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Bright green, sbiniiig', very elongate-oval, tliinly punctured, pale yellow 

 beneath. Head elonsjated, less than one-l'ourih of the breadth of the 

 ihoiax, with a pale yellow dol on each side and with a much interrupted 

 pale yellow slripe; lateral lobes a liitle longer than the middle lobe ; under 

 side pale yellow. Eyes very proniiueiit. Rostrum pale yellow, piceous at 

 the tip. Antennae 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 intenupted and abbreviated stripes 

 of the same line; transverse furrow very indistinct; spines very long and 

 acute, slightly notched behind near the tips. Scutellura with two pale 

 yellovv lanceolate stripes; a little hinder stripe and the tip of the same hue. 

 Pectus vviili 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 yellovv, slender, rather long; femora green above towards the lips; 

 tarsi and tips ot posterior tibiie black ; fore tibias piceous. Fore wings red- 

 dish piceous ; costal line, subcostal line, subcostal speckles, a subapical 

 band and apical pari of hind border pale yellow; membrane dark brown, 

 with a pellucid costal streak. Length of the body 5^ lines. 



a. New Guinea. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



20. Platynopus dotatus. 



Viridis, nitens, longi-oraliis, siihlus pallide fiavus ; caput productum, vitta 

 abbreviata paU.ide Jiava ; antenna nic/rce, yraciles,articulo bo pallide 

 fiavo apice nigro ; thorax vitt'is duabus lateralibus, guttis nonnullis 

 lilurifque duabus posticis pallide fluvls ; sculcllum vU.tis duabus 

 lanceolatis inter'ruptis, vittula poslica lunulaque apicali pallide Jlavis ; 

 pectus vlridi notatum ; venter strigis ubliqiiis lateralibus villaque 

 indeterminata pallide Jlavis ; pedes graciles, pallide flavi ; alcB anlicce 

 lineis duabus, atoniis nonnullis margineque postico apice pallide 

 Jlavis, membr ana f us ca 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 frout; lobes of equal length. 

 Eyes very prominent. Proboscis pale yellow, piceous at the tip. AntennsB 

 black, slender, minutely setulose, more than half the length of the body ; 

 joints in structure like those of P. lalus ; 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 shorl 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. Icctus ; the body and the spines of the thorax are 

 a little shorter. 



a. Celebes. Presented by W, W. Saunders, Esq. 



