320 PERCY SLADEN TRUST EXPEDITION 



Long. incl. tegm. 5 mm. 



Log. Seychelles. Silhouette : Mare aux Cochons, plateau and jungle near by and 

 forest above. Mahe : from near Morne Blanc, and Mare aux Cochons district. 

 A species taken in high forest. 



236. Scaphoideus seychellensis, sp. n. ^^^^k 



Body, tegmina and legs pale ochraceous ; vertex of head vi^ith six small anterior 



submarginal spots and a T-shaped spot on disk, fuscous- 

 brown, the surrounding areas of these spots greyish- 

 vphite; pronotum vs^ith greyish-white suffusions; scutellum 

 with the whole central area greyish-white, and with an 

 ochraceous spot near each basal angle ; face with a series 

 of dark transverse linear spots on each lateral area, larger 

 and nearly meeting between eyes ; tegmina with the 

 veins paler, and with testaceous spots on anterior half 

 and at apical margin ; vertex about as long as breadth 

 _. ,„ „ , ., , „ . ^. between eyes; scutellum about as long as pronotum: 



iig. 17. hcaphoideus seychellensis Dist. '' . 



face much longer than broad, very slightly concave 

 near eyes, narrowed and slightly rounded towards clypeus. 



Long. incl. tegm. 3^ mm. 



Log. Seychelles. Silhouette : Mare aux Cochons. 



A single example. 



Genus Paralimnus. 



Paralimnus Matsum., Termdsz. Fiizetek, xxv. p. 386 (1902). 



Distributed in the Eastern Palsearctic, Oriental, Malayan and Australasian regions, 

 and recorded from East Africa. Now found in the Seychelles. 



237. Paralimnus silhouettensis, sp. n. (Plate 51, fig. 18 a). 



Head, pronotum, scutellum and tegmina, glossy bronzy-brown; scutellum with two 

 pale spots on each lateral margin and a larger darker or blackish spot near each 

 basal angle ; tegmina with the veins darkly prominent and with more or less numerous 

 pale greyish spots ; body beneath and legs pale ochraceous ; face longer than broad, 

 its margins sinuate before eyes, between lateral margins of face and eyes the colour 

 is darker with two small pale spots ; vertex of head somewhat angularly produced 

 in front of eyes, nearly twice as broad as long, ocelli on anterior margin very near 

 eyes ; scutellum broad, basal margin broader than length of either lateral margin, 

 transversely impressed near middle ; tegmina longer than abdomen, four apical cells, 

 three ante-apical cells, a transverse vein on disk. 



Long. incl. tegm. 6 to 7 mm. 



Log. Seychelles. Silhouette : from marshy plateau of Mare aux Cochons, about 

 1000 feet ; forest above Mare aux Cochons. 



