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Fig. 15. Scaphoideus vagans Dist. 



234. Scaphoideus vagans, sp. n. 



Very pale ochraceous ; vertex of head with six small brown submarginal spots 

 arranged in pairs, a central arcuate pale brownish fascia 

 containing two dark spots, and two pale brownish sub- 

 quadrate spots on the basal area ; pronotum with four 

 basal spots, two small central discal spots, and an arcuate 

 broken narrow fascia near anterior margin, all pale 

 brownish ; scutellum with pale brownish markings and 

 a dark spot on each lateral margin ; tegmina with linear 

 blackish markings, more pronounced on apical area where 

 they are more numerous and smaller ; face with dark 

 transverse fasciae for about two-thirds its length, cheeks 

 with two dark oblique lines on each side ; abdomen 

 beneath more or less shaded with black ; vertex of head 

 about as long as breadth between eyes, transversely depressed near middle ; pronotum 

 about as long, or only slightly longer than scutellum, the latter with a distinct curved 

 central impression. 



Long, inch tegm. 3 mm. 



Log. Seychelles. Silhouette : Mare aux Cochons, and forest near by. Mahe, country 

 above Port Glaud, about 500 — 1000 feet; Port Victoria, from grass in Botanic Gardens 

 and from grass in cultivated country; Cascade Estate, 800 — 1000 feet; Mare aux Cochons 

 district, 1000 — 2000 feet; Cascade, cultivated country near sea-level; forest near Mount 

 Harrison. 



From grass &c. in cultivated places. 



235. Scaphoideus tessellatus, sp. n. 



Very pale ochraceous ; vertex of head with four very pale brownish apical marginal 



spots, and a cluster of about six dark brown spots on 



disk ; pronotum with two dark brown spots on anterior 

 margin and blackish transverse linear markings on 

 disk ; scutellum very pale, a blackish spot near each 

 basal angle, and some small dark spots on discal and 

 apical areas ; tegmina very much tesselated with 

 blackish linear markings, of which the most prominent 

 are spots on costal and claval margins near bases ; head 

 beneath very pale with a slight virescent tint, face with 

 obscure darker transverse striations ; body beneath and 

 legs very pale ochraceous ; abdomen with black suffu- 

 sions, especially on apical area ; posterior legs with 

 femoral streaks, apices of tibiae and bases of spinules, black, the tibiae also blackly 

 annulate ; face much longer than breadth between eyes ; scutellum about as long as 

 pronotum ; vertex of head about as long as breadth between eyes. 



Fig. 16. Scaphoideus tessellatus Dist. 



