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13. PhatyNopus OPTABILIS. 
Niger, sublus purpurea viridi cyaneoque varia; caput subtus basi flavo- 
album ; thorax flavo-albo duodecim maculatus ; scutellum flavo-albo 
trimaculatum ; pectoris ventrisque latera flavo-albo notata, hujus discus 
flavo-albo bifasciatus et bimaculatus ; femora posteriora flavo-albo 
strigata ; ale antice apice flavo-albe. 
Black. Under side purple, here and there green or blue. Head 
beneath yellowish white towards the hind border, and with a small yel- 
lowish white mark on each side in front. Rostrum whitish towards the 
base, tawny towards the tip. Antenne slender, minutely pubescent; third 
joint as long as the second; fourth longer than the third and than the 
fifth. ‘Thorax with twelve yellowish white spots; three on each side in 
front, four forming a middle band, and one on,each side behind the spine. 
Scutellum with an elongated yellowish white spot on each side, and with a 
yellowish white tip. Pectus with some transverse yellowish white marks 
on each side. Abdomen beneath with transverse yellowish white marks 
along each side ; two short broad bands and a hinder spot on each side of 
the same hue. Legs purplish blue; posterior femora streaked with yel- 
lowish white. Fore wings with a yellowish white apical spet. Length of 
the body 7 lines. 
The markings above and the metallic hue beneath distinguish it 
from P. bijunctus. 
a. West Africa. From M. du Chaillu’s collection, 
14. PLatyNovus? LEPROSUS. 
Asopus leprosus, Germ. Silb. Rev. Ent. v. 186,133. H.-Sch. Wanz. Ins. 
vii. 113, 116, Pl. 224, f. 708. 
Cape. 
Australasia. 
15. Pratynopus MELANoLEuCUus, C. H. 87. 
a, b, Philippine Isles. From Mr. Cuming’s collection. 
16. PuatyNopus MINOR. 
minor, Ellenrieder, Natuurkundig, Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch. Indie, 
xxiv. 135—varius, Am. et Serv. var.? 
Sumatra. 
17. PLATYNOPUS POLYGRAPHUS. 
Testaceus, ellipticus, crassus, aspere nigro punctatus; caput nigrum, 
albido subvittatum, subtus albido biplagiatum ; rostrum nigrum, bast 
albidum ; antenne nigra, articulis basi albidis ; scutum vilta inde- 
terminata plagis duabus annulisque duobus petiolatis nigris, lateribus 
vie crenulatis, spinis nigris robuslis apice tnequaliter furcatis ; scu- 
tellum plaga basali strigas duas emittente liturisque nigris ; femora 
supra nigra; tibie basi apiceque nigre; tibie antice dilatate, 
supra purpureo-cyanea, albido uninotate ; ale antice lituris parvis 
plagaque nigris. 
Testaceous, elliptical, thick, largely punctured. Head black, with a 
whitish stripe, which is much abbreviated in front, and is indicated on the 
fore border by a whitish point; a whitish point on each side between the 
eyes; a whitish patch on each side beneath. Rostrum black, whitish at 
