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spined near apex; intermediate femora with their apices moderately infuscated; the 
transverse veins to the corium distinct and darker in hue; membrane palely mottled with 
brownish-ochraceous, the venation distinct ; legs not spinulose. 
Long. 7 mm. 
Loc. Seychelles. Silhouette: Mare aux Cochons, over 1000 feet, IX. 1908. 
78. Stenolemus madagascariensis (Westw.) ? 
Plearia madagascariensis Westw., Proc. Ent. Soc. London, 1844, p. 113. 
Loc. Seychelles. Silhouette: Mare aux Cochons, over 1000 feet. 
A single immature specimen of Stenolemus appears to represent’ Westwood’s species. 
79. Luteva malayana, Dist. 
Luteva malayana Dist., Faun. Malay Zool., i. p. 258, Pl. 16, fig. 2 @ (1908). 
Loc. Seychelles. Silhouette: from near Mont Pot-a-eau, ca. 1500 feet. Mahé: 
Cascade Estate, ca. 800 feet; Long Island. Feélicité. Originally described from the 
Siamese Malay States, and since received from Ceylon. Only one mature specimen is 
contained in the collection. 
80. Gardena seychellensis, sp. n. (Plate 12, fig. 5). 
Pitchy-brown head in front of eyes and apical area of abdomen above more piceous ; 
anterior femora (excluding apices) and basal areas of anterior tibize paler and more 
ochraceous in hue; antennee with the first joint as long as abdomen and about as long as 
second joint; anterior femora (including bases and apices) finely and somewhat longly 
spined beneath; anterior tibia about half the length of the femora; head strongly 
transversely impressed between eyes, posterior lobe longer than anterior and strongly 
attenuated at base; pronotum about as long as anterior tibiz, attenuated at base, 
anteriorly broadened and moderately dilated on each side; posterior legs longer than 
intermediate legs, apices of posterior femora and bases of posterior tibiz annulated with 
pale ochraceous. 
Long. excl. legs 15 to 16 mm. 
Loc. Seychelles. Mahé: 2 specimens obtained by shaking fallen dead leaves of 
Stevensonia palm in forest at foot of Morne Blanc, ca. 800 feet, 16. IX. 1908; Cascade 
Estate, ca. 1000 feet, 1909, 1 specimen. 
RosLania*. 
Head not or very slightly narrowed at base, very slightly transversely impressed 
between eyes, anteocular and postocular areas nearly subequal in length; rostrum 
reaching the anterior coxe, first joint not reaching eyes; antennz long, slender, first 
joint nearly as long as intermediate femora, subequal to second; pronotum a little shorter 
than anterior coxee, very slightly broader than base of head and attenuated posteriorly, 
mesonotum very strongly attenuated anteriorly, discally depressed from a little behind 
* Named after M. du Roslan who headed an expedition to the Seychelles in 1769. 
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