8ft CATALOGUB OF 



25. Platydactylcs varius. 



Alas. Piceus ; caput anlice et utrivque testaceuvi, prolhorace paullo 

 angustius ; palpi teslacei ; prolhorax fascia ubbreviata f areata 

 maculinque duabus laleralibus lestacns ; cerci abdomine non 

 breviiiri's ; pedes graciles, femoribus tibiisque quatuor lestaceis piceo 

 fasciatis, libiis pnsticis extus Irispiiiosis inluii uitispinosis ; alee anliccE 

 cinerea, abdomen superanles, renis piceo jiiar<f inal is ; alee posticce 

 longiores. 



Male. Piceous, shining. Head tawny in front and altoiit the eyes, 

 testaceous about the mouth, a litlle narrower than the prothorax. Eyes 

 elongated, ratlier prominent. Palpi testaceous ; third joint slightly securi- 

 form. Antennae very much lonjjer than the body, tawny at tlie base. Pro- 

 ihorax much broader than lonp, broadest in front, with an irregular furcate 

 abbreviated testaceous band and with two testaceous spots on each side. 

 Cerci about as long as the abdomen. Legs long, slender; four posterior 

 femora and tibiae testaceous, with piceous bands; bind tibice not serrated, 

 with three long slender spines on the outer side and with one on the inner 

 side. Fore wings cinereous, extending somewhat beyond the abdomen, 

 piceous about the veins; tympanum with two transverse veins, of which 

 the exterior one is much curved inward; apical part reticulated; subcostal 

 space with twenty-one piceous veins, which from the lirsl outward are 

 successively less oblique. Hind wings extending somewhat beyoud the 

 fore wings. Length of the body 9 lines. 



The very slender hind tibia? and their long spines chiefly cbaracterizo 

 this species. 



a. Ceram. From Madame Ida Pfeiffer's collection. 



26. Platvdactylus signatipexms. 



Fcem. Fulrus ; caput nigrum, subtus pice^tm ; antenna corpore duplo 

 longiores; prolhorax iiigricante puuctatus el gultatus ; venter nigra 

 viltatus ; cerci abdomine non breiiores ; oviductus abdomine mullo 

 longior ; pedes anieriores picei, testaceo conspersi ; alic antictc ferru- 

 gine(r, uculee, abdomen longe superantcs, villa Jlava bis inlirrupla ; 

 alic posticce mullo longiores. 



Female, Tawny, shining. Head black, piceous beneath, prominent 

 between the sockets of the antenna*. Eyes, palpi and antenns piceous. 

 Third joint of the palpi very slightly securiform. Antenna; very slender, 

 full twice the length of the body. Prolhorax with several blackish points 

 and dots; sides rounded. .Abdomen with a black ventral stripe. Cerci as 

 long as the abdomen. Oviduct much longer than the abdomen ; lip black. 

 Four anterior legs piceous, stout, rather short, speckled with testaceous; 

 femora at the base and cnxa' testaceous. Fore wings ferruginous, acute, 

 extending much beyond the abdomen, with three yellow slre.iks abmg the 

 keel on each side; fust streak before the middle; second l)eyond the 

 iDiddle, longer than the first and iban the third; transverse sectors 



