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numerous, regular. Hind wings extending much beyond the fore wings. 

 Length of the body 5 lines. 



The specimen described is deprived of its hind legs. 



o. Celebes. From Madame Ida Pl'eiffer's collection. 



27. Platydactylus australis. 



Mas. Sordide lestaceus, tomentosus ; caput antice subcarinatum, fascia 

 anleriore nigra jlavo trilineata ; palporum ar/iculus 3us apice exca- 

 vatus, oblique truncatus ; antenna cor pore plus duplo longiores ; 

 abdomen piceum, apice testaceum ; cerci abdomine vix breviores ; 

 tibice posticee utrinque serratee et quinque-spinosce ; alee anticee les- 

 taceo-cinerece, abdominis apicem atlingentes ; alee posticee valde 

 longiores. 



Male. Dull testaceous, tomentose. Head as broad as the prothorax, 

 prominent between the sockets, fore part shining, with a broad black band 

 including three transverse yellow lines. Eyes testaceous, slightly elongated, 

 rather prominent, narrowest in front. Palpi testaceous; third joint clavate, 

 obliquely truncated, excavated at the tip, longer than the second. Antenna? 

 ferruginous, piceous towards the base, more than twice the length of the 

 body; first joint large. Prothorax transverse; sides slightly rounded. 

 Abdomen piceous, testaceous at the lip. Cerci testaceous, nearly as long as 

 the abdomen. Hind tibia? minutely serrated, and with five rather short 

 spines on each side. Fore wings testaceous-cinereous, extending to the tip 

 of the abdomen ; space towards the tip reticulated; subcostal space with 

 twelve oblique slightly curved veins, those towards the base very near each 

 other, the twelfth forked. Hind wings extending much beyond the fore 

 wings. Length of the body 12 lines. 



The structure of the fore wings of this species is very different from 

 that of P. subnotalus. The space towards the tips is much larger and the 

 veins near the costa are more remote from each other. It resembles 

 P. transversus in structure. 



a. Australia. From Mr. Macgillivray's collection. 



28. Platydactylus contindus. 



Fcem. Testaceus, gracilis, pubescens ; caput longiuseidum, antice earina- 

 tum, vitlis tribus nigricantibus antice connexis ; antennce arliculo lo 

 subdilatalo ; prothorax nigro subconspersus et bivit talus, lateribus 

 reclis ; cerci abdomine paullo longiores ; oviductus rectus, abdomine 

 non longior ; pedes breviusculi, sat validi, fusco conspersi, tibiis pos- 

 licis utrinque selosis et quadrispinosis ; alee anticee abdomen longe 

 superantes, vitta subcostali fusca pallido nutata ; alee posticee valde 

 longiores. 



Female. Testaceous, slender, pubescent. Head slightly elongate, 

 very prominent between the sockets of the antenna?, three blackish stripes 

 on the vertex, united in front. Eyes dark reddish, elongated, slightly pro- 

 minent. Third joint of the palpi clavate, excavated beneath, longer than 

 the second. Antennae blackish, pale and with blackish riugs towards the 

 base ; first joint slightly dilated on the inner side. Prothorax longer than 



