86 CATALOGUE OF 



25. Platydactylus varius. 



Mas. Piceus ; caput antice el utrinque testaceum, prothorace paullo 

 angustius; palpi lestacei; prothorax fascia abbreviate furcata 

 maculisque duabus lateralibus testaceis ; cerci abdomine non 

 breviores ; pedes graciles, femoribus tibiisque quatuor testaceis piceo 

 fascialis, tibiis posticis extus trispinosis intus unispinosis ; ala anticte 

 cinerea, abdomen superantes, venis piceo marginatis ; ala postica 

 longiores. 



Male. Piceous, shining. Head tawny in front and about the eyes, 

 testaceous about the mouth, a little narrower than the prothorax. Eyes 

 elongated, rather prominent. Palpi testaceous ; third joint slightly securi- 

 form. Antenna? very much longer than the body, tawny at the base. Pro- 

 thorax much broader than long, broadest in front, with an irregular furcate 

 abbreviated testaceous band and with two testaceous spots on each side. 

 Cerci about as long as the abdomen. Legs long, slender; four posterior 

 femora and tibiae testaceous, with piceous bands; hind tibiae not serrated, 

 with three long slender spines on the outer side and with one on the inner 

 side. Fore wings ciuereous, extending somewhat beyond the abdomen, 

 piceous about the veins; tympanum with two transverse veins, of which 

 the exterior one is much curved inward; apical part reticulated; subcostal 

 space with twenty-one piceous veins, which from the first outward are 

 successively less oblique. Hind wings extending somewhat beyoud the 

 fore wings. Length of the body 9 Hues. 



The very slender hind tibiae and their long spines chiefly characterize 

 this species. 



a. Ceram. From Madame Ida Pfeiffet's collection. 



26. Platydactylus signatipennis. 



Fcem. Fulvus ; caput nigrum, subtus piceum ; antennce corpore duplo 

 longiores; prothorax nigricante punclatus el gutlatus ; venter nigro 

 viltatus ; cerci abdomine non breviores; oviductus abdomine multo 

 longior ; pedes anteriores picei, testaceo conspersi ; ala? antica ferru~ 

 ginea, acuta?, abdomen longe superantes, villa Jlava bis interrupla ; 

 ala postica multo longiores. 



Female. Tavrny, shining. Head black, piceous beneath, prominent 

 between the sockets of the antenna;. Eyes, palpi and antennce piceous. 

 Third joint of the palpi very slightly securiform. Antennas very slender, 

 full twice the length of the body. Prothorax with several blackish points 

 and dots; sides rounded. Abdomen with a black ventral stripe. Cerci as 

 long as the abdomen. Oviduct much longer than the abdomen ; tip black. 

 Four anterior legs piceous, stout, rather short, speckled with testaceous ; 

 femora at the base and coxae testaceous. Fore wings ferruginous, acute, 

 extending much beyond the abdomen, with three yellow streaks along the 

 keel on each side; first streak before the middle; second beyond the 

 middle, longer than the first and than the third ; transverse sectors 



