326 Mr. W. F. H. Blandford on 



acute, and less divergent, for in the latter species they are 

 separated by a broad arcuate emargi nation. 



The female differs from P. o.-ci/urus ? by the front being 

 shorter, more concave, and less coarsely punctate, the eyes 

 less prominent, the prothorax shorter, with the discoidal 

 cribriform patch broader, and by the absence of an apical tooth 

 to the elytra ; from P. solidus ? by its darker colour, more 

 elongate form, less concave front, the absence of granules at 

 the base of the fourth interstice, the greater depth of the 

 elytral stride, and consequent convexity of the interstices. 



Chapuis had much reluctance in associating the Pyrenean 

 P. oxi/KTus and the Oriental P. solidus in the same group, on 

 account of their geographical remoteness and the difference in 

 the shape of the mentum in the female. 



P.furcatus is not only intermediate in form, but the female 

 agrees strictly with P. oxyurus in the form of the mentum ; 

 and his grouping is therefore entirely justified. 



Platyiyus latifinis, Walk. 



c?. Platypus latifinis, Walk. Ann. Nat. Hist. (3) iii. p. 261. 

 Platypus excavatus, Chap. Mou. Plat. p. 280, $ . 



5 . Elongata, testacea vel fuseo-testacea, elytrorum postica parte 

 obscuriore ; fronte oblonga, subconcava, fortiter sparsim punc- 

 tata, striga mediana brevi notata ; prothorace oblongo, sat sub- 

 tiliter irregulariter punctato, sulco brevi, tenui, plaga magna 

 orbiculata punctis anterius paullo fortioribus composita circum- 

 dato ; elytris subtiliter lineato-punctatis, iuterstitiis planis sub- 

 impunctatis, 3°, 4", 5° ad basin elevatis granulatis, impressione 

 postica vertical], impressa, granulata, margine inferiore arcuatim 

 exciso, in singulo elytro quam margine suturali breviore. 



Long. 4-7 mm. 



Hob. Ceylon, Kitugalle ; a pair. India, Belgaum, Kanara 

 (Andrewes) ; Burma, Bharao {Fea). 



The length and darker colour will separate the female 

 from that of any other described species in the Platypi cupidati 

 except P. cupidatus, Chap. It is rather more slender than 

 that insect, has a more concave and sharply defined frontal 

 area ; the prothoracic cribriform patch is shorter and wider, 

 more closely and finely punctured, like the rest of the pro- 

 notum. The base of the third interstice is raised for a longer 

 distance, and the interstitial punctures are so weak as to be 

 practically non-existent. A typical example of P. cupulatus ? 

 shows a well-marked fovea on the apical impression just 

 within each sutural angle, which is absent in both females of 



