Cahpknticr — The Apkrtj(jola of the Seychelles. 41 



Foot-claw relatively short, with proxiraal and distal internal teeth (fig. 41). 

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

 narrow, witli teeth somewhat short; dorsal spine straight (fig. 42). 



Length 1-75 mm. Colour pale yellow, with tips of second and third, and 

 most of the fourth antennal segments, a few lateral spots on the body- 

 segments, and broad bands on the hind thighs deep violet. 



Localities. — Mahe : Mare aux Cochons, 1000-2000 ft. (1 specimen, Jan. 



19091. 



Lepidocyrtus imperialis sp. n(jv. 



(Plate XVI, figs. 43-46.) 



Mesonotum excessively prominent, three times as long as metanotum. 

 Fourth abdominal segment eight times as long as third. Feeler three-quarters 

 as long as body, proportional length of its segments as 13 : 17 : 26 : 28 (fig. 43). 

 Foot-claw elongate and straight, with small proximal and distal teeth ; 

 empodial appendage narrowly lanceolate (fig. 45). Spring two-thirds as long 

 as body, the manubrium rather longer than the dens (fig. 43), mucro strong 

 with the dorsal tooth broad and the terminal somewhat flattened (fig. 46). 



Length 2'5 mm. Colour pale yellow, with irregular lateral violet streaks 

 on the thoracic and fourth abdominal segments ; the tips of the second and 

 third, and almost the whole of the fourth antennal segments violet, also the 

 hind thighs (fig. 4'i). 



Localities. — Mahe : Foret Noire, 1000 ft. (2 specimens, 1908) ; Cascade, 

 1000 ft. (2 specimens, 1908). Silhouette (4 specimens, 1908). Feiicite (6 

 specimens with feelers rather shorter than those from other islands, 

 February, 1909). 



This and the preceding species resemble the West African (Cameroon) 

 spring-tail, L. maxivius, Schott ('93, pp. 11-13, pi. iii), in the relatively long 

 feelers, the very prominent mesonotum, and the type of coloration. L. niaxiimis 

 has the mucro like that of L. Fryeri, and the foot-claw and appendage liko 

 those of L. imperialis ; it is considerably larger than any examples of the 

 genus from the Seychelles. L. robustus Imms ('12, p. 94) from Tiavancoro 

 South India, and L. pictus Schiifl'er ('98, pp. 4.6 417) from the Bismarck 

 Archipelago, are also allied to tliis group. 



Lepidocyrtus Gardiner! sp. nov. 



(Plate XVI, figs. 47-50.) 



Mesonotum not very prominent, nearly three times as long as metanotum. 



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



times as long as head, proportion of its segments as 4 : 9 : 10 : 12 (fig. 47)- 



Foot-claw very long, with conspicuous proximal and distal internal teeth, the 



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