128 CATALOGUE OF 
Bright green, shining, very elongate-oval, thinly punctured, pale yellow 
beneath. Head elongated, less than one-fourth of the breadth of the 
thorax, with a pale yeliow dot on each side and with a much interrupted 
pale yellow stripe; lateral lobes a little longer than the middle lobe; under 
side pale yellow. Eyes very prominent. Rostrum pale yellow, piceous at 
the tip. Antenne black, slender, very minutely pubescent, more than half 
the length of the body; first joint mostly pale yellow; third joint shorter 
than the second and much shorter than the fourth. Thorax irregularly 
bordered with pale yellow and with two interrupted and abbreviated stripes 
of the same hue; transverse furrow very indistinct; spines very long and 
acute, slightly notched behind near the tips. Scutellum with two pale 
yellow lanceolate stripes; a little hinder stripe and the tip of the same hue. 
Pectus with three bright green patches on each side and with one in the 
disk. Abdomen beneath with three macular green stripes, the middle one 
much more incomplete than the others; ventral spine very short. Legs 
pale yellow, slender, rather long; femora green above towards the tips ; 
tarsi and tips of posterior tibie black; fore tibia piceous. Fore wings red- 
dish piceous; costal line, subcostal line, subcostal speckles, a subapical 
band and apical part of bind border pale yellow; membrane dark brown, 
with a pellucid costal streak. Length of the body 53 lines. 
a. New Guinea. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
20. PLATYNOPUS DOTATUS. 
Viridis, nitens, longi-ovaius, sudtus pallide flavus ; caput productum, vitta 
abbreviata pallide flava ; antenneé nigre, graciles, articulo 50 pallide 
flavo apice nigro; thorax viltis duabus lateralibus, guttis nonnullis 
liturisque duabus posticis pallide fluvis; scutellum vittis duabus 
lanceolatis interruptis, vittula postica lunulaque apicali pallide flavis ; 
pectus viridi notatum; venter strigis obliquis lateralibus vittaque 
indeterminata pallide flavis ; pedes graciles, pallide flavi ; ale antice 
lineis duabus, atomis nonnullis margineque postico apice pallide 
flavis, membrana fusca limpido bivittata. 
Dark green, shining, scabrous, very elongate-oval, pale yellow beneath. 
Head elongate, less than one-fourth of the breadth of the thorax, with a 
pale yellow stripe, which is abbreviated in front; lobes of equal length. 
Eyes very prominent. Proboscis pale yellow, piceous at the tip. Antenne 
black, slender, minutely setulose, more than half the length of the body ; 
joints in structure like those of P. letus; fifth pale yellow, black towards 
the tip. Thorax with the keel and the transverse furrow very indistinct ; 
some marks of various size in the disk and a stripe on each side in front 
and a mark behind each spine pale yellow; spines very long and acute, 
with a notch on the hind side near the tip. Scutellum with two lanceolate 
interrupted stripes, a short hinder stripe and a lunate apical mark pale 
yellow. Pectus with some irregular green marks on each side. Abdomen 
beneath with green oblique streaks on each side and with an incomplete 
green stripe. Legs pale yellow, rather long and slender, minutely setulose; 
tarsi piceous towards the tips. Fore wings piceous; costal line, subcostal 
line, a few small marks in the disk and apical part of hind border pale 
yellow; membrane brown, with a pellucid stripe along the costa and 
another along the hind border. Length of the body 5 lines. 
Closely allied to P. Jetus ; the body and the spines of the thorax are 
a little shorter. 
a. Celebes. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
