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Long. 3 mm. 
Loc. Seychelles. Mahé: from forest of rather stunted “ Capucin” (Northea) trees, 
summit of “Montagne Anse Major,” ca. 2000 feet, 1. II. 1909, 2 specimens. 
87. Quinssyana varicolor, sp. n. 
Head and posterior lobe of pronotum shining black; basal constriction to head, 
anterior lobe of pronotum and scutellum ochraceous; corium and membrane piceous; 
corium outwardly margined with brownish-ochraceous; legs ochraceous, femora more or 
less apically infuscated; antennee with the first three joints obscure ochraceous, remainder 
mutilated in type, first and second joints subequal in length. 
Long. 3 mm. 
Loc. Seychelles. Silhouette: Mare aux Cochons, over 1000 feet, VIII.—IX. 1908, 
2 specimens. 
This species apart from its distinct coloration differs from @. typicalis by the 
proportionately longer antenne, the first and second joints being distinctly longer than 
those in the typical species; the pronotum is also a little broader and the body generally 
more robust. 
88. Qumnssyana funeralis, sp. n. 
Black ; trochanters obscure, ochraceous ; antennz with the first, second and third 
joints black, fourth and fifth joints more or less ochraceous, base of fourth infuscate, 
basal area of first more or less brownish-ochraceous, first and second joints subequal 
in length, first a little but distinctly thickened at apex, all the joints strongly pilose, 
third a little longer than fourth or fifth; rostrum brownish-ochraceous; apical spimous 
angulations to scutellum ochraceous, a little obliquely raised. 
Long. 4 mm. 
Loc. Seychelles. Silhouette: near Mont Pot-a-eau, VIII. 1908, 1 specimen. 
RocHoniA™, gen. nov. 
Head about as’ long as pronotum, robustly elongate, the lateral lobes appearing as 
covering flaps and extending to antennal bases, their inner margins almost meeting, 
their apical margins roundly oblique, beyond these the central lobe is considerably 
exserted and strongly centrally longitudinally ridged, its lateral margins sinuately 
oblique, its apex subacute, anteocular area much longer than postocular, the latter behind 
eyes distinctly gibbous both above and beneath; eyes large but not prominent, ocelli 
behind eyes, base moderately constricted; rostrum robust, first joint slightly shorter than 
the second, first joint passing insertion of antennz but not reaching eyes, second joint 
almost reaching base of head; antennze longly strongly pilose, first joint about as long as 
pronotum, about equal to second, third short, remainder mutilated in type; pronotum 
with the anterior lobe shorter than the posterior, rugosely wrinkled, anterior margin 
truncate, anterior angles subprominent, lateral margins convex, its posterior disk with 
* Named after the Abbé Rochon who accompanied M. du Roslan in his expedition to the Seychelles (1769). 
