40 Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. 



Lepidocyrtus annulicornis sp. nov. 

 (Plate XV, figs. 34-36.) 



Mesonotum very [nominent, two and a half times as long as metanotum • 

 fourth abdominal segment four and a half times as long as third. Feelers 

 half as long again as the head, proportion of their segments as 3:5:8:9 

 (fig. 34). Foot-claw with vestiges of teeth, empodial appendage very slender 

 (fig. 35). Spring, three-sevenths length of body, manubrium equal in length 

 to dens (fig. 34) ; mucro narrow and elongate (fig. 36). 



Length 1'75 mm. Colour yellow, with violet tips to all the antennal 

 segments and the thighs, and lateral violet streaks on the body segments, 

 those on the fourth abdominal long and furcate (fig. 34). 



Localities. — Mahe : Cascade, 1000 ft. (19U8, 2 specimens) ; Foret Noire, 

 1000 ft. (October, 190H, 2 specimens). 



This species is very readily distinguished from otlier members of the genus 

 on account of its darkly aunulated feelers and the dark-blue body-markings, 

 which give it tiie aspect of an Entomobrya. 



Lepidocyrtus stramineus sp. nov. 

 (Plate XV, figs. 37-39.) 



Mesonotum moderately prominent (fig. 37), two and a-half times length of 

 metanotum. Fourth abdominal segment three and a-half times as long as 

 tliird. Feelers one and three-quarters times as long as head, proportion of 

 their segments as 5 : 9 : 10 : 11. Foot-claw with minute internal teeth (fig. 38). 

 Spring more than half as long as body, dens slightly longer than manubrium; 

 mucro relatively short, with teeth very strongly procurved (fig. 39). 



Length 2 mm. Colour pale yellow, except for violet patches at end of 

 fourth abdominal sterna and at tip of hind thighs. 



Localities. — Mahe : Foret Noire, 1000 ft. (3 specimens, October, 1908). 



This species is somewhat near L. dahlii, Schaffer ('98, pp. 419-420), 

 from llalum in the Bismarck Archipelago ; the latter species has a less 

 acuminate empodial appendage, and a differently arranged pattern of dark- 

 blue markings on its prevailing yellow ground-hue. 



Lepidocyrtus Fryeri sp. nov. 



• (Plate XVI, figs. 40-42.) 



Mesonotum very prominent, three times as long as metanotum (fig. 40). 

 Fourth abdominal segment five times as long as third. Feeler nearly three 

 times as long as head, proportion of its segments as 5 : 12 : 17 : 18 (fig. 40). 



