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tlie hind border of ihe bead. Ocelli elongated, approximate. Antennae 

 long, slender. Protborax narrower in front, with two indistinct brownish 

 patches on each side; hind border slightly rounded. Anterior legs short. 

 Hind legs long; femora with indistinct tawny streaks; tibiae serrated and 

 with five spines on each side. Fore wings extending to the lip of the abdo- 

 men, largely reticulated towards the tips ; tympanum thickly striated ; sub- 

 costal space broad, whitish testaceous, with the usual veins. Hind wings 

 extending a little beyond the fore wings. Length of the body 13£ lines. 



The spines of the hind tibia? arranged in opposite pairs. The smaller 

 head and the less prominent eyes distinguish this species from the preceding 

 one. 



a. N. Hindostan. From Dr. Hooker's collection. 



Fcem.? Vertex et from picei ; ocelli pallide lutei, longi, approximati ; 

 palporum articutus 3us fusiformis ; prothoracis discus piceus ; cerci 

 picei, basi testacei, oviduetu breviores ; pedes postici femuribm apice 

 tibiisque basi piceis, tibiis quadrispinosis ; alee anticee confertim 

 reticulata, spatio subcostali diaphano albido-venoso ; aUc posticte 

 paullo lonyiores. 



Female ? Head piceous above. Eyes piceous, small. Ocelli pale 

 luteous, elongated, approximate. Third joint of the palpi fusiform. Pro- 

 thorax with a piceous disk. Cerci piceous, testaceous towards the base, as 

 long as the abdomen. Oviduct a little longer than the cerci. Hind femora 

 at the tips and hind tibiae at the base piceous. Hind tibiae with four pairs 

 of spines. Fore wings extending much beyond the abdomen, reticulated 

 from the base to the tips ; subcostal space pellucid, with whitish veins. 

 Hind wings extending a little beyond the fore wings. Length of the body 

 6J lines. 



b. N. Hindostan. From Capt. Reid's collection. 



15. Plattdactylus pallidus. 



Fcem. Testaceus, tomentosus ; caput antice vix carinatum ; prothorax 

 carinis lateralibus bene delerminatis nigro bipun c talis ; cerci oviduetu 

 paullo longipres, ahdomine non breviores; ata? antica reticulata, 

 abdomen superantes ; aid postica valde longiores. 



Female. Testaceous, tomentose. Head shining, slightly prominent 

 between the sockets of the antennae. Eyes piceous, rather small, not pro- 

 minent. Third joint of the palpi clavate, much longer than the second. 

 Prothorax hardly transverse, slightly narrower towards its fore border; 

 lateral keels sharply defined, with a black dot at each end. Abdomen 

 shining. Cerci as long as the abdomen, a little longer than the oviduct, 

 which is piceous at the tip and is slightly curved downward. Fore wings 

 extending beyond the abdomen ; transverse sectors numerous and regular 

 in the hind part as well as in front of the mediastinal vein, whose branches 

 are thirteen in number and successively more slanting; apical triangle 

 pellucid. Hind wings extending much beyond the fore wings. Length of 

 the body 9 lines. 



The legs of the specimen described are mutilated. 



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



