476 Mr. W. L. Distant's 



face broad and tumid ; rostrum reaching the posterior coxsc; opercula 

 overlapping at inner margins ; tegmina arched at base of costal 

 membrane. 



Long. exel. tegm. (^ 38 millim. Exp. tegm. 115 millim. 



Hal. Madagascar. 



I have connected this species with the name of Dr. E. A. 

 Heath, to whom I am indebted for this and many other 

 specimens. 



Plaiypleura andriami, sp. n. (Plate XVI, fig. 2.) 



1^ Body ochraceous, with the following black markings: — Head 

 with the margins of the ocelli ; pronotum with two small central 

 spots on inner basal margin ; mesonotum with a posterior transverse 

 series of four spots, and apical area of abdomen above. Body more 

 or less greyishly pilose ; opercula piceous, and some central sternal 

 shadings of the same colour. 



Tegmina bay in hue, but from base to about apical areas strongly 

 tinged with ochraceous, with bay-coloured spots of which the prin- 

 cipal ones are two in radial area, beyond which are a double irregular 

 series, the innermost strongly oblique towards base, the outermost 

 almost straight. Wings dark castaneous, with pale castaneous rays 

 from base, venation paler. (In some specimens there is a pale spot 

 on outer margin near the anal area.) 



The head is somewhat narrow, and with eyes being a little less in 

 width than base of mesonotum ; lateral margins of the pronotum 

 convexly rounded ; oi)ercula not meeting, well separated. 



Long. excl. tegm. (J and 9 32 to 35 millim. Exp. tegm. 110 to 

 115 millim. 



Hah. Madagascar. 



Platypleura quanza, sp. n. (Plate XVI, fig. 3.) 

 Head, pronotum, and tympana ochraceous ; mesonotum and 

 abdomen above castaneous, apical abdominal segments cretaceous, 

 anal api^endage ochraceous. Body beneath and legs ochraceous. 

 Head with the anterior margin of front castaneous ; a transverse 

 fascia between eyes including area of ocelli, black ; a small black 

 spot near inner margin of each eye. Pronotum with a central 

 narrow broken fascia and the incisures piceous. Mesonotum with 

 the basal cruciform elevation ochraceous. Head beneath with a 

 fasciate line between eyes and face, and the central sulcation to face, 

 piceous. 



Tegmina hyaline, and about basal half opaque and pale stramineous, 

 with a hyaline spot in radial area ; costal membrane and venation 



