. The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology. Natural history; Zoology; Botany; Geology. the Seychelles Islands mid Aldalra. 1G9 without definite fovese. Elytra elongate, subparallel in their basal halfj closely, extremely finely punctate, obsoletely bicostate on the disc from the base to beyond the middle. (J. Sixth (hidden) ventral segment divided into two long, inwardly curved, sinuous, concave, forcipiform lobes, the small seventh segment very deeply emargiuate, a long, slender, pilose rod extruding from the emargination ; sedeagus ex- tremely elongate, slende
. The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology. Natural history; Zoology; Botany; Geology. the Seychelles Islands mid Aldalra. 1G9 without definite fovese. Elytra elongate, subparallel in their basal halfj closely, extremely finely punctate, obsoletely bicostate on the disc from the base to beyond the middle. (J. Sixth (hidden) ventral segment divided into two long, inwardly curved, sinuous, concave, forcipiform lobes, the small seventh segment very deeply emargiuate, a long, slender, pilose rod extruding from the emargination ; sedeagus ex- tremely elongate, slender^ thickened at the tip, lateral lobes long, ciliate, arising from a common stem, which is abruptly bifurcate from a little beyond the middle. (Text-fig. 1.) Fig. Oxacis (A na7ica) grisescens, Fairmaiie, J. Gen. armature. Length 10-12 ram. (J ? .) Loc. Seychelles : Mahe, Silhouette, Praslin, Felicite, Bird Island (1905 and 1908-9); Bound Island (Mus. Brit.). The specimens wcie all found at or near the coast, never in the endemic forests of the mountains. Fifteen examples seen, including a $ from Eound Island, received by the British Museum in 1870. The very fine close puncturing of the upper surface, the long third antennal joint, the form of the mandibles, and the generally robust body, distin^iuish 0. grisescens from the allied insects occur- ring in the Seychelles, whence Fairmaire's type was obtained. It is the only one to which his brief description applies. 7. Ooeacis lineola. Ananca lineola, Fairm. Ann. Soc. Eut. Belg. xxxix. p. 453 (1895). Elongate, shining, finely pubescent ; pale testaceous, the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original London, Taylor and Francis, Ltd
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