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second joint much longer than the third ; third, fourth and fifth pale 

 yellow at the base; third black towards the lip; fdurth and fiftli black, 

 longer than the third. Thorax with a transverse furrow in front and with 

 three irregular stripes formed by some of the speckles; sides rectangular 

 and slightly dilated, but hardly with spines. Abdomen bhickish blue, ex- 

 cept at the tip ; under side with a larj;e 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 tibias with a pale yellow band ; fore libiaj ranch 

 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 Plalynopus. 



c, b. Orizaba. From M. Salle's collection. 



South America. 



4. PLATYNOrUS MILITARIS. 



Asopus militaris, H.-Sch. Wanz. Ins. ix. 336, PI. 323, f. 1007. 

 Brazil. 



5. Plattnopus rubroguttatus. 

 ruhroguttatus, Stal, Eng. Resa, 220 ; Afr. K. Vet. Ak. Fork. 1854, 232. 

 Monte Video. 



6. Platynopus bimaculatus. 



Purpureo-ater ; caput productum ; thorax subcarinatus, spiiiis obtusis vix 

 furcatis ; scutellum punctis dunbus basalibus apiceque luteis ; venter 

 luteo sex piinctatuni, tomento albido biplagiatnm; pedes robustiy 

 tibiis anticis valde diiatalis ; corium apice luteo unimucidatum. 



Deep purplish black, oval, scabrous. Head one-fourih of the breadth 

 of the thorax ; lateral lobes a little longer than the middle lobe. Antennae 

 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 

 luteons 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 tibiae much dilated. Fore wings with a luteous spot near the 

 tip of the corium ; membrane black. Length of the body 2^ 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. Plattnopus eostratds, C. H. W. 



Old Calabar. 



a — e. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan. 



/. Congo. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



g, h. Whydab, West Africa. From Mr. Fraser's collection. 



