CHAMPION—COLEOPTERA ; CURCULIONIDA: 481 
punctate, the punctures longitudinally confluent, smoother along the middle from the 
inter-antennal fovea to the tip. Prothorax much longer than broad, oblongo-conic, con- 
stricted near the apex, and rounded at the sides posteriorly; densely, finely punctate. 
Elytra subparallel in their basal half, of about the same width as the prothorax ; narrowly 
punctato-suleate, the interstices densely rugose and closely uniseriate-punctate. Beneath 
shining, densely, moderately coarsely punctate; ventral segment 1 broadly excavate down 
the middle in 2, foveate at the apex in 2. Tibiee subtriangular in both sexes. 
Length 13—24 mm. (99). 
Loc. Seychelles: Mahé, Silhouette, Praslin. 
Sixty-five specimens, twenty-nine of which are from Praslin, from the Coco-de-mer 
forest in the Vallée de Mai: only one is from Silhouette, from under bark of a fallen twig 
of the endemic “Bois Rouge” (Wormia ferruginea) in the forest-just above Mare aux 
Cochons : in Mahé the majority of specimens are from under the bark of fallen and rotting 
trunks of “ Bois Rouge” in the high forest between Trois Fréres and Morne Seychellois, 
1500—2000 feet ; a few also are from the forest above Cascade Estate. 
111. Mimatinum breviusculum, n. sp. 
Moderately elongate, rather convex, opaque; obscure ferruginous, thickly clothed 
_ with short, curled, stiff, ochreous pubescence, the hairs on the elytra semi-erect and uniseri- 
ately arranged down each interstice. Rostrum short, broad, about twice as long as wide, 
somewhat flattened above, densely, rugulosely punctate to the tip. Prothorax longer 
than broad, gradually narrowing to the apical constriction, rounded at the sides posteriorly ; 
very densely, minutely punctate. Elytra a little wider than the prothorax, comparatively 
short, subparallel in their basal half; deeply punctate-striate, the interstices densely 
rugulose. Beneath moderately shining, densely punctate. 
Length 12 mm. (¢ 2). 
Loc. Seychelles: Silhouette. 
One specimen, found in the forest near Mare aux Cochons, Sept. 1908. Separable at 
once from H. confluum and H. rugipenne by its very small size, shorter, more convex 
form, opaque upper surface, more erect vestiture, the less rugose, somewhat flattened 
rostrum, and the very dense minute punctuation of the prothorax. H. breviusculum has 
much the facies of a small Monotoma. The joints of the funiculus are so closely articulated 
that it is difficult to make out (as in some of the small American forms) whether there are 
six or seven present, apparently the latter. 
MELARRHINUS. 
' Melarhinus Wollaston, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1873, pp. 466, 547. 
The single known species of this genus is from Madagascar. A closely allied form 
has been found in Mahé. 
112. Melarrhinus incrustatus, n. sp. 
fg. Elongate-fusiform, somewhat depressed, opaque above ; nigro-piceous, the base 
of the antennze and the fourth tarsal joint ferruginous; the upper surface very densely, 
