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second joint much longer than the third; third, fourth and fifth pale 
yellow at the base; third black towards the tip; fourth and fifth black, 
longer than the third. Thorax witha transverse furrow in fiont and with 
three irregular stripes formed by some of the speckles ; sides rectangular 
and slightly dilated, but hardly with spines. Abdomen blackish blue, ex- 
cept at the tip ; under side with a large quadrate spot of whitish tomentum 
on each side of the hinder disk, which is wholly black ; ventral spine mo- 
derately long. Legs stout, deep red; posterior femora pale yellow- 
speckled ; posterior tibia with a pale yellow band; fore tibie much 
dilated. Fore wings wholly pale yellow at the tips; membrane brown, 
with a pellucid band, which is interrupted or much contracted in the 
middle. Length of the body 4 lines. 
The spines of the thorax in this species are hardly apparent, and thus 
it resembles Oplomus. It will form a section in Platynopus. 
a,b. Orizaba. From M. Salleé’s collection. 
South America. 
4. PLATYNOPUS MILITARis. 
Asopus militaris, H.-Sch. Wanz. Ins. ix. 336, Pl. 323, f. 1007. 
Brazil. 
5. PLAYYNOPUS RUBROGUTTATUS. 
rubroguttatus, Stal, Eng. Resa, 220; Afr. K. Vet. Ak. Forh. 1854, 232. 
Monte Video. 
6. PLATYNOPUS\ BIMACULATUS. 
Purpureo-ater ; caput productum ; thorax subcarinalus, spinis obtusis vix 
furcatis ; scutellum punctis duobus basalibus apiceque luteis ; venter 
luteo sex punctatum, tomento albido biplagiatum; pedes robusti, 
tibiis anlicts valde dilatatis ; corium apice luleo unimaculatum. 
Deep purplish black, oval, scabrous. Head one-fourth of the breadth 
of the thorax ; lateral lobes a little longer than the middle lobe. Antenne 
more than half the length of the body; third joint a little longer than the 
second; fourth a little longer than the third and than the fifth. Thorax 
with a slight keel; spines short, obtuse, hardly fuscate. Scutellum with a 
Juteous point on each side at the base, and with a luteous line round the 
tip. Abdomen beneath with a patch of white tomentum on each side; 
two luteous points and a transverse luteous streak near each patch. Legs 
stout ; fore tibia much dilated. Fore wings with a luteous spot near the 
lip of the corium; membrane black. Length of the body 23 lines. 
This species will form a section in the genus. It has some affinity to 
Bodetria. 
a. Petropolis, Rio Janeiro. Presented by the Rev. H. Clark and by 
J. Gray, Esq. 
Africa. 
7. PuatyNopus rosrratus, C. H. 87. 
Old Calabar. 
a—e. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan. 
f. Congo. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 
g, hk. Whydah, West Africa. From Mr. Fraser’s collection. 
