277 



nec lineaui spiraculorum intus .siiperantei. aiigulis liasalibus et apicalilms nigris ; — 

 vel violaceo-castaneiis, disco pallido et ('usco-variegatu, iitriiupie vitta utidata castaneo- 

 violacea oriiato ; seginentis inaciil;i inargiiiMli lia va oniatis; — basi l)reviter si)iiiosiis ; 

 lateraliter fortius i)iniet;itiis, disco minus prol'midc, liuea mediana fere levigata. 



Long, sine membrana 11 ( cf ) 14 (9 iniu.; r.nm membrana l:i,5-15 iniii. LutU. 

 pronoti 7-H,b mm. 



Habitat : Madagascar. 



9 



Platynopus scutellatus Dist. (flg. HT)) 



J'ai négligé de donner, page 10:?, la description du Pldh/nDpHs 

 scutellatus Dist., dont je n'ai pas examiné le tyiir mais (pii ])Hut- 

 être ne constitue qu'une variété dn P. rostratus. Voici la descrip 

 tion originale de Distant (Ann. iNat. Hist., (5) Vil, p 57 (1900). 



Fi(i. 135. 



« Above bright shiidng ochraceous. He;id dark olivaceous green, witii a central 

 lineate ochraceous spot uear bas^; antennir fuscous Pronofum sparingly, coarsely 

 and darkly punctate ; a distinct snbmarginnl latéral linear fascia of dark pnnotures, 

 twoo Idackish ringlets on anterior portion of disk, and the pronotal s[)ines sliining 

 black; the space behind the pronot;il angles and the posterior margin irupunctate. 

 Scutellum sparingly, (ioarsely, and darkly pnnctnte, the l)asal angular areas 

 im punctate, and a small dark spot in each l)asal angle. Membrane cupreous. Body 

 benefith and legs ochraceous; sternum coarsely punctate, a large impunctate sjtote 

 on each latéral area of pro-, meso-, and metMsternnm; a transverse fascia ad 

 junction of pro- and mesosternum, a much waved sublateral fascia, large subapical 

 s{iot and anal appendage io abdomen, iinterior nnd intermediate femora (excluding 

 base and a subapical spot), outer surface ;ind base and apex of inner surface of 

 tibiae, apices of posterior femora, bases and apices of intermediate and posterioi' 

 tibice, and the tarsi castaneous. 



Scutellum with the apex obtnsely aiigulate. Anterior tibiae strongly dilated. 

 Abdominal basai spine long, passing the posterior coxte. 



Long. 13 mm.; exp. pronot. angl S mm. 



Hab. Upper ('ongo, Bopoto. 



A species to be known by its angulated apex tu scnlellum and distinct colo- 

 ration. r> 



La figure ci-jointe (tig. 135) a été faite, je l'ai dit, d'après le type par M. H( 

 race Knight, de Londres. 



