RO CATALOGUE OF 



nliliqiie nearly pariiUel veiii^ nnd at llie tip wiili a few transverse sectors. 

 Hind wings extendinjj niucli beyond the fore \vinj,'s. Length of the body 

 4^ lines. 



It lias most resemblance to P. similis, but is much smaller and the 

 reticulation of the fore wind's is very different and much more simple. It 

 lias some affinity to Eneopleru, and may be considered as the representa- 

 tive of a new penus. 



a. Brazil. Prescnied by J. P. G. Smith, Elsq. 



S. Africa. 



11. PLATVDACTYLfS AFRICANCS. 



Mas. Teslacnts, tjracilit, lomenlosus, subrt/lindricus ; caput sub' 

 cariudtum, jw^live suheloiii/atutn ; palporum arliculu.i 2us piceo 

 maculolux, '3us apice piceus Iruucalus ; abdomen piceuin,fasciis rentre- 

 que fulvis ; cerci abdomine bmiores ; tiOia posticcE utriuijue serrulcB 

 it (/uudrispinos(e ; alee abdominis apicem alliiigenles ; alee anticce 

 apice reticulaltc, spalio subcosiali lalo venis uudulutis. 



Male. Testaceous, slender, tomentose, nearly cylindrical. Head 

 keeled between the sockets of the anteniite, shining in front. Eyes slifjhtly 

 prominent, at some distance from the hind border. Second joint of the 

 palpi with a piceous spot; third piceous and obliquely irnncaled at the lip, 

 longer than ihe second. Aniennaj very slender, about thiice the length of 

 the br)dy. Protliorax not longer than broad, slightly narrower in front ; 

 sides rounded. Abdomen piceous, with a tawny band on the fore border of 

 each segment ; utidcr side wholly t.iwny. Cerci tawny, thickly pilose, much 

 shorter than the alidomen. Legs moderately long and slender; bind 

 femora with indistinct oltlique darker streaks on the outer side : hind tibie 

 and hind tarsi sometimes piceous ; bind tibia; serrated and with four slender 

 spines on each side; spines alleinate, not in pairs. I-'ure win;;s extending 

 to the tip of the abdomen ; a piceous stripe along the mediastinal vein; 

 tips reticnlaied; tympanum large; subcostal space broad, with eleven 

 oblique undulating nearly parallel veins. Hind wings pellucid, nut longer 

 than the lore wings. Length of the body 7\ lines. 



This differs from the American species in the much shorter hind 

 wings. The tympanum is somewhat different in structure from that of 

 P. caliyiiiosus. 



fl, b. Xatal. From M. Gucinzius' collection. 



12. Platvdactvi.us fui.igixoscs. 

 J'ccm. Fuscesrenx, lomenlosus ; capul anlire leslacpum,ti ileus ; palporum 

 articulus {\us oblique Iruucalus ; anienntr picett, basi leslacfir, corjmre 

 duplii linujiiire^ ; oiiduclus abdomiue paullo lonpior ; libite posticce 

 srrralir, quadiispiuouc ; altc anlicic abdomine breviores, linea sub- 

 cosiali nulla ; aUc pnslicic nullfP, 

 Female. Brownish, slender, tomentose. Head testaceous and shining 

 in front. Third joint of the jialpi obliquely truncated. Antenme piceous, 

 icsUiceous at the base, about twice the length of the body. Cerci teslaccons 

 tunuids the base, a little lunger than the abdomen. Oviduct piceous, a 



