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The ceici are shorter ihau those of the typical species (P. surhiamensis) 

 aud the hiud tibiae are rather shorter and stouter aud more strougly 

 serrated. 



5. PLATYDACTYLrS COLCMBICUS. 



Foem. Fitlvus, tomentosus ; caput breve, antice nitens, nigro plagiatum ; 

 palporiim arliciilus oiis apice piceus et oblique truncatus ; prothorax 

 aiitice anguxtior ; abdoyneti piceuvi ; cerci fulvi, abdnmine non brevi- 

 ores ; oiiductns (e:<taceus, apice niger, corpore tix brerior ; pedes 

 longiusculi, femoribus posticis fusco subslriyatis, iibiis poslicis 

 utrinque serratis el quadrispinosis ; alee aniicce pallide testacea, abdo- 

 men longe superantes, incondite reticulatce,renis longitudinalibus sub- 

 rectis, carina laterali nigncante punctata ; alcE posticce longiores. 



Female. Tawny, tonientose. Head shinino; in front ; disk of ihe face 

 bhickish. Eyes slightly prominent, partly blackish near the bind border. 

 Third joint of the palpi piceous towards the tip, which is obliquely truncated 

 and excavated, Antenns very slender, about twice the length of the body. 

 Prothorax not longer than broad, a little narrower in front. Abdomen 

 shining, piceous. Cerci tawny, as long as the abdomen. Oviduct testa- 

 ceous, with a black tip, nearly as long as the body. Legs rather long ; hind 

 femora obliquely and indistinctly streaked with brown on the outer side ; 

 hind libias minutely serrated and with lour rather slender spines on each 

 side." Fore wings pale testaceous, extending much beyoud the lip of the 

 abdomen, with blackish dots along the externo-medial vein, irregularly 

 reticulated between the nearly straight and parallel longitudinal veins ; 

 apical triangle pale cinereous. Hind wings pale cinereous, extending 

 much beyond the fore wings ; costa and veins pale testaceous. Length of 

 the body lOi lines. 



It much resembles P. co?j.s!??n7/s; the hind libiie are rather shorter, 

 and the reticulation of the fore wings is more regular. 



a. Columbia. From M. Salle's collection. 



6. Platydactylcs velutixcs. 



Foem. Testaceus, tomentosus, subvelutitiTts ; caput breve, anlice nitens 

 pallide testaceinn ; oculi parri ; patporum articxilus 'ius subsecuri- 

 formis ; prolhoracis latera rotundata ; abdomen piceum ; cerci abdo- 

 mine longiores; oviductus fuh-us, apice niger, cercis multo longior ; 

 pedes anteriores breves ; pedes postici longi, tibiis tarsisque piceis, 

 tibiis utrinque setosis e.vtus trispinosis intus quinque spinosis ; alee 

 anticcB confertim et incondite reiiculatcE, abdomen longissinie super- 

 antes; alee postic(B longiores. 



Female. Testaceous. Head and prothorax tomentose, slightly velvety. 

 Head short, pale testaceous and shining in front. E\es piceous, small, 

 rather prominent, remote from the hiud border. Third joint of the palpi 

 slightly securiform. AntenUcT very slender, about twice the length of the 

 body, Prothorax not longer than broad; side borders rounded. Abdomen 



