434 PERCY SLADEN TRUST EXPEDITION 
sometimes subcaudate; closely, rather coarsely punctate-striate, the interstices very 
narrow and rugulose. Beneath shining, closely, rather coarsely punctate; ventral 
segments 1 and 2 shallowly suleate down the middle in g. Legs short ; femora unarmed ; 
tarsal joints 2 and 3 moderately broad. Wings fully developed. 
Length, (exclud. head) 14—2 mm. ($@). 
Loc. Seychelles: Silhouette, Mahé. 
Twenty-five specimens, varying greatly in size: found in Silhouette, near Mont 
Pot-a-eau and in the forests above Mare aux Cochons: in Mahé, in the forests of 
Morne Blane and Pilot (including a specimen found between leaf-bases of a growing 
Pandanus), in the stunted forest on the summit of Mount Sebert, in the Mare aux 
Cochons district and the forest on the summit of “ Montagne Anse Major” (ca. 2000 
feet) : and on two small islets lying off the coast of Mahé (Long and Round Islands, VII. 
1908, 11 ¢ and $). Compared with P. sebertensis this species has the elytra a little more 
convex, not widened posteriorly, and more acuminate at the apex; the rostrum of the 
male is not so stout, and less dilated towards the base beneath, that of the female being 
abruptly deflexed from about the middle ; and the tarsi are usually more or less infuscate. 
One male example from Silhouette has the apices of the elytra considerably produced. 
The Long Island series are taken as the types. 
48. Phanicobates rufitarsis, n. sp. 
Elongate, cylindrical, convex, opaque, subglabrous; black, the antennee and tarsi 
rufo-testaceous. Rostrum (?) shorter than the prothorax, very slender, cylindrical, 
strongly arcuate, shining, almost smooth. Eyes large. Prothorax longer than broad, 
cylindrical, feebly constricted towards the apex and slightly narrowed anteriorly ; 
densely, finely, rugulosely punctate, except along a very narrow alutaceous median 
space. Elytra elongate, parallel in their basal half, slightly wider than the prothorax, 
conjointly rounded at the apex; closely punctate-striate, the imterstices flat, a little 
wider than the striz, densely alutaceous. Legs stout; femora unarmed; tarsal joints 
2 and 3 very broadly dilated. 
Length (exclud. head) 25 mm. (?). 
Loc. Seychelles : Mahé. 
One specimen, found in the high forest of Morne Blanc. A remarkably distinct form 
related to P. alatus, characterized by its extremely slender, shining, arcuate rostrum (9), 
large head, elongate, cylindrical body, and very broadly dilated rufo-testaceous tarsi. 
Under the microscope scattered minute cinereous scales are visible on the body and legs. 
The insect doubtless has fully developed wings, but the elytra have not been opened for 
examination. 
49. Phenicobates sebertensis, n. sp. 
Elongate, narrow, somewhat widened posteriorly, opaque, subglabrous; black or 
pitchy black above, rufo-piceous beneath, the antennze and tarsi ferruginous or ruto- 
testaceous, the rostrum sometimes rufescent in §. Rostrum (¢) much shorter than the 
prothorax, stout, curved above and tapering towards the apex (when viewed in profile), 
