DISTANT— RHYNCHOTA. PART II: SUBORDER HOMOPTERA 279 



deliminated, a distinct stigmatical spot ; wings shorter than tegmina but broader, 

 transversely veined on upper disk. 



Alhed to Brixia St&l. 



146. Adolendana typica, sp. n. (Plate 49, fig. 10 ct). 



Body and legs fuscous-brown, lateral areas of the mesonotum very dark castaneous ; 

 tegmina pale fuliginous, the veins darker, two small spots near base, a transverse 

 fascia — bifurcating posteriorly — before middle, and the apical area, more or less, fuscous- 

 brown, containing some small greyish-white spots, stigmatal spot dark castaneous, 

 more or less margined with greyish-white ; wings pale fuliginous ; structural characters 

 as in generic diagnosis. 



Long. excl. tegm. 3-j mm. Exp. tegm. \l^ to 12 mm. 



Log. Seychelles. Silhouette: near Mont Pot-a-eau, all over 1000 feet; Mare aux 

 Cochons, plateau and forest above. Mahe : country above Port Glaud, about 500 — 1000 

 feet ; high forest of Morne Blanc and Pilot ; top of Mount Sebert, nearly 2000 feet ; 

 forest above Cascade Estate ; Mare aux Cochons district, from forest of rather stunted 

 Capucin trees {Northea) on summit of " Montague Anse Major," 2000 feet or over. 



VOLCANALIA, gen. nov. 



Vertex of head veiy narrow, appearing more as a longitudinal furrow between 

 the eyes, the margins carinately reflexed, scarcely or distinctly projecting in front of 

 eyes ; antennce very slender ; face about as long or a little longer than • broad, its 

 apex truncate or more or less emarginate, narrowed anteriorly, the lateral margins 

 either more or less convex, or oblique, centrally strongly carinate, laterally with the 

 margins more or less carinate, clypeus broad, varying in length either about as long, 

 or a little longer or shorter than face, centrally carinate ; tegmina considerably more 

 than twice as long as broad, the veins longitudinal to apical area where they are 

 above and beneath shortly oblique, and medially, and between them there are two 

 or three straight longitudinal veins, the veins are also more or less setigerous ; 

 wings considerably broader than tegmina, the posterior margin undulate towards the 

 anal area; posterior tibise without spines ; two small, more or less distinct ocelli at 

 basal margin of face. 



Type. F. typica Dist. 



Volcanalia may be placed near Haplaxius Fowler, from Central America. 



The members of the genus are all forest species, found sitting on palm leaves, 

 &c. (Hugh Scott). 



147. Volcanalia typica, sp. n. (Plate 49, fig. 13 a). 



Head, pronotum, mesonotum and apical half of abdomen, black, basal half of 

 abdomen brownish-ochraceous ; head beneath and sternum black, legs brownish -ochraceous ; 

 tegmina blackish-brown, two costal stigmatal spots, the innermost largest, and an 



