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and thick ; head brownish black, the frons tumid, sutures 

 faint, postocular keels weak ; pronotum posteriorly a little 

 longer than broad, slightly narrowed posteriorly, almost 

 parallel-sided ; elytra ample, brown, with an indistinct 

 yellow discoidal spot; wings yellowish brown ; legs yellow ; 

 abdomen nearly parallci-sidcd, brown ; last dorsal segment 

 not inflated, smooth, slightly more narrowed in ? than in 

 the (^ ; penultimate ventral segment of ^ nearly parallel- 

 sided, truncate, with rounded corners, the latter protruding 

 slightly ; forceps with branches J ? contiguous, short, 

 straight, and simple. 



Madagascah : It d'Amln-e, 8 J* , !• ? (c ra.). 



These specimens were also in the collection of M. Gadeau 

 de Kerville. The species may be recognized by the small 

 size and form of the ninth sternite of the male ; the two 

 sexes are very much alike. 



Diplatys hova, sp. n. 



Fulva, capito nigro ; frons tumida ; pronotum longius quam latius, 

 fere parallclum ; abdomen parallelum ; segmentum penultiraum 

 ventrale angulis acute valde productis ; forcipis bracchia con- 

 tigua. 



6- 



Long, corporis 8*5 mm, 



,, forcipis 1 „ 



Size medium or small ; head black, frons very tumid, 

 occiput depressed, the keels very distinct ; antennae yellow, 

 the basal segment unusually long ; pronotum decidedly 

 longer than broad, almost parallel-sided, very slightly nar- 

 rowed posteriorly ; elytra and wings ample, orange, shaded 

 with dark brown; legs yellow; abdomen orange, shaded 

 darker, parallel-sided ; last dorsal segment not inflated ; 

 penultimate ventral segment very broad, parallel-sided, 

 posterior margin sinuate, the angles produced posteriorlv to 

 protruding points that are distinctly visible from above ; 

 forceps with tlie branches subcontiguous, straight, and 

 simple. 



Madagascar : It d'Ambre, 1 S and one mutilated ? 

 (c. m.). 



I found these specimens in the rich collection of M. Henri 

 Gadeau de Kerville, whicli I have recently acquired. It is 

 an elegant little species, well distinguished by the remarkable 

 form of the ninth sternite of the male, the protruding angles 

 of which are easilj discernible from above. 



