CHAMPION—COLEOPTERA ; CURCULIONID At 435 
rugosely punctate ; (?) slender, curved, cylindrical, the apical portion shining and finely 
punctate. Prothorax longer than broad, somewhat rounded at the sides, gradually 
narrowed from the middle forwards, feebly constricted towards the apex; closely, finely 
punctate. Elytra long, at the base very little broader than the prothorax, gradually 
widened to beyond the middle and obliquely narrowing thence to the apex; closely, 
finely punctate-striate, the interstices very narrow and rugulose. Beneath shining, 
closely, rather coarsely punctate ; ventral segments 1 and 2 deeply excavate down the 
middle in ¢. Legs short; femora unarmed; tarsal joints 2 and 3 very broad. Wings 
wanting. 
Length (exclud. head) 14—1% mm. ($9). 
Loc. Seychelles: Mahé. 
Fourteen specimens, found on Jan. 16th, 1909, in the dwarf forest-vegetation 
(containing many Pandani) on the top of Mount Sebert, at an elevation of about 
2000 feet. P. sebertensis may be described as an apterous form of P. alatus. The 
scutellum is not visible in either of them, and the humeri are similarly shaped. 
PHGNICOBATOPSIS, n. gen. 
Rostrum deflexed, broad and widened outwards in both sexes, longer than wide, the 
scrobes obliquely descending before the eyes, the latter somewhat prominent, the antennz 
inserted at about the middle; mandibles broad, minutely dentate at tip; antennze slender, 
the scape and joint 1 of the funiculus strongly clavate at the tip, joints 3—7 of the 
funiculus short, 2 longer, the club acuminate-ovate, annulate; head not very deeply 
inserted into the prothorax; prothorax long, oval, cucullate at the apex above and 
arcuate-emarginate beneath; scutellum not visible; elytra oval, connate; anterior and 
intermediate coxee moderately, the posterior coxe widely, separated ; ante-coxal portion 
of the prosternum short; metasternum very short, the episterna almost covered by the 
elytral margins; femora unarmed ; tibize armed with a short hook at the apex; tarsal 
joints 2 and 3 very broad, the claws minute and divergent ; body oblong-obovate, setose ; 
wings wanting. 
Type, P. echinatus. 
Two species are referred to this genus, both of which appear to be fairly common in 
the forests on the mountains of Mahé. The peculiar form of the rostrum, which is short, 
broad, and widened outwards in both sexes, the very short metasternum, and the oval 
elytra, separate the present genus from Phanicobates, some of the species of which are 
apterous. These insects may be attached to Northea, a dicotyledonous tree. 
50. Pheenicobatopsis echinatus, n. sp. (Pl. 28, figs. 28, 28 a.) 
Oblong-ovate, rather convex, subopaque ; ferruginous or obscure ferruginous, with 
the sides of the prothorax and elytra, and the under surface in great part, piceous or 
black, the femora and tibiz, the apex of the antennal scape, and the funiculus usually 
more or less infuscate ; the upper surface, femora, and tibize clothed with scattered long, 
erect, rigid, blackish setee. Rostrum stout, considerably longer than the width of the 
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