ATA PERCY SLADEN TRUST EXPEDITION 
long as the prothorax, slightly widened at the tip, moderately stout in g, slender in ?; 
antennee slender, the club ovate and rather large. Prothorax considerably longer than 
broad, narrowing from about the basal third to the subapical constriction, rounded at the 
sides posteriorly ; closely punctate. Elytra very elongate, subparallel in their basal half, 
conjointly rounded at the apex; rather coarsely punctate-striate, the interstices narrow, 
rugulose, 3 becoming convex on the apical declivity. Beneath dull, closely, finely 
punctate, the sides of the metasternum depressed and rugulose; ventral segments 1 and 2 
suleate, and 5 transversely depressed, in g. Anterior coxze separated by less than the 
width of the coxa. Third tarsal joint slightly wider than the second. 
Length 3—32 mm. (¢$). 
Loc. Seychelles: Silhouette. 
One pair, from the forest near Mont Pot-a-eau, found in August, 1908. Duller than 
S. lodoiceicola, the rostrum shorter and less widened towards the base, the anterior 
portion of the head shorter in the male, the antenne shorter, with the joints of the 
funiculus more closely articulated, the prothorax less elongate (the elytra thus appearing 
relatively longer), the third elytral mterstice more convex before the apex. The aluta- 
ceous sculpture gives a sericeous appearance to the surface, and when the insect is viewed 
under the microscope a few excessively minute hairs are visible on the apical portion of 
the elytra. 
101. Stenotrupis nitidula, n. sp. 
?. Very elongate, subfiliform, somewhat robust, moderately flattened above, shining; 
nigro-piceous, the antennze and tarsi rufo-testaceous. Head and base of rostrum closely, 
minutely, the rest of the latter sparsely, punctate; rostrum moderately long, curved, 
thickened at the tip, not very slender; head subconical, constricted at the base, the 
post-ocular space as long as the eyes, the latter depressed; antennz slender, the club 
large. Prothorax elongate, subconical, rounded at the sides posteriorly, constricted 
before the apex; closely, rather coarsely punctate. Scutellum small. Elytra elongate, 
subparallel to near the apex; rather coarsely punctate-striate, the interstices flat and 
transversely rugulose. Beneath closely, the sides of the metasternum rugosely, punctate. 
Third tarsal jomt moderately dilated. 
Length 3 mm. 
Loc. Seychelles: Mahé. 
One specimen, from the high damp forest at the summit of Pilot, at an elevation of 
over 2000 feet. Near S. silvicola, but more robust and less depressed, the rostrum (?) as 
stout as in the males of many of the allied forms, the antennze wholly rufo-testaceous, 
with a large club, the puncturing of the prothorax and elytra coarser, the prothorax more 
elongate, the sides of the metasternum more rugose, the third tarsal joint relatively less 
dilated, &c. Narrower, smoother, and more shining than S. sericata, the rostrum (@) 
stouter, &c. More depressed than S. filum, from Silhouette, the male only of which is 
known, the antennze more slender and with a larger club, the prothorax much more 
narrowed anteriorly, &c. The example described has the first ventral segment un- 
impressed down the middle, and it is, therefore, undoubtedly a female. 
