CHAMPION—COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDA 455 
eyes, the latter oval, transverse, large, not prominent; prothorax large, oval, bisinuate 
and closely fitting to the elytra at the base; scutellum rounded ; elytra elongate; coxee 
widely separated ; metasternum long, the episterna exposed; ventral segments 1 and 2 
moderately long, 3 and 4 together shorter than 2, the sutures straight, the intercoxal 
process angulate in front; femora clavate, slender at the base, unarmed ; tibie strongly 
unguiculate at the inner apical angle; tarsi spongy-pubescent beneath, joint 1 small, 
2 large, transverse, 3 broader than 2, strongly bilobed, the two lobes rounded, and ciliate 
externally, the claw-joint not much longer than 3, the claws small, divergent ; body 
subcylindrical, elongate, squamose, winged. 
Type, S. magdaloides. 
This genus, the essential characters of which are taken from the male sex only, is 
closely related to Homalorrhynchus, differing from it in the more elongate antennal club, 
the strongly unguiculate tibie, the broader tarsi (the third joint of which has rounded 
lobes and the claw-joint is comparatively short), the longer third and fourth ventral 
segments, and the subcylindrical squamose body. The female doubtless has a slender arcuate 
rostrum. The type has the general shape of a Magdalis. It may live upon some palm ? 
75. Sphodrias magdaloides, n. sp. (Pl. 24, fig. 40, ¢.) 
g. Subcylindrical, robust, moderately convex, opaque; obscure ferruginous, varie- 
gated, the femora included, with black, the antennz ferruginous, with the club black ; 
the upper surface maculated with dense patches of small adpressed ochreous scales, the 
scales on the prothorax condensed into about ten confluent spots and those on the elytra 
into numerous spots and streaks, which are mainly placed on the alternate interstices, the 
head, rostrum, under surface, and legs with small scattered ochreous scales. Head densely 
punctate ; rostrum considerably shorter than the prothorax, slightly widened outwards, 
rugosely punctate to the tip; antennal club about as long as the last four joints of the 
funiculus, joints 1 and 2 of the latter elongate, the others short. Prothorax about as long 
as broad, rounded at the sides, narrowing from about the middle to the apical constriction ; 
densely punctate. Elytra elongate, parallel in their basal half, very little wider than the 
prothorax ; punctate-striate, the interstices flat, densely, rugosely punctate. Beneath 
shining, densely, coarsely punctate; ventral segments 1 and 2 deeply excavate down the 
middle. Anterior tibize closely serrulate along their inner edge, bowed inwards at the 
apex, the apical uncus thus appearing very prominent. 
Length 43, breadth 12 mm. 
Loc. Seychelles: Silhouette. 
One male, captured at Mare aux Cochons or in the forest immediately above, 
Sept. 1908. 
SYCITES, n. gen. 
Rostrum (2) rather slender, long, feebly curved, flattened above, the antennze inserted 
in the dilated median portion, the scrobes lateral, obliquely descending to beneath the 
eyes, the buccal cavity transverse; mandibles short, feebly bidentate at the tip; head 
rather small, the eyes oval, small, depressed, placed immediately behind the base of the 
