30 PEECY SLADEN TRUST EXPEDITION. 



Order RHYNCHOTA. 

 Suborder HETEROPTERA. 



Family PentatomidsB. 

 Subfamily Cydniiiae. 



1. Cydnus pallidipennis. 



Cydnus pallidipennis, Reut. Qilfv. Fin. Yet. Soc. xxv. p. 3 (1882). 

 Aetlms pallidipennis , Bergr. Rev. d'Ent. xii. p. 198 (1893). 



Malie. — Already recorded from the Seychelles. Originally described from "West 

 Africa. 



2. Geotomus proximus. 



Geotomus proximus , Sign. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1883, p. 54, t. iv. f. 163. 

 Praslin. — Previously recorded from La Digue and Bourbon. 



Subfamily Pentatominae. 



3. Nezara viridula. 



Cimex viridula, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 10, p. 444 (1758). 



Nezara viridula, Dist. Biol. Cent.-Am., Rbynch. i. p. 78 (1880), /or synonymy. 



Cargados Carajos Islds. ; Seychelles Islds. ; Mahe. — Distributed throughout the 

 Palsearctic, Nearctic, and Ethiopian Regions, and over a large portion of the Neotropical, 

 Oriental, and Australasian Regions. 



4. Bathycoelia preelongirostris. 



BatJiycwlia pralongiroslris, Bergr. Rev. d'Ent. xii. p. 200 (1893). 

 Coetivy. — Originally described from Mahe. 



AMIRANTEA, gen. nov. 



Body oblong, a little convex ; head longer than broad between eyes, concavely 

 sinuate a little before eyes, apically rounded, central lobe scarcely or very slightly 

 longer than the lateral lobes ; antennae with the basal joint scarcely reaching apex 

 of head, second longer than first, a little shorter than third (remaining joints mutilated 

 in specimens examined) ; rostrum reaching the base of the abdomen, basal joint 

 enclosed between two longitudinal ridges on the under surface of the head, its apex 

 reaching base of head, second joint longer than third, foui'th shortest, little more than 



