IIEMII'TERA IIETEROrTEIlA. {.29 



21. Platynopus semiscitcs, 



Viridis, nitens, longi-ovatus ; caput pmd actum; anlcnncE nif/rw, gyaciles, 

 articulo 5o albido apice nujro ; tliorax placjis diiabus e alnmis uUddis ; 

 sculellum vittis dunbus lanccolalh, viltida poslicu apircque alhidis ; 

 pectus albido biplagiatum ; venter vlltis qualuor nnuv/arUnis albidis ; 

 pidrs iiiijri, fjraciles, femoribus ba^ii albidis, libiis posterioribns 

 albido fascial is; aim anliccB niqxp, iinea subcoslali viridi, vitta 

 lanceotata obliqua strigaque exteriore albidis, mcttibrunafuaca limpido 

 xmimaculata. 



Green, sliiniiii^, scabrous, very elnnrrate-oval. Head elonajale, wliitish 

 beneath, less than one-fourth of the hreadlh of the thorax; lobes of equal 

 length. Kyes very prominent. Rostrum v\hitish ; tip juceous. Antennas 

 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 sjteckles 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 semiciicular whitish spot. Pectus with a whitish 

 patch on each side at the base of the spine, Abdomeu beneath with four 

 stripes of whitish SjXits. Legs Id.ick ; femora at the base and coxae whitish ; 

 posterior tibiee with a broad whitish band ; posterior tarsi whitish at the base. 

 Fore wings binck, with a subcostal green line; a lanceolate oblique wliiiish 

 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. latus, and the three may 

 perhaps be considered as varieties of one species. 



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



Genus 11. MACRORHAPHIS, C. //. 87. 



1. Macrouuaphis xristis. 



leprc^a, C. H. 88— Asopus tristis, H.-Sch. Wanz. Ins. vii. 120, pi. 2;)0, 

 f. 777— Macrorliaphis tristis, Slal, ILm. Afr. i. 55. 



a, b. Cape. From M. Drege's collettion. 

 c. South Africa. 



2. MACROmiAI'HIS ACCTA, C. //. 88. 



a. Congo. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



Genus 12. LEPTOLOBUS. 

 Leptolobus, Sign. A. S. E. F, 3;He Scr. iii. G2. Stal, Hem. Afr. i, 72. 



1. Lei'toloblis Murrayi. 



Munayi, Sign. A. S. E. F. 3me Ser. iii. pi. 7, f. 4. Stal, Hem. Afr. i. 72. 



a, b. Siena Leone. Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan. 

 c. Old Calabar. From Mr. Murray's collection. 



