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Genus Lollius. 



Lollius Stal, Hem. Afr. iv. p. 209 (1866) ; Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Forh. xxvii. p. 762 

 (1870). 



Type. L. furcifer Stal, from the Philippine Islands. 



In his " Monographie der Issiden," Melichar figures his L. gratiosus from N. Guinea, 

 which is scarcely typical of the genus. The two species here described agree with the 

 type L. furcifer Stal. 



177. Lollius atromaculatus, sp. n. (Plate 50, figs. 7 a, b). 

 Brownish-ochraceous, speckled and marked with black, tegmina with a large shining 



black spot, bounded and divided by veins a little behind middle, the veins more or 

 less testaceous ; anterior and intermediate legs with black annulations, posterior femora 

 black, the tibiae black at base and apex ; abdomen beneath with black markings, 

 principally a black longitudinal fascia near base ; vertex of head concave, the lateral 

 margins strongly ridged, the apical margin with three short spines, one central and 

 one at each apical angle ; face with the anterior lateral spines more prominent, tri- 

 carinate, the lateral carinations curved inwardly, anteriorly and posteriorly, the whole 

 surface speckled with black ; costal and apical margins to tegmina with more or less 

 elongate black spots, the apical margins broadly, obliquely truncate. 



Long, inch tegm. 8^ mm. 



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

 Seychellois, about 1500—2000 feet; forest above Cascade Estate, 1000 — 2000 feet. 



178. Lollius virescens, sp. n. (Plate 50, figs. 8 a, b). 



Head, pronotum, mesonotum, body beneath and legs more or less ochraceous, anterior 

 and intermediate legs annulated with fuscous, posterior femora, and bases of the tibiae 

 fuscous ; coxse and base of abdomen greyish- white, basal area of abdomen beneath — 

 excluding basal margin — black, with greyish- white marginal spots; tegmina pale greenish- 

 ochraceous, a small black spot at base, the apical margin spotted with black ; clypeus 

 with two black lines or elongate spots. In structural characters this species is closely 

 allied to L. atromaculatus. 



Long, inch tegm. 8^ mm. 



Loc. Seychelles. Mahe : from forest of rather stunted Capucin trees [Northea) 

 on summit of " Montagne Anse Major," 2000 feet or over ; slopes of Morne Seychellois, 

 about 1500—2000 feet. 



Subfamily Ricaniinse. 



This subfamily of the Fulgoridee is well represented in the. Seychelles but is 

 without any representative of its dominant genera such as Pochazia, Ricania and 

 Ricanoptera, which being both Ethiopian and Oriental in their distribution might have 

 been expected to be found in this fauna. Privesa however occurs in these islands as 

 well as in the Ethiopian, Oriental and Australasian regions. Several other distinct 

 genera required recognition. 



