38 PERCY SLAOEN TEUST EXPEDITION. 



abdomen, the membrane very large and broad, much longer than corium, the latter with 

 the whole of its narrow apical area somewhat prominently raised ; legs moderate in size 

 and length, anterior tibiae distinctly a little spatulately outwardly pi-oduced at apex, the 

 tibiae and femora subequal in length, posterior tarsi mutilated in type. 



26. Mascaregnasa fypica, sp. n. (Plate 4. figs. 9, 9 a.) 



Head, pronotum, scutellum, body beneath, and legs ochraceous ; first and second joints 

 of antennae (remainder mutilated in type), eyes, a spot near anterior coxae, and a large 

 spot on each lateral area of the mesonotum, piceous or black ; corium and membrane 

 black, the veins and apical angles of the corium pale testaceous ; head and pronotum 

 very densely and finely granulose ; connexivum moderately exposed and slightly angu- 

 late at the segmental apices ; other structural characters as in generic diagnosis. 



Long. 6 millim. 



Locality. Mah6. 



Pamily Nepidse. 



27. Ranatra grandoctila. 



Ranatra grandocula, Bergr. Kev. d'Ent. 1893, p. 207. 

 Mahe. — Madagascar {fide Bergroth). 



Family Notonectidas. 



28. Anisops varius. 



Anisops varius, Fieb. Abli. bohm. Ges. Wiss. (v.) 7, p. 483 (1851) 

 Praslin, Mahe, Coetivy. — Also found in South Africa. 



Other Species of Eeteroptera recorded from the Seychelles, but not contained 



in this Collection. 



Family Pentatomidse. 



29. Nezara acuta. 



Rhaphigaster acutus, Dall. Cat. Hem. i. p. 277 (1851). 

 Recorded from Mahe (Bergroth). — "Widely distributed in Tropical Africa. 



Family CoreidsB. 



30. Serinetha toricollis. 



Serinetha toricollis, Bergr. Rev. d'Ent. xii, p. 200 (1893). 

 Described from Mahe. 



