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and only slightly longer than third, the first and second moderately thickened very little 
longer than breadth at base; pronotum pilose, strongly transversely constricted near middle, 
behind which it is obscurely, finely punctate, and before which it is distinctly globose ; 
scutellum distinctly punctate ; corium pilose, the cuneus more strongly pilose. 
Long. 25 mm. 
Loc. Seychelles. Mahé: Cascade Estate, 800—1000 feet. 
130. Lasiochilus praslinensis, sp. n. (Plate 18, fig. 24). 
Head, pronotum and scutellum testaceous-red ; corium and cuneus piceous, basal 
lateral area of corium dull ochraceous ; membrane fuliginous; body beneath testaceous- 
red ; legs fuscous ; antennze with the first joint testaceous, remaining joints ochraceous, 
first scarcely passing apex of head, second twice as long as first, its extreme apex a little 
darkened ; head longer than broad at base; pronotum moderately transversely impressed 
near middle, behind which it is distinctly and rather coarsely punctate and before which 
it is transversely globose ; scutellum distinctly punctate, moderately concavely impressed ; 
corium shortly pilose, the cuneus more strongly pilose. 
Long. 25 mm. 
Loc. Seychelles. Praslin : Cétes d’Or Estate, from Coco-de-mer forest in the Vallée 
de Mai, XI. 1908. 
PARALASIOCOLPUS, gen. nov. 
Subelongate, moderately depressed; head longer than broad, somewhat longly 
produced in front of eyes, the anteocular more than twice the length of the postocular 
area ; antennze pilose, with the first joint scarcely passing the apex of head, second about 
twice the leneth of first; pronotum with the apical margin less than half the breadth 
of posterior margin, transversely constricted near middle, the basal margin concave ; 
scutellum transversely ridged near base, subtriangular, the disk more or less broadly 
foveate ; corium about as long as from region of eyes to apex of clavus; cuneus large, 
broad, triangular, almost equilateral; membrane with three longitudinal veins; rostrum 
short, reaching the anterior trochanters. 
Type P. piceus Dist. 
Allied to the neotropical genus Lasiocolpus Reut., from which it principally differs in 
the short rostrum. 
131. Paralasiocolpus piceus, sp. n. (Plate 18, fig. 25). 
Head, pronotum and scutellum piceous, corium black, an obscure pale spot at base of 
lateral margin to cuneus; membrane dark fuliginous; body beneath and legs black or 
piceous ; antennze ochraceous, pilose, first joint and apex of second black, first scarcely 
passing apex of head, second twice as long as first; pronotum and scutellum coarsely 
punctate ; corium very obscurely finely pilose ; tarsi pale ochraceous, other characters as 
in generic diagnosis. 
Long. 3 mm. 
