DISTANT—RHYNCHOTA. PART I: SUBORDER HETEROPTERA 171 
In the previous enumeration only one species had been described from the Seychelles. 
This is contained in the present collection with five other species, making six in all. CeicAa 
All these species appear to be endemic to the Seychelles. 3yh0°* "ONT, 
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94*, Ceratocombus imsularis, Reut. ) LIBRARY) =o! 
Ceratocombus insularis Reut., Rev. d’Ent., xii. p. 208 (1893). a =e | 
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Loc. Seychelles. Mahé: from near Morne Blanc, about 1000 feet, some specimens ‘a @ ee 
being recorded as from leaves of Pandanus Horne: ; Cascade Estate, about 1000 feet and 
above, some specimens being recorded as found among damp dead leaves (mostly of palms) 
on the ground in a valley containing many Stevensonia palms; Mare aux Cochons district, 
1000—2000 feet; Morne Seychellois, ca. 1500 feet. Silhouette: near Mont Pot-a-eau, 
ea. 1500 feet (2 specimens found between leaf-bases of growing Roscheria palm, several 
found under the bark of a stump); Mare aux Cochons, over 1000 feet; from long grass 
in cultivated country, VIII. 1908, 1 specimen. Previously recorded from La Digue. 
95. Gen. ¢ alboclavatus, sp. n. (Plate 12, fig. 17). 
Head, pronotum and scutellum black; hemelytra pitchy-brown, the venation of 
the corium prominent and black, the membranal venation also darker; clavus creamy- 
white ; legs ochraceous ; antennze mutilated in typical specimens; head not quite as long 
as breadth between eyes, obtusely narrowed in front, the lateral margins oblique; eyes 
pearly-white ; pronotum a little less than half as long as breadth at base, the anterior 
margin half the width of posterior margin which is slightly concave; scutellum small, 
triangular, its length about half the width at base; corium and membrane with the 
venation as clearly shown in the enlarged figure ; femora moderately thickened; posterior 
tibie about as long as corium. 
Long. 14 mm. 
Loc. Seychelles. Silhouette : Mare aux Cochons, over 1000 feet ; near Mont 
Pot-a-eau, ca. 1500 feet. Mahé: country above Port Glaud, 500—1000 feet. 
The absence of the antennze prevents the exact determination or description of the 
genus in which this species should be placed. Its distinct markings make its recog- 
nition easy, and its generic position must remain in abeyance until perfect specimens are 
procured. 
SEYCHELLESANUS*, gen. nov. 
Body moderately short and broad; head large, subtriangular, in length more than 
half the width between eyes which reach the anterior angles of the pronotum ; rostrum 
reaching the posterior cox, first joint reaching the anterior margin and second the 
posterior margin of the anterior coxee which are large and globose; antenne about as 
long as the body, longly setose, with the first and second joints incrassate, first joint short, 
not reaching apex of head, second longer than first, remaining slender; pronotum 
transverse, in length half the width of base, slightly convex, the lateral margins 
* In honour of Moreau de Séchelles after whom these islands were named. 
