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little longer than the abdomen. Hind tibiae seriated and with four wide 

 apart spines on each side. Fore wings rather shorter than the abdomen, 

 with a blackish line along the lateral keel. Hind wings not apparent. 

 Length of the body 8 lines. 



It is much broader than the preceding species, from which it especially 

 differs in the different structure of the hind tibiae and in the long hind 

 wings. 



a. Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



S. Asia. 



13. Platydactylus transversus. 



Mas. Fulvus, pireo conspersus ; caput piceo univit latum, testaceo quadri- 

 lineatum ; palporum articulus 3us oblique truncatus ; antenna cor- 

 pore triplo longiores ; prolhorax piceo univiltattis, carinis lateralibus 

 bene determinatis testaceo et nigricante marginatis ; alee anticce pallide 

 cinerea, fascia vitta gutlisque paucis exterioribus nigris ; alee poslicm 

 longiores. 



Male. Tawny. Head and pro thorax thickly and minutely speckled 

 with piceous. Head with a slight ridge on each side between the sockets 

 of the antennae, and with four pale testaceous longitudinal lines, of which 

 the inner pair include a piceous stripe. Eyes piceous, elongated, slightly 

 prominent, narrowest in front. Third joint of the palpi clavate, obliquely 

 truncated, longer than the second. Antenna; very slender, about thrice the 

 length of the body. Prothorax slightly transverse, somewhat narrower 

 above in front, with a piceous stripe ; lateral keels sharply defined, testa- 

 ceous on the inner side, blackish on the outer side; sides much rounded in 

 front. Fore wings pale cinereous; veins testaceous, a black stripe along 

 the mediastinal vein ; a black band near the base; three black dots on the 

 border of the tympanum and one towards the hiud border and a little 

 nearer the base; subcostal space broad, with above twenty nearly parallel 

 veins, those towards the base more oblique than the others; apical space 

 reticulated. Hind wings longer than the fore wings. Length of the body 

 10 lines. 



The specimen described is mutilated, and some of its characters 

 cannot be ascertained. In the structure of the fore wings it differs more 

 than the African species from the American. 



a. Silhet. From Mr. Argent's collection. 



14. Platydactylus tlancs. 



Mas. Teslaceus, gracilis, tomentosus ; caput subcarinatum, postice sub. 

 production; prothorax fuscescente subquadriplagiatus ; pedes postici 

 longi, femoribus fulvo substrigatis, libiis ulrinque serralis et quinque 

 spinosis; aim antica? abdominis apicem attingentes, apices versus 

 reticulata:, spalio subcoslali albido-venoso ; alee posticce paullo 

 longiores. 



Male. Testaceous, tomentose, slender. Head shining in front, with a 

 slight keel between the sockets of tlie antennae. Eyes rather remote from 



