104 CATALOGUE OF 



Male. Body broad. Head small, short; antenniferous tubercles 

 extending rather beyond the middle lobe. Rostrum extending to the 

 middle coxa?; third joint shorter than the others. Antennae somewhat 

 shorter than the body; second joint much shorter than the first; third 

 slightly dilated, as long as the second; fourth much longer than the first. 

 Prothorax ample; sides slightly dentate; hind angles acute, prominent, 

 very slightly ascending. Sculellum triangular, its length slightly exceeding 

 its breadth. Legs rather stout ; femora acutely dentate above at the tips ; 

 hind femora slightly dentate beneath near the tips. 



1. EuPLATYCORIS BELLICORNIS. 



Mas. Niger ; antennarum arliculi 2us 3usque dimidio apicali albi ; 

 prothorax cano tomentosus, punctis nonnullis callis quatuor nigris ; 

 alec posticce nigricantes. 



Male. Black Second and third joints of the antennae white for 

 more than half the length from the base. Prothorax with hoary tomentum, 

 excepting some points and four calli, which form a short band in front. 

 Hind wings blackish. Length of the body 13 lines. 



a. Santarem. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Genus 15. CERATOPACHYS, C. H. 500. 

 Africa. 



A. Head not striped. 



a. Third joint of the antenna? not dilated. 



* Fourth joint of the antennae linear. - ruficornis. 



** Fourth joint of the antennae fusiform. - - virescens. 



b. Third joint of the antenna? dilated. - plagiatus. 



B. Head striped in the disk. - nigricornis. 



C. Head striped on each side. - - - - subsparsus. 



1. Ceratopachys ruficornis, C. H. 500. 

 o. Africa. From Mr. Children's collection. 



2. Ceratopachys virescens, C. H. 500. 



a. Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



b. Natal. From Dr. Krauss' collection. 



3. Ceratopachys plagiatus, C. H. 502. 



Philonus nigrovittatus, Stal, O/v. K. V. Ak Fork. 1855, 29— Prismnto- 

 cerus plagiatus, Stal, Hem. Afr. ii. 66. 



a. South Africa. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 



