88 OATAI.Or.UE OF 



broad, slightly narrower in front, with a few black speckles and with two 

 black stripes; sides straight. Cerci a little longer tliiin the oviduct, which 

 is straight and has a l)hick tip and is as lonp as ihe ahdonien. Legs rather 

 short and stunt, speckled wiih brown ; hind tibia; setose and not serrated 

 on each side, fonr spines on one side alternate with the same number on the 

 other. Fore wings relicnlated, cxicnding niucb beyond the abdomen ; 

 transverse sectors oblique ; a brown'stripe along the scapular vein including 

 various small pale marks; subcostal space p:ile cinereous, with irregular 

 transverse sectors and with ten very slaniing branches of the mediastinal 

 vein, the tenth forked. Hind wings extendinjj much beyond the fore wings. 

 Length of the body 9 lines. 



This species has much affinity to P. indecorus, but recedes still more 

 from the typical form of the genus. The longitudinal veins and the reti- 

 culation of the fore wings are n)nre regular than they are in P. indecorus. 



N. Australia. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Country unknown. 



29. Platvdactvi.us subnotatcs. 



Mas. Snrdide testacetts, tniurntosn.t ; caput atitice subcarinatum, spatio 

 anteriore piceo ; palpi picri, arliciilo 'So clavato ; prothoracis latera 

 picea ; abdomen jiiccum, suhltis ferriKjineuin ; cerci abdomine paullo 

 breviores ; pedes ferriKjinei, libiis posticis utritu/iie serralis et tri- 

 spinosis ; a/ie nitticw abdominis apicem aldngetUes, tympana cinereo, 

 slrigis duabus laleralibus piceis , ala poUiccB valde lougiores. 



Male. Dull testaceous, tomcntose. Head as broad as the prothornx, 

 prominent between the sockets of the anteinuc, piceous and shining frt)m 

 tlience to the mouth. Eyes livid, large, prominent, sliglitly elongate<i, 

 narrower in front. Palpi pici-ous; third joint cbivate, longer than the 

 second. Antennie piteous, »ery slender, much longer than the body, testa- 

 ceous towards the base; first joint |)iceous, small, round. Prothorax 

 ])iceous l)Ciwcen the keels and the sides, wliicli are rounded; lateral part 

 broadest in front. .Abdomen jiiceous, ferruginous beneath. Cerci a little 

 shorter than the abdomen. Legs lerruginons; liiiul tibiic minutely den- 

 tate and with three slender spines on each side; spines on one side 

 alternate with those on the other. Fore wings extending to the tip of the 

 abdomen; tympanum cinereous ; apical part irregularly reticulated ; sub- 

 costiil space with above twenty oblique veins, which are most aiiproximaie 

 to each other and most regular near the I)a^e ; a piceous streak along the 

 mediastinal vein to nearly two-thirds of the length. Hind wings exteudiug 

 uiucb beyond the fore wings. Length of the body 9 lines. 



mm. Wings none. 



n. Spines of the hind tihitc very short. 



Genus 3 L LA1L\NI).A. 



Fcem. Corpus robustum, convexum, apterum,subtilissime pnnctatum. 

 Caput breve, prothuracc rix angustius, antice vix carinatum. Oculi siib- 

 elougati, sut parti. Fulpuruni arliculus 3us clavulus, 2o loiigiur. Pro- 



