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less compressed anteriorly, and much more densely punctate; the elytra parallel-sided, 
and with the minute interstitial punctures more numerous. 
The description now given will supplement that of Kolbe. Proéces silvestris cannot 
possibly be included in Calotethrus, the type of which is the common Central American 
C. longulus, Boh. 
STENOMIMUS. 
Stenonwmus Wollaston, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1873, pp. 480, 564. 
Stilbocara Broun, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6), xii. p. 387 (1898). 
The species hitherto referred to Stenomimus (type, S. fry, Woll., from Brazil) are all 
American. One from the Seychelles is so closely related to S. guatemalensis and some 
other Central-American forms described by myself that it is here referred to the same 
genus. Stilbocara (Phleophagosoma) constricticollis, Broun, from New Zealand, is 
certainly congeneric; S. nitida, Broun, I have not seen. 
124. Stenomimus orientalis, n. sp. 
Subfusiform, moderately elongate, somewhat depressed, shining, ferruginous, the body 
sometimes piceous. Rostrum curved, cylindrical, moderately stout, a little more than half 
the length of the prothorax, closely, very finely punctate, the antennze inserted at the 
middle; head flattened, punctate, and shallowly foveate between the eyes, and constricted 
behind them, the eyes rather prominent ; antennze with an abrupt, pubescent, rather large, 
ovate club. Prothorax slightly longer than broad, rounded at the sides posteriorly, 
narrowing from about the basal fourth, and constricted before the apex; finely, closely 
punctate. Scutellum polished. Elytra moderately long, wider than the prothorax, 
narrowing from about the middle; punctato-sulcate, the sutural stria deeply impressed, 
the interstices faintly punctulate. Beneath closely, finely punctate; metasternum sulcate ; 
first ventral segment transversely depressed in the middle posteriorly in ¢. Coxze small, 
widely separated. Tibize with their inner apical angle acute, the anterior pair very feebly 
 sinuate within. Tarsi slender, joint 3 a little wider than 2, simple. 
Length 1Z—2,, mm. (¢9). 
Loc. Seychelles: Mahé, Silhouette. 
In Silhouette a number of specimens were found in the forests near Mont Pot-a-eau, 
ca. 1500 feet, and above Mare aux Cochons. In Mahé examples were found near Morne 
Blanc, also in the high forest between Trois Fréres and Morne Seychellois, 1500— 
2000 feet. 
The thirty-three specimens before me vary a little in colour; those with a feebly 
depressed first ventral segment and a rather more closely punctured rostrum are assumed 
to be males. This insect is very much smaller than the species here referred to Proéces, 
and has a much shorter rostrum, smaller eyes, a shorter, less dilated prothorax, smaller 
coxee, &c. S. orzentalis is apparently restricted to the mountain forests of the Seychelles. 
It is very like S. constricticollis, but has a smoother and less constricted prothorax, and a 
shorter rostrum. 

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