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little longer than the abdomen. Hind tibifE serrated and with four wide 

 apart spines on each side. Fore wings rather shorter than the abdomen, 

 with a blackish line along the lateral keel. Hind wings not apparent. 

 Length of the body 8 lines. 



It is much broader than the preceding species, from which it especially 

 differs in the different structure of the bind tibiae and in the long hind 

 wings, 



a. Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



S. Asia. 



13. Platydactylus transveesus. 



Mas. Fvlvus, pireo con.tpersus ; capvt piceo univittatum, testaeeo quadri- 

 lineatum ; palporum articulus 'dus oblique truncatus ; anlenncB cor- 

 pore triplo longiores ; prolhorax piceo univiltatus, carinis lateralibtis 

 bene determinalis teslacen et nigricante marginalis ; aim anlircB pallide 

 cinerece, fascia vilta gutlisque paucis exterioribus nigris ; alie poslicce 

 longiores. 



Male. Tawny. Head and prothorax thickly and minutely speckled 

 with piceous. Head with a slight ridge on each side between the sockets 

 of the antennae, and with four pale leslaceous longitudinal lines, of which 

 the inner pair include a piceous stripe. Eyes piceous, elongated, slightly 

 prominent, narrowest in front. Third joint of the palpi clavale, obliquely 

 truncated, longer than the second. Antenna; very slender, about thrice the 

 length of the body. Prothorax slightly transverse, somewhat narrower 

 above in front, with a piceous stripe; lateral keels sharply defined, testa- 

 ceous on the inner side, blackish on the outer side; sides much rounded in 

 front. Fore wings pale cinereous; veins testaceous, a black stripe along 

 the mediastinal vein ; a black baud near the base; three black dots on the 

 border of the tympanum and one towards the hind border and a little 

 nearer the base; subcostal space broad, with above twenty nearly parallel 

 veins, those towards the base more oblique than the others ; apical space 

 reticulated. Hind wings longer than the fore wings. Length of the body 

 10 lines. 



The specimen described is mutilated, and some of its characters 

 cannot be ascertained. In the structure of the fore wings it differs more 

 than the African species from the American. 



a. Silhet. From Mr. Argent's collection. 



14. PLATVDACTYLrS PLANUS. 



Mas. Testaceus, gracilis, tomenlosus ; caput subcarinatum, poslice sub- 

 pro due turn ; prothorax fuscescente subquadriplagiatus ; pedes postici 

 longi, femoribus fulvo mbstrigalis, tibiis ulrinque serratis et quinque 

 spinosis ; al<B anticcE abdominis apicem attingentes, apices versus 

 reliculatcB, spatio subcostali albido-venoso ; alee posticm paullo 

 longiores. 



Male. Testaceous, tomentose, slender. Head shining in front, with a 

 slight keel between the sockets of the antennae. Eyes rather remote from 



