82 CATALOGUE OF 



the hind border of the head. Ocelli elongated, approximate. Antennae 

 long, slender. Prolhorax narrower in front, with two indistinct brownish 

 patches on each side; hind border slijjlilly rounded. Anterior legs short. 

 Hind legs long; femora with indistinct lawny streaks; tibiae serrated and 

 with Cve spines on each side. Fore wings extending to the tip of the abdo- 

 men, largely reticulated towards the lips ; tympanum tiiickly striated ; sub- 

 costal space broad, whitish testaceous, with the usual veins. Hind wings 

 extending a little beyond the fore wings. Length of the body 13^ lines. 



The spines of the hind tibiae arranged in opposite pairs. The smaller 

 head and the less prominent eyes distinguish this sjiecies from the preceding 

 one. 



a. N. Hindostan. From Dr. Hooker's collection. 



Foem.? Vertex el frons picei ; ocelli pallide lulei, longi, approxiynati ; 

 patporum artintlus Sus fusiformis ; pntlhoracis discus piceus ; cerci 

 picei, basi teslacei, oviduc(u brevinres ; pedes postici Jemaribus apice 

 libiisque basi piceis, tibiis (jiiadrispinusis ; alee anliccB conjerlim 

 reliculalce, spado subcostuti diaphano albido-venuso ; alte posticte 

 paullo lonyiores. 



Female ? Head piccous above. Eyes piceous, small. Ocelli pale 

 luteous, elongated, approximate. Third joint of the palpi fusiform. Pro- 

 thorax with a piceous disk. Cerci piccous, testaceous towards the base, as 

 long as the abdomen. Oviduct a litile longer ihan the cerci. Hind femora 

 at the tips and hind tibix at the base piccous. Hind tibiae with four pairs 

 of spines. Fore wiujjs extending much beyond the abdomen, reticulated 

 from the base to the tips ; subcostal space pellucid, with whitish veins. 

 Hind wings extending a little beyond the lore wings. Length of the body 

 6i lines, 



b. N. Hindo^tan. From Capt. Reid's collection. 



1.5. Platydactylos pallidus. 

 Foem. Testaceus, tnmentnsus ; caput anlice vix carinalum ; prolhornx 

 carinis lalfrafibivi bene delcnninatis nigra bipitnclalis ; cerci onduclu 

 paullo Intigiorts, abdomiiie iion breriores ; alee aiilicee reliculalce . 

 abdomen superantes ; alee poslica valde loiigiores. 



Female. Testaceous, tomentose. Head shining, slightly prominent 

 between the sockets of the antennae. Eyes piceous, rather small, not pro- 

 minent. Third joint of the palpi clavate, much longer than ihe second. 

 Proihorax hardly tiansversr, slightly narrower towards its fore border; 

 lateral keels sharply dehned, wiih a black dot at each end. Abdonien 

 shining. Cerci as long as the abdomen, a little longer than the oviduct, 

 which IS piceous at the lij) and is slighily curved downwar<i. Fore wings 

 extending beyond the al)ilou>€n ; transverse sectors nunierou<i and regular 

 in the hind part as well as in front of the mediastinal vein, whose branches 

 are ihiileen in number and successively more slanting; apical trian>j!e 

 pellucid, iliiid wings extending much beyond ihe fore wings. Length of 

 the body !» lines. 



ihe legs of the specimen described are mutilated. 



41. Silhet. From .Mr. Argent's collecliun. 



