530 CATALOGUE OF 
PLATYNOPUS BIGUTTATUS. 
Canthecona biguttata, Vollenhk. Pent. 8, pl. 1, f. 6. 
Aru. 
Var.? a. Batchian. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
PLATYNOPUS PURPURASCENS. 
Purpureo-rufescens, subtus viridis ; caput subtus pallide luteum, lateribus 
viridibus ; antenne fulve, gracillime, articulo 30 apicem versus toque 
nigris, 50 albo apice nigro; thorax maculis duabus discoidalibus 
strigisque duabus lateralibus pallide luieis, spinis longis postice incisis ; 
scutellum macula basalt magna nigro-viridi, strigis duabus posticis 
fuscescentibus indeterminatis ; abdomen lateribus pallide luteis, spina 
ventrali brevissima ; pedes pallide lutei, femoribus nigro conspersis, 
tibiis anticis non dilatatis ; ale antice costa apiceque luteo consperse, 
membrana fusca vittis duabus diaphanis. 
Reddish, elongate-oval, roughly punctured, bright green beneath. 
Head and thorax tinged with purplish. Head bright green on each side, 
pale luteous beneath. Rostrum pale luteous, blackish at the tip. Antenne 
tawny, very slender; third joint black towards the tip; fourth black; fifth 
white, black towards the tip. Thorax very slightly keeled, with a pale 
luteous streak including a callus along each side, and with a pale luteous 
callus on each side of the disk; spines long, slender, notched behind at 
their tips. Scutellum pale luteous, with a large blackish green spot on the 
fore border and with two posterior irregular brownish streaks. Abdomen 
pale luteous along each side; apical segment forming two short spines ; 
ventral spine not extending beyond the hind coxw. Legs pale luteous ; 
femora speckled with black; fore tibie not dilated. _ Fore wings speckled 
with pale luteous along the costa and about the exterior border; membrane 
brown, pellucid along the fore border and along the hind border. Length 
of the body 5} lines. 
Most allied to P. dotatus, from which the difference of the markings 
of the thorax will distinguish it. 
a. Ceram. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
Genus AGERRUS. 
Agerrus, Stal, Ofv. K. Vet. Ak. Fork, 1858, 484—Bodetria ? page 119. 
1. AGERRUS REMIPES. 
remipes, Stal, Ofv. K. Vet. Ak. Forh. 1858, 434. 
Surinam. 
