436 PERCY SLADEN TRUST EXPEDITION 
head behind the eyes, rugosely punctate. Prothorax longer than broad, slightly rounded 
at the sides, constricted beyond the middle, a little narrower at the apex than at the 
base; densely, finely, asperate-punctate. Elytra much broader than the prothorax, 
oval; closely punctate-striate, the interstices rather convex, asperate-punctate. Beneath 
shining, closely, coarsely punctate; first ventral segment obsoletely depressed down the 
middle in ?. Tarsal joints 2 and 3 exceedingly broad. 
Length (exclud. head) 14;—2 mm. (99). 
Loc. Seychelles: Mahé, Silhouette. 
Sixty specimens, all but one from Mahé. The special localities for it on that 
island are: summit of “Montagne Anse Major,” the forest between Trois Fréres and 
Morne Seychellois, and the Cascade Estate, at elevations between 1500 and 2000 feet. 
The one specimen from Silhouette was found at the Mare aux Cochons. 
The males are apparently a little narrower than the females. Dark examples 
have the funiculus and the thickened portion of the antennal scape infuscate, the club 
remaining pale. The oval elytra and the numerous long, erect, stiff, blackish setze, which 
arise from minute asperities of the surface, readily distinguish the present species. 
51. Phanicobatopsis seticeps, n. sp. 
Oblong-ovate, narrow, opaque; ferruginous, the sides of the prothorax and elytra 
piceous or black, the antennal club, head, femora, and the under surface in part, often 
more or less infuscate ; clothed with a few minute, widely scattered, hair-like, decumbent, 
whitish scales, these becoming longer, coarser, and setiform towards the sides and apex of 
the elytra, the head, rostrum, anterior portion of the prothorax, femora, and tibize set with 
fine, scattered, erect sete. Rostrum stout, short, not longer than the width of the head 
behind the eyes, rugosely punctate. Prothorax longer than broad, convex, rounded at 
the sides, constricted beyond the middle, a little narrower at the apex than at the base ; 
densely, finely punctate. Elytra wider than the prothorax, oblong-oval; closely 
punctate-striate, the interstices somewhat convex and rugulose. Beneath shining, 
coarsely punctate, the punctures finer and more scattered in ?; first ventral segment 
slightly depressed down the middle in ¢. 
Length (exclud. head) 14—15 mm. (72). 
Loc. Seychelles: Mahé. 
Twenty-eight specimens. This insect, at first sight, would appear to be a small, 
narrow, abraded form of P. echinatus, but such is not the case. The erect setz, when 
present, are confined to the head and the front of the prothorax ; the elytra are narrower 
and less ovate, and the short sete towards the apex are white and decumbent; the 
rostrum is shorter; and the minute asperities of the upper surface are wanting. The 
general coloration is similar in the two species. The localities for P. seticeps are: Mare 
aux Cochons district, and the forest of rather stunted Capucin trees (Vorthea) on the 
summit of the adjacent ‘“‘ Montagne Anse Major” (ca. 2000 feet); one specimen is from 
the forest above Cascade Estate. 
