88 CATALOGUE OF 



broad, slightly narrower in front, with a few black speckles and with two 

 black stripes; sides straight. Cerci a little longer than the oviduct, which 

 is straight and has a black tip and is as long as ihe abdomen. Legs rather 

 short and stout, speckled with brown ; hind tibia; setose and not serrated 

 on each side, four spines on one side alternate with the same number on the 

 other. Fore wings reticulated, extending much beyond the abdomen ; 

 transverse sectors oblique ; a brown stripe along the scapular vein including 

 various small pale marks; subcostal space pale cinereous, with irregular 

 transverse sectors and with ten very slanting branches of the mediastinal 

 vein, the tenth forked. Hind wings extending much beyond the fore wings. 

 Length of the body 9 lines. 



This species has much affinity to P. indecorus, but recedes still more 

 from the typical form of the genus. The longitudinal veins and the reti- 

 culation of the fore wings are mure regular than they are in P. indecorus. 



N. Australia. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Country unknown. 



29. Platyda.ctyi.us subnotatcs. 



Mas. Snrdide testaeeus, tomentosim ; caput antice subcarinatum, spatio 

 anteriore piceo ; palpi picei, articulo 'So clavato ; prothoracis latera 

 picea ; abdomen piceum, subtus ferrugineum ; cerci abdomine paullo 

 breviores; pedes ferruginei, tibiis posticis utrinque serratis et tri- 

 spinosis ; al(E anticce abdominis apieem atlingenles, tympano cinereo, 

 strigis duabus lateralibus piceis , alct postica valde longiores. 



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

 prominent between the sockets of the antenna, 1 , piceous and shining from 

 thence to the mouth. Eyes livid, large, prominent, slightly elongated, 

 narrower in front. Palpi piceous; third joint clavate, longer than the 

 second. Antenna; piceous, very slender, much longer than the body, testa- 

 ceous towards the base; first joint piceous, small, round. Prothorax 

 piceous between the keels and the sides, which are rounded; lateral part 

 broadest in front. Abdomen piceous, ferruginous beneath. Cerci a little 

 shorter than the abdomen. Legs ferruginous; hind tibia? minutely den- 

 tate and with three slender spines on each side; spines on one side 

 alternate with those on the other. Fore wings extending to the tip of the 

 abdomen; tympanum cinereous ; apical part irregularly reticulated ; sub- 

 costal space with above twenty oblique veins, which are most approximate 

 to each other and most regular near the base ; a piceous streak along the 

 mediastinal vein to nearly two-thirds of the length. Hind wings extending 

 much beyond the fore wings. Length of the body 9 hues. 



a. ? 



mm. Wings none. 



n. Spines of the hind tibia? very short. 



Genus 31. LARANDA. 



Fcem. Corpus robustum, convexum, apterum,subtilissimepunctatum. 

 Caput breve, prothorace vix angustius, antice vix carinatum. Oculi snb- 

 elougati, sat parvi. Palporum articulus 3us clavalus, 2o longior. Pro- 



