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28. BRACHYPLATYS TRANSLINEATA. 
ZEneo-nigra ; caput luteum, margine postico nigro; thorax lineis duabus 
luteis transversis undulatis medio et utrinque connexis ; scutellum 
luteo merginatum; venter maculis lateralibus luteis transversis lan- 
ceolatis ; pedes lutei. 
neous-black, convex, shining, very minutely punctured, longer than 
broad. Head luteous, black along the hind border, much more than half 
the breadth of the thorax. Antenne and legs luteous. Thorax with two 
transverse undulating luteous lines, which are connected in the middle 
and on each side in the disk. Scutellum wholly luteous-bordered. Abdo- 
men beneath with transverse lanceolate luteous spots along each side. 
Wings cinereous. Fore wings with a luteous corium and a black costa. 
Length of the body 3 lines. 
It may be distinguished from B. «xanthogramma by the colour of the 
head, by the different form of the hind line of the thorax, and by the nar- 
row band at the base of the scutellum. 
a,b. Mysol. From Mr, Wallace’s collection. 
ce. New Guinea. From Mr. Wallace’s collection. 
d. New Guinea. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
29. BrRacHYPLATYS PAUCIFERA. 
fEneo-nigra ; caput subrugulosum ; antenne lutea ; thorax linea trans- 
versa undulata lineisque duabus marginalibus luteis ; scutellum luteo 
marginatum ; venter maculis lateralibus luteis ; pedes luted. 
Eneous-black, rather longer than broad. Head slightly rugulose, 
more than one half the breadth of the thorax. Antenne and legs luteous. 
Thorax and scutellum minutely punctured. Thorax with an undulating 
transverse luteous line, which occupies the middle part of the fore border 
and diverges on each side to the base of the fore wing ; a luteous marginal 
line on each side in front, not extending to the fore wing. Scutellum with 
a luteous line along each side; tip slightly excavated. Abdomen beneath 
with luteous spots along each side. Wings blackish cinereous. Fore 
wings with a luteous corium and a black costa. Length of the body 
3 lines. 
It may be distinguished from B. nigriventris by the line on the 
thorax. 
a, Aru. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
b. New Guinea. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
c. New Guinea, From Mr. Wallace’s collection. 
30. BRacHYPLATYS RUPTILINEA. 
Nigra ; caput maculis duabus e lineola longitudinali connexis fasctisque 
duabus interruplis luteis; antenne lulee ; thorax linea transversa 
undulata lineisque duabus marginalibus luteis ; sculellum strigis 
duabus anticis transversis lanceolatis lateribusque luteis ; pedes lutet. 
Var. B.—Corporis liture flave. Var. y.—Caput macula postica 
lineolaque obsoletis. 
Black, minutely punctured. Head full half the breadth of the thorax, 
with two irregular interrupted luteous bands; the fore band much broader 
than the hind one; two luteous spots in the disk, longitudinally connected 
Ne 
