Phenicobates alatus, n. sp. 
Elongate, narrow, rather convex, somewhat acuminate at apex, subopaque, almost 
glabrous ; black above, rufo-piceous beneath, the antennze (the club excepted) ferruginous, 
the tarsi piceous or obscure ferruginous. Rostrum (%) shorter than the prothorax, 
moderately stout, feebly arcuate above (as seen in profile), rugosely punctate ; (2) slender, 
cylindrical, curved, abruptly deflexed from about the middle, the apical portion shining 
and finely punctate. Prothorax longer than broad, gradually narrowed from about the 
middle forwards, feebly constricted towards the apex; closely, finely punctate, the 
interspaces densely alutaceous. Elytra long, slightly wider than the prothorax, sub- 
parallel in their basal half, more or less produced at the apex, the apices narrow and 
