CHAMPION—COLEOPTERA ; CURCULIONIDA 439 
Head densely punctulate; rostrum curved, about as long as the head and prothorax, 
rugulosely punctate, the antenne inserted at the middle ; eyes moderately large, separated 
by a little less than the width of the rostrum. Prothorax transverse, rounded at the 
sides, narrowed and very feebly constricted anteriorly, densely punctate. Elytra broad, 
subparallel in their basal half, conjointly rounded at the apex; punctate-striate, the 
interstices convex and punctulate. Legs comparatively short; anterior femora more 
strongly clavate, and also more sharply dentate, than the others, and finely ciliate beyond 
the median tooth; anterior tibiae widened towards the apex, thus appearing sinuate 
within. 
Length 13 mm. (¢ 7%). 
Loc. Seychelles: Silhouette. 
One specimen, taken at the Mare aux Cochons, Sept. 1908: Smaller and more 
convex than H. curvimanus, the eyes not so large and less approximate above, the anterior 
tibize less curved, the vestiture squamiform. The insect has exactly the appearance of 
a small Anthonomus. 
55. Hndaopsis delicatus, n. sp. 
Oval, shining, black, the legs and antenne ferruginous ; clothed with an extremely 
fine cinereous pubescence, and also set with scattered, longer, decumbent hairs, these 
latter condensed into a single line down each elytral interstice. Head, prothorax, and 
elytra very densely punctulate ; rostrum arcuate, slightly longer than the prothorax, 
stout, widening a little outwards, rugulosely punctate and carinate, the antennz inserted 
beyond the middle; eyes moderately large, separated by considerably less than the width 
of the rostrum; prothorax transverse, rounded at the sides, narrowed and very feebly 
constricted anteriorly; elytra broad, oval, finely punctate-striate, the interstices broad 
and almost flat. Beneath very sparsely, finely punctate. Legs short ; femora strongly 
clavate and sharply dentate; anterior tibiz feebly sinuate. 
Length 2% mm. (? ?). 
Loc. Seychelles: Silhouette. 
One specimen, from Mare aux Cochons, taken in Aug. 1908. The oval, black body, 
the very delicate cinereous pubescence, with a row of conspicuous longer hairs down each 
elytral interstice, the basally narrowed rostrum, and the relatively larger prothorax, give 
this insect a different appearance from its two allies. 
RHAYNCH ZNUS. 
Rhynchenus (Clairville], Ent. Helv., i. p. 70 (1798). 
Orchestes Illiger, Mag., ui. p. 105 (1804). 
A holarctic genus, but with a few representatives in warmer climes. The larvee are 
leaf-miners. One species (Orchestes basipictus, Fairm., 1897) has been described from 
Madagascar. 
