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21. PLATYNOPUS SEMISCITUS. 
Viridis, nitens, longi-ovatus ; caput productum ; anlenne nigra, graciles, 
articulo 50 albide apice nigro ; thorax plagis duabus e atomis albidis ; 
scutellum vittis duabus lanceolatis, vittula postica apiceque albidis ; 
pectus albido biplagiatum ; venter viltis quatuor macularibus albidis ; 
pedes niyri, graciles, femoribus basi albidis, tibiis posterioribus 
albido faseiatis; ale antice nigra, linea subcostali viridi, vitta 
lanceolata obliqua strigaque exteriore albidis, membrana fusca limpido 
unimaculata. 
Green, shining, scabrous, very elongate-oval. Head elongate, whitish 
beneath, less than one-fourth of the breadth of the thorax; lobes of equal 
length. Eyes very prominent. Rostrum whitish; tip piceous. Antenna 
black, in structure like those of the two preceding species; fifth joint 
whitish, black towards the tip. Thorax purplish towards the hind border, 
with a patch of whitish speckles on each side in the disk; spines very long 
and acute, with a notch on the hind side near the tip. Scutellum with a 
lanceolate whitish stripe on each side, with a hinder very short whitish 
stripe and with an apical semicircular whitish spot. Pectus with a whitish 
patch on each side at the base of the spine. Abdomen beneath with four 
stripes of whitish spots. Legs black; femora at the base and coxe whitish ; 
posterior tibie with a broad whitish band ; posterior tarsi whitish at the base. 
Fore wings black, with a subcostal green line; a lanceolate oblique whitish 
stripe in the disk, this stripe nearly connected with a broad irregular whitish 
streak along the apical part of the hind border; membrane dark brown, 
with a pellucid costal spot. Length of the body 5} lines. 
It has more affinity to P. dotatus than to P. letus, and the three may 
perbaps be considered as varieties of one species. 
a. Gilolo. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
Genus 11. MACRORHAPHIS, C. H. 87. 
1. MacroruaPHIS TRISTIS. 
leprosa, C. H. 88—Asopus tristis, H.-Sch. Wanz. Ins. vii. 120, pl. 250, 
f. 777—Macrorhaphis tristis, Stal, Hem, Afr. i. 55. 
a,b. Cape. From M. Drégeé’s collection. oe 
c. South Africa. 
2. Macroruapuis acuta, C. f7. 88. 
a. Congo. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 
Genus 12. LEPTOLOBUS. 
Leptolobus, Sign. A. S. E. F. 3me Ser. iii. 62. Stal, Hem. Afr. i. 72. 
1. Leprotopus Morrayt. 
Murrayi, Sign. A. S. EB. F. 3me Ser. iii. pl. 7, f. 4. Stal, Hem. Afr. i. 72. 
a, 6. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan. 
e. Old Calabar, From Mr. Murray’s collection. 
