460 CATALOGUE OF 



2. Pygoplatys acutus, C. H. 340. 



a. ? Presented by the Entoraolo<jical Club. 



/,. ? From the Zoological Society's collection. 



3. Pygoplatys.'' Thoreyj. 

 Thoreyi, Dohrn, Stett. Ent. Zeit. xxiv. 350. 

 Philippine I'^les. 



4. Pygoplatys subuugosus. 

 subi-ugosus, Vollenh. Fauue Ent. Arch. Indo-Neerland. iii. 23, pi. 3, f. 2. 

 Amboina. Buiii. 



.5. Pygoplatys minax. 

 minax, Vollenh. Faune Ent. Arch. Indo-Neerland. iii. 23, pi. 3, f. 3. 

 Borneo. 



6. Pygoplatys zonatus. 

 zonatiis, Stal, Tram. Ent. Soc. Land. 3rd Ser. i. 595. 

 a, b. Sarawak, Borneo. From j\Ir. Wallace's collection. 



7. Pygoplatys lancifer. 



Fulvus, sparse et aspere punctatus ; caput nigricante nnipfagialum ; 

 thorax nigricans, antire teslaceus et nigricante binotains, cornubus 

 rectis acutis subnscendentibus antice fuhns spatio inlermedio patdlo 

 Inngioribus ; scvtellum nigricans, apicem versus fulvitm et sulcatum ; 

 alcB anticce rufescenles, testaceo-venoste. 



Tawny. Head, thorax and scntellnm thinly and rout^hly punctured. 

 Head with a lar<j:e blackish patch between the eyes. Rostrum extendins^ a 

 little beyond the fore coxa?. Antennje less than one-third of the lenoih of 

 the body ; second joint a little lono;er than the third, shorter than the fourth. 

 Thorax blackish; forepart testaceous, with a blackish mark on each side 

 in front of a smooth band which is near the fore border; sides finely and 

 transversely striated; horns acute, tawny in front, directly diverwin^, 

 slifihtly ascending;, a little lonp;er than the intermediate space. Scatellum 

 blackish, tawny, <>ruoveil and much attenuated towards its tip, which is very 

 acute. Pectoral keel lanceolate, extendin<? to the head. Abdomen with 

 black spots alonfj each side; hind anp;les of the sei^ments elongated, 

 those ol' the apical sejjment hardly extending beyond the apical appendages. 

 Fore wings reddish, veins testaceous; membrane lurid. Length of the 

 body 12 lines. 



The much longer spines of the thorax distinguish it from P. zonatus. 

 n. Sarawak. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



