ISOS.) 141 [Pcudder. 



loiiji; and s^lcnder. pale yellowish, sliglitly dusky toward the tip; tce- 

 mina Ioniser than the abdomen, wheii at rest ahiiost reaching th > 

 aiiddle of the hind ti[)ia3; wings overreaching the tegmina and ex- 

 tending to the apical fourth of the hind tibi«. Length of body .44 

 in.; of tegmina .48 in. ;of hind tibiae .26 in.; of anal cerci .IG in.; of 

 ovipositor .14 in. One ? from Manila. 



6. Eneoptera obscura. Head dark brown; prothorax black, 

 varied, especially posteriorly, with dark brown; anterior legs fuscous; 

 tegmina blackish, varied with obscure fuscous; ovipositor mahogany 

 color, with a central, longitudinal, l)lack line; the tegmina are broad, 

 and extend beyond the body in the dried specimen ; perlia])s they 

 do not surpass it when living; the wings, at rest, reach just 

 beyond the tegmina; the ovipositor is scarcely shorter than the 

 body, straight for twice or thrice its length, and then curved slightly 

 downward; it is slightly enlarged and obliquely docked above 

 at the tip; the form of the ovijoositor, the shape of the fore femora, 

 which are strongly iucrassated at base, and the presence of a conspic- 

 uous but narrow prominence on the front of the head between the 

 eyes, ought properly to separate tlfis- species from the genus in which 

 1 i)lace it. Length of body .33 in.; of tegmina .31 in.; of ovipositor 

 .■28 in. Old Calabar, INIr. Andrew IMin-ray. 



7. Platydaetylus bieoloi'. Whole upper surface, including 

 upper third of eyes, upper portion of frontal prominence, tegmina 

 and exposed portion of folded wings, very pale yellowish-bi'own; all 

 other 2)arts of the body, including ;dl the appendages except the 

 antennas, dark brown; the latter are luteous near the base and dark 

 brown toward the tip; summit of head flecked with blackish dots; 

 dorsum of pronotum furnished with fewer blackish dots; some larger 

 ones are found along an indented line parallel and contiguous to the 

 hind border; a semicircular dusky spot is situated upon the hind 

 border; a few minute black dots are scattered about upon the teg- 

 mina; lateral field of the tegmina with oblique blackish veins, the 

 cross-veins pale; tegmina surpassing a little the tip of the abdomen; 

 wings straight, extending far beyond the tip of the tegmina; legs 

 throughout flecked with inconspicuous pale dots; terminal tarsal joint 

 of each of the legs furnished with a broad central annulation of yel- 

 lowish-brown; terminal hind tarsal joint guarded at base by two 

 spines, the inner three or four times longer than the outer. Length 

 of body, .8 in.; of tegmina, .7 in.; of wings beyond tegmina, .5 in.; 

 of hind tibiae, .66 in.; anal cerci broken. One S from Bogota, P. 

 R. Uhler. 



