CHAMPION—COLEOPTERA ; CURCULIONID A 489 
feebly foveate and sparsely, finely punctate between the eyes, constricted immediately 
behind them, the eyes large and prominent; antennz with a rather large abrupt club, 
joint 1 of the funiculus stout, 2—7 short and closely articulated. Prothorax longer than 
broad, subconical, compressed and much narrowed anteriorly, broadly arcuato-explanate 
posteriorly, the apical constriction well-defined ; finely, rather sparsely punctate. Scutellum 
rounded, polished. Elytra moderately long, not so wide as the prothorax, very gradually 
narrowed from the base; shallowly punctato-sulcate, the interstices flat on the dise, 
becoming narrower outwards, minutely uniseriate-punctate. Beneath sparsely, finely 
punctate; metasternum narrowly suleate. Tibize with their inner apical angle acute, 
the anterior pair sinuate and ciliate within. Tarsi with joints 2 and 3 short, 
3 simple. 
Length 3—3,5 mm. (¢ 2). 
Loc. Seychelles: Silhouette. 
Three examples from the Mare aux Cochons, September, 1908, probably obtained 
from stems of an imported Dracena. 
P. ngrifrons, Boh., from Madagascar*, doubtless comes near P. compressicollis. 
123. Proéces silvestris. 
Catolethrus silvestris Kolbe, Mittheil. Zool. Mus. Berlin, v. p. 45 (1910). 
Elongate, somewhat convex, shining, obscure ferruginous, the rostrum, antenne, legs, 
and under surface ferruginous, the head infuscate, the eyes black. Head and rostrum 
closely, finely punctate, the head faintly foveate between the eyes and constricted 
immediately behind them, the latter prominent, the rostrum curved, cylindrical, rather 
stout, much shorter than the prothorax, the antenne inserted at about the basal third ; 
antennze rather slender, with a large, abrupt, annulate club. Prothorax considerably 
longer than broad, conical, compressed at the sides anteriorly, the latter rounded towards 
the base, the subapical constriction well-defined laterally; densely, finely punctate. 
Scutellum small, narrow. Elytra moderately long, a little narrower than the prothorax, 
parallel in their basal half; shallowly punctato-sulcate, the interstices flat, closely, 
minutely uniseriate-punctate. Beneath finely punctate; metasternum sulcate; ventral 
segments 1 and 2 deeply excavate down the middle in ¢. Tibiz with their inner 
apical angle acute, the anterior pair sinuate and ciliate within. Tarsi with joint 1 about 
as long as 2 and 3 united, 3 simple, scarcely wider than 2. 
Length 3—34+ mm. (29). 
Loc. Seychelles: Mahé. 
One specimen, ?, from the Cascade Estate, agreeing with a co-type (f) from Mt Harrison 
kindly communicated by Professor Kolbe. Less depressed and a little larger than 
P. compressicollis ; the rostrum shorter and stouter, and closely punctate; the prothorax 
* The minute insect representing this species in the British Museum (labelled ex Jekel) is wrongly 
named, and belongs to a different genus. 
