52 PYGIDICBANID^. 



14. Diplatys fletcheri, sp. n. (Fig. 8.) 



Of small or medium size, colour reddish brown, varied with 

 blackish. Antennae typical, greyish and yellow. Head dark 

 brown, the frous strongly tumid ; the occiput depressed and 

 postocular keels strong. Pronotum in J a little longer than 

 broad, convex anteriorly, the sides parallel, rounded posteriorly^ ; 

 in 5 a little shorter and broader, the sides gently rounded, the 

 hinder margin straight. Elytra reddish bx'ovvn. Wings whitish. 

 Legs reddish, shaded with brown. Abdomen reddish brown, 

 darker apically; last dorsal segment in S dark brown, square, smooth, 

 ample, distinctly broader than the abdomen M'hich widens gradually 

 to it; in 2 narrow and sloping. Penultimate ventral segment in c? 

 ample, broad, rounded, the hinder border straight, the angles well- 

 rounded ; in 5 narrow, lanceolate. Porceps in cj with branches 

 rather stout, short, trigouo-conical, the inner margin very crenu- 

 late, almost straight, the apex hooked ; in $ simple, straight and 

 conical. 



6 2 



Length of body 9-5 mm. 7 mm. 



,, forceps 0"75 „ 0-5 „ 



CEYLOjf : Madulsima, 1.07 & 1.08 (T. B. Fletcher, coll. Burr). 



Type in the author's collection. 



This f^pecies is founded on a pair sent me by Mr. T. Bainbrigge 

 Fletcher, from Ceylon ; the male is darker than the female, and 

 at first glance it looks like D. bormansi, or D. greeni, but the 

 simple penultimate ventral segment distinguishes it from the 

 former. The trigono-conical forceps are like those of D rufescens, 

 but D. Jletcheri differs in the well-rounded penultimate ventral 

 segment of the male. 



The female, from the same locality as the male, is redder in 

 colour, but is referred with little hesitation to the same species, 

 though it is probable that females of D. cierstceclceri may be easilj'' 

 mistaken for it. 



15. Diplatys liberatus, sp. n. (Figs. 90, 90 a.) 



Nannopvgia gerst8ecl<eri, Borin., (nee Bwr, nee Kirhy) (94) p. 372 ; 

 (04) p. 11 (partim). 



Dark brown, varied with whitish. Pronotum narrow and long, 

 the sides straight, somewhat converging posteriorly. Abdomen 

 gradually widening posteriorly^ so that the last dorsal segment, 

 though not strongly inflated, is distinctly wider than the base of 

 the abdomen. Penultimate ventral segment broad, truncate, the 

 hinder margin entire. Forceps with branches short, depressed, 

 bowed, contiguous, tapering. 



6 



Length of body 10-5 mm. 



,, forceps 1 „ 



