284 Mr. ]\I. Burr's Ohservations on 



$ ? 



Long, corporis . . . 15'3 mm. . . . 10-11'6 mm. 

 „ forcipis ... 2 „ ... 1 „ 



Hob. India, Dardjiling {Harmand, 2854-90, Mus. Paris, 

 2 ^. 3 ?). 



This new species resembles D, greeni in appearance, but 

 is larger. Its position is shown in the synoptical table of 

 species ; it approaches D. rnfescens, Kirb., in structure. 

 Its chief distinction from the latter is the shape of the 

 last abdominal segment of the male, in which the exterior 

 apical angles are rounded, whereas in D. rufescens they 

 are rectangular. The forceps is entirely without internal 

 denticulation. 



Diplatys ridleyi, Kirby. 



This is a red and fuscous species that may be confused 

 with D. raffrayi, which it replaces in Asia. In addition to 

 the characters attributed to it in the table, the median 

 and transverse sutures of the head are distinct ; the space 

 behind the eyes is elevated and keeled. The occiput is 

 not excavated posteriorly, but only slightly sulculated ; 

 the legs are normally ringed with black, but I possess a 

 specimen from Mentawei in which the feet are entirely 

 testaceous. 



Diplatys 7iigriceps, Kirby. 



This is the white-marked species described by Mr. 

 Kirby from Hong Kong ; it is distinct from the Cingalese 

 species described by me under this name (Tr. Ent. Soc, 

 1898, pi. 389), which requires a new name (v. greeni, n. 

 post.). 



Diplatys croixi, sp. n. 



Statura minore ; colore fusco ; corpus pilis longis obsitum ; occiput 

 convexum, carinis sulculisque vix jserspicuis ; pronotum ajque longum 

 ac latum, aiitice quam postice paullo latius, lateribus convexis, 

 margiiie postico toto rotundato. Caput et segmentum primum anten- 

 narura nigra ; antemia^ fusco-testacese. Pronotum prozona ele- 

 vata fusca, metazona depressa albida. Elytra et alse amplse, nitentia; 

 scutellum pallidum. Pedes testacei, femoribus tibiisque nigro- 

 aunulatis. Abdomen eeneo-nitens ; forceps conicus, simplex, rufo- 

 fuscus. $ . 



Long, corporis ... 9 mm. $ . 

 „ forcipis . . . 1 „ 



