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89. Stenotrupis rufipes. 
Proéces rufipes Fairm., Ann. Soc. Ent. France, 1902, p. 381; Kolbe, Mitteil. Mus. 
Berlin, v. p. 45 (1910). 
?. Very elongate, narrow, robust, flattened on the disc, somewhat shining ; piceous, 
the antennee, apical half of the rostrum, and legs ferruginous. Head with the post-ocular 
portion (as seen from above) a little longer than the somewhat depressed eyes, closely, 
coarsely punctate ; rostrum feebly curved, stout, cylindrical, together with the head about 
as long as the prothorax, slightly widened towards the base and apex, finely punctate in 
its outer half, the punctuation of the basal portion as coarse as that of the head, the 
antennee inserted at about the basal third. Prothorax elongate, one-half longer than broad, 
gradually narrowed from the basal third to the deep apical constriction ; coarsely, closely 
punctate. Elytra elongate, of the same width as the prothorax, subparallel in their 
basal half; closely punctate-striate, the interstices narrow, flat on the disc, feebly 
punctulate. Beneath subopaque, coarsely, closely punctate. Tibize mucronate at the 
inner apical angle and strongly unguiculate at the outer apical angle. 
Length 32 mm. (?). 
Loc. Seychelles: La Digue. 
The above description is taken from the type belonging to the Paris Museum. 
Fairmaire included this species under Proéces, which has a 7-jointed funiculus, not 
noticing, apparently, that five joints only were present in his P. rufipes. Amongst 
the Seychelles forms here described, S. rufipes is perhaps nearest allied to S. parallela, 
differing from it in the transverse, coarsely punctured exposed portion of the head ; 
the stouter, more coarsely punctate rostrum ; the less elongate, more coarsely punctate 
prothorax ; the larger punctures of the elytral striz; the coarsely punctate, subopaque 
under surface; and the ferruginous legs, antenne, and rostrum. From S. lodoiceicola, 
which has a similarly shaped head and coarsely punctate, dull under surface, it may 
be distinguished by its narrower and more cylindrical form (the prothorax being less 
narrowed anteriorly), the stouter rostrum in the female, &c. 
90. Stenotrupis convexiuscula, n. sp. 
&. Very elongate, narrow, subfusiform, somewhat convex, feebly shining ; black, 
the antennee and tarsi ferruginous, the femora and tibiz piceous, the rostrum rufescent. 
Head and base of rostrum densely, rugosely punctate, the rest of the rostrum shining and 
faintly striate-punctate ; rostrum moderately stout, feebly curved, barely twice the length 
of the head, distinctly widened at and before the base, and also at the tip; head oblong, 
constricted far behind the eyes, the latter depressed; antenne rather slender, the club 
abrupt. Prothorax elongate, subconical, rounded at the sides posteriorly, constricted 
before the apex; densely punctate, except along the incomplete smooth median line. 
Elytra moderately elongate, subparallel in their basal half, and narrowing thence to 
the apex; very finely punctate-striate, the interstices flat and transversely rugulose. 
Beneath more shining than above, closely punctate; metasternum sulcate; ventral 
segments broadly depressed down the middle, 5 densely punctured and pubescent. 
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