292 PERCY SLADEN TRUST EXPEDITION 



Log. Seychelles. Mahe : Port Victoria, from Botanic Gardens ; near Morne Blanc ; 

 marshes on coastal plain at Ansa aux Pins and Anse Koyale ; Cascade, marshy culti- 

 vated country near sea-level. Felicite. Praslin. Silhouette : from the marsh at Mare 

 aux Cochons. Found on water-plant which grows in marshes. 



This species is also recorded from Trincomalee, Ceylon, Nias Islands, Borneo, Piroe 

 and Formosa. 



172. Nisid sulphurata, sp. n. 



Body and legs pale ochraceous ; tegmina sulphur-yellow ; wings fuliginous, the veins 

 darker ; head including eyes narrower than pronotum, vertex and face continuous, their 

 lateral margins strongly carinate and elevate, vertex of head longitudinally concave ; 

 face longer than broad ; clypeus longitudinally centrally ridged ; pronotum centrally 

 longitudinally carinate ; mesonotum obscurely tricarinate ; tegmina more than twice as 

 broad as long, costal margin distinctly arched on basal half, apical area with five 

 longitudinal veins, the upper connected near base, as in N. atrovenosa. 



Long. excl. tegm. 2^ to 3 mm. Exp. tegm. 10 to 12 mm. 



Loc. Seychelles. Silhouette : near Mont Pot-a-eau. Mahe : from near Morne 

 Blanc ; high damp forest at summit of Morne Pilot, over 2000 feet ; high damp forest 

 between Trois Freres and Morne Seychellois, about 1500 — 2000 feet ; forest above 

 Cascade Estate ; top of Mount Sebert, nearly 2000 feet. Praslin : Cotes d'Or Estate, 

 from Coco-de-Mer forest in the Vallee de Mai. 



Found in great numbers in undergrowth (Senecio seycheUensis, &c.) in the damp 

 mountain-forests (Hugh Scott). 



173. Nisia tnaculosa, sp. n. (Plate 51, fig. 4 a). . 



Vertex of head and pronotum greyish-ochraceous ; mesonotum castaneous with a 

 large black spot at each lateral angle ; face, sternum and legs pale ochraceous, the 

 first centrally more or less fuscous ; pro- and mesosterna transversely fuscous ; abdomen 

 beneath testaceous, more or less transversely fuscous ; tegmina greyish-ochraceous, an 

 oblong spot beyond middle of clavus, an elongate spot above clavus, and a large spot 

 — apically widened on apical area, fuscous-brown ; vertex and face with the lateral 

 margins strongly ridged and elevated ; clypeus strongly centrally ridged ; pronotum 

 centrally carinate, mesonotum moderately tricarinate ; tegmina with the costal margin 

 distinctly arched near middle. 



Long. incl. tegm. 6 mm. 



Loc. Seychelles. Mahe : high damp forest between Trois Freres and Morne 

 Seychellois, about 1500—2000 feet. 



174. Nisia fuscofasciata, sp. n. (Plate 51, fig. 3 a). 



Vertex of head, pronotum and mesonotum ochraceous, the latter with an oblique 

 black fascia on each lateral area ; body beneath and legs ochraceous, abdomen and 

 sometimes the sternum with fuscous suffusions ; tegmina pale ochraceous, an inner broad 

 longitudinal fuscous fascia continued on apex ; vertex of head and face with the lateral 



