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the latter inwardly and outwardly margined with greyish, and with a small greyish discal 
spot, membrane blackish, the apical area greyish-white ; connexivum metallic-green with 
greyish spots ; body beneath and legs greyish, the lateral areas of sternum and abdomen 
more or less ochraceous, the lateral with marginal and submarginal dark spots; legs more 
or less streaked with black ; antennze black, first joint pale at base, second shorter than 
third, third and fifth subequal, fourth a little longest; head with the lateral margins 
sinuate, their edges a little reflexed, practically impunctate ; pronotum with the posterior 
lobe and the transverse depression dividing the lobes somewhat coarsely punctate ; 
scutellum coarsely punctate, the ochraceous macular markings impunctate or nearly so; 
corium thickly punctate; membrane passing the abdominal apex. 
Long. 7 mm. 
Loc. Aldabra, 1908—9 (Fryer). 
10. Stenozygum insularum, sp. n. 
Allied to the preceding species S. aldabranum, but smaller, the colour dark indigo- 
blue, the markings pale flavescent, not ochraceous, basal spots to the scutellum much 
smaller; third joint of antennz longer in proportion to the second joint than in S. alda- 
branum; apex of scutellum a little narrower; legs and antenne darker in hue; inner 
edge of lateral margins to anterior pronotal lobe with a distinct longitudinal series of 
punctures. 
Long. 55 mm. 
Loc. Cosmoledo, 1907 (Thomasset). 
11*. Nezara viridula (Linn. ). 
Cimex viridula Linn., Syst. Nat., ed. 10, p. 444 (1758). 
Nezara viridula Dist., Biol. Cent.-Am., Rhynch., i. p. 78 (1880) for synonymy. 
Loc. Seychelles. Mahé: Cascade Estate, ca. 1000 feet, and other localities. Bird 
and Dennis Islands (Fryer). Previously taken in Cargados Carajos Islands. 
12. Nezara spicata, sp. n. 
Nezara acuta Bergr. (nec Dall.), Rev. d’Ent., xii. p. 198 (1893). 
Green ; lateral margins of head, lateral margins and lateral angles of pronotum, five 
small spots on basal margin and the apex of scutellum, basal lateral margin of corium 
and the outer margins of connexivum ochraceous, the segmental angles to connexivum 
»black ; membrane hyaline; body beneath and legs green, a little paler than above ; coxee 
and apices of femora, tibize (more or less), lateral margins of prosternum, abdominal 
spiracles and rostrum, ochraceous, apex of rostrum black; body above thickly punctate, 
the pronotum and base of scutellum somewhat rugulose ; antennze green, apex of third 
joint and apical halves of fourth and fifth joints, black; second and third joints subequal 
in length, shorter than fourth and fifth, fourth slightly longer than fifth ; lateral angles of 
pronotum shortly spinously produced, almost laterally directed. 
Long. 11 to 13 mm. ; exp. pronot. ang]. 7 to 9 mm. 
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