84 CATALOGUE OF 



ihick. Piolhorax transverse, broadest in front; sides slightly reBexed ; 

 lateral keels hardly apparent. Cevci nearly as long as the body. Oviduct 

 much lonjier than the abdomen, black at the lip. Hind tibiae serrated and 

 with four long wide apart spines on each side; spines on the inner side 

 curved, aliernate with iliose on the outer side. Fore wings extending a 

 liiile beyond the tip of the abdomen; veins in the subcostal space very 

 ol)lique. Hind wings exleuding much beyond the fore wiugs. Length of 

 the body 11 lines. 



The long spines of the hind tibize distinguish it from the species 

 previously described. 



a. Ceylon. From Mr. Macgillivray's collection, 



19. Platydactyll's VARIPEXNIS. 



Mas. Ferrugitieus, lomentosus, yracilis,fere linearis; caput pallida sex- 

 tinealutn, aiitice subcarinatum, facie fulva ; antenme corpore plus 

 duplo loiKjiores ; prollinrax subproductu^, antice paullo anyu^lior 

 lalcribus pcrparum riHundatis ; veuler piceo litlatus ; cerci abdomine 

 paullo breviores; pfdes tiiijricanle fasciali, tibiis poidcis utrinque 

 ipiudri^pinosis; alic anlicce abdumen longe sufieraiiles, gultis sub- 

 cosinlibns nigricaulibus yutlisque apicem versus fuscis ; alee posticce 

 lungiores. 



Male. Ferruginous, tomentose, slender, nearly linear. Head promi- 

 nent between the sockets of the antennae, with six pale longiindiual lines 

 on the vertex; face tawny, shining. Eyes nearly round. Tliird joint of 

 the palpi slightly clavate, longer than the second. Antenna; much more 

 than twice the length of the body. Prothoiax a little narrower iu front, a 

 little longer than bri>ad ; sides very slightly rounded. Abdomen with a 

 piceous stripe beneath. Cerci a little shorter than the abdomen. Legs 

 with irregular blackish bands; hind tibiie not serrated, with four short 

 spines on e;ich side. Fore wings extending much beyond the abdomen, 

 with blackish dots along the scapular vein and wiili a few brown dots in the 

 apical reticulated parts ; lympanum intersected by an oblique vein; sub- 

 costal space pellucid, with sixteen brancbes of the mediastinal vein which 

 are more or less curved and are n)o>l slanting towards the base. Hind 

 wings extending beyond the lore wings. Length of the body 7^ lines. 



It is narrower than nearly all the other species of the genus, and the 

 hind tibiee are comparatively short. 



a. Ce}lou. Fiom Dr. Thvvaites' collection. 



Australasia 



20. Pl.AlYDAt 1 VLUS OLAnRATUS. 



Gryllns (Platydactvlus) quadratus, Ilaan, Verh. Nal. Gesch. Ned. Ind. 

 Bez. Ins.' 2:i4.' 



Java. 



