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membrane passing abdominal apex ; femora moderately thickened, posterior coxze some- 
what contiguous, tibize finely setose. 
121. Maralauda lania, sp. n. (Plate 18, fig. 3). 
Body above dull dark sanguineous, pronotum and more distinctly the corium speckled 
with white pile, all the margins a little paler sanguineous; membrane fuliginous ; body 
beneath and rostrum dark sanguineous, femora pale ochraceous, their apices sanguineous, 
tibize reddish-ochraceous, darkly setose, tarsi pale ochraceous, their apices black ; antennze 
with the first and second joints testaceous, bases and apex of the second black, third and 
fourth black, basal half of third pale ochraceous; pronotum and more especially the 
corium shortly finely pilose ; scutellum transversely striate ; other structural characters as 
in generic diagnosis. 
Long. 4 mm. 
Loc. Seychelles. Mahé: Cascade Estate, forest, 1000—2000 feet; Mare aux 
Cochons district 1000—2000 feet; Morne Seychellois, over 1500 feet. Only from the 
high endemic mountain-forests. 
122. Sthenarus leucophilus, Reut. 
Sthenarus leucophilus Reut., Ofv. Finsk. Vetensk. Soc. Forh., xlvii. no. 22, p. 88 
(1904—1905). 
Loc. Seychelles. Mahé: Cascade Estate, 800—1000 feet ; marshes on coastal plain 
at Anse aux Pins and Anse Royale: characteristic of marshy places, where it was swept 
from low vegetation. Bird Island (Fryer). 
This species was originally described by Reuter from Bourbon, and has since been 
recorded by Poppius from Kilimandjaro. 
STHENA RUSOIDES, gen, Nov. 
Subelongate ; head transverse, shorter than broad, eyes somewhat prominent but not 
touching the anterior angles of the pronotum ; antennze with the first jomt very slightly 
longer than head, second a little more than twice as long as first and moderately thickened 
on its apical area, third and fourth finely setose and together about as long as second ; 
rostrum short, robust, not extending beyond the anterior coxe; pronotum about half as 
long as broad at base which is one-third broader than anterior margin, a distinct narrow 
anterior collar, lateral margins moderately rounded ; scutellum subtriangular, considerably 
shorter than broad at base; corium (excluding cuneus) about as long as head, pronotum 
and scutellum together; cuneus much broader than long, cuneal fracture profound ; 
membrane passing abdominal apex; posterior coxe contiguous; tibiz shortly finely 
Setose. 
123. Sthenarusoides montanus, sp. n. (Plate 13, fig. 2). 
Black, shining ; head, rostrum and legs pale ochraceous, apices of the femora black ; 
antennze ochraceous, extreme apex of first joint, about apical half of second, and the third 
and fourth jomts black; head with a few scattered punctures; pronotum and corium 
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