4R0 CATALOGUE OF 



2. Pygoplatys acutus, C. H. 340. 



«. ? Presented by the Entomological Club. 



6. ? From the Zoological Society's collection. 



3. Pygoplatys? Thoreyi. 

 Thoreyi, Dohrn, Stett. Ent. Zeit. xxiv. 350. 

 Philippine Isles. 



4. Pygoplatys subrugosus. 

 subrugosus, Vollenh. Faune Ent. Arch. Indo-Neerland. iii. 23, pi. 3, f. 2. 

 Amboina. Bum. 



5. Pygoplatys minax. 



minax, Vollenh. Faune Ent. Arch. Indo-Neerland. iii. 23, pi. 3, f. 3. 

 Borneo. 



6. Pygoplatys zonatus. 

 zonatus, Stal, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 3rd Ser. i. 595. 



a, b. Sarawak, Borneo. From Mr. Wallace's collection. 



7. Pygoplatys lancifer. 



Fu/vus, sparse et aspere punctatus ; caput nigricante uniplagiatum ; 



thorax nigricans, anlice testaceus et nigricante binolatus, cornubus 

 reclis acutis subascendenlibus antice fulvis spatio intermedin paullo 

 Inngioribus ; scntellnm nigricans, apicem versus fulvum et sulcatum ; 

 al<£ anticee rufescenles, testaceo-venosa. 



Tawny. Head, thorax and sculellum thinly and roughly punctured. 

 Head with a large blackish patch between the eyes. Rostrum extending a 

 little beyond the fore coxae. Antennae less than one-ibird of the length of 

 (he body ; second joint a little longer than the third, shorter than the fourth. 

 Thorax blackish ; lore part testaceous, with a blackish mark on each side 

 in front of a smooth band which is near the fore border; sides finely and 

 transversely striated; horns acute, tawny in from, directly diverging, 

 slightly ascending, a little longer than the intermediate space. Scutellum 

 bhukish, tawny, grooved and much attenuated towards its tip, which is very 

 acute. Pectoral keel lanceolate, extending to the head. Abdomen with 

 black spots along each side; hind angles of the segments elongated, 

 those of the apical segment hardly extending beyond the apical appendages. 

 Fore wings reddish, veins testaceous; membrane lurid. Length of the 

 body 12 lines. 



The touch longer spines of the thorax distinguish it from P. zonatus. 



a. Sarawak. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



