454 PERCY SLADEN TRUST EXPEDITION 
dull and alutaceous. Elytra parallel in their basal half, of the same width as the 
prothorax ; punctate-striate, the interstices not wider than the striz, rugulose. Beneath 
shining, closely, coarsely punctate ; ventral segments 1 and 2 deeply excavate down the 
middle in g. Anterior tibize unarmed on their inner edge. ‘Tarsal claws free. 
Length 14—2 mm. ($9). 
Loc. Seychelles: Mahé. 
Three males and two females, apparently more or less abraded: found near Morne 
Blane, in the high forest of Morne Blanc and Pilot, and in the forest behind Trois Fréres 
(1500—2000 feet). Narrower and more convex than H. serripes, and of about the same 
size as the smaller examples of that species, the rostrum more slender in both sexes, and 
more strongly bowed in the female, the under surface more coarsely punctate, the cox 
less widely separated, the anterior tibie unarmed on their inner edge in both sexes. The 
insect was found in the same localities as H. serripes. 
74. Homalorrhynchus verschaffeltie, n. sp. (Pl. 24, figs. 39, 39 a, 2.) 
Elongate, convex, shining ; obscure testaceous, the prothorax more or less suffused 
with piceous, the elytra each with a rather broad transverse black fascia beyond the 
middle, not quite reaching the suture; clothed with scattered, minute, hair-like, pallid 
seales, those on the elytra being uniseriately arranged down each interstice, and also with 
patches of coarser whitish seales—one on each flank of the prothorax, as well as a trans- 
verse row at the base, and three small streaks along the third elytral interstice (one at 
the base, and another preceding and following the black fascia). Head densely punctate ; 
rostrum (¢) a little longer than the prothorax, straight, rugosely punctate to the tip, 
(?) very slender, slightly thickened at the base, arcuate, shining, obsoletely punctate. 
Prothorax broader than long, strongly rounded at the sides to the narrow apical portion, 
feebly bisinuate at the base ; closely punctate, the interspaces shining. Elytra moderately 
long, very gradually narrowed from the base, as wide as the prothorax ; punctate-striate, 
the interstices punctulate. Beneath sparsely punctate; ventral segments 1 and 2 broadly 
excavate down the middle in ¢. Anterior tibizee unarmed on their inner edge. Tarsal 
claws subconnate at the base. 
Length 24—23 mm. ($9). 
Loc. Seychelles: Mahé. 
One male and two females. More shining than H. serripes, the prothorax relatively 
shorter in the male, the elytra nigro-fasciate, both with small patches of whitish scales, 
the tarsal claws subconnate at the base, the anterior tibize unarmed on their inner edge. 
The coxee are all widely separated. The three specimens were taken near Morne Blane, 
from between the leaf-bases of a growing Verschaffeltia-palm. 
SPHODRIAS, n. gen. 
Rostrum (¢), moderately stout, shorter than the prothorax, almost straight, flattened 
above, the antenne inserted near the tip; antennz slender, the funiculus 7-jointed, the 
club elongate, acuminate, rather slender, pubescent, annulate ; head inserted to near the 
