670 Mr. W. L. Distant on Horaoptera. 



mesonotum, lateral margins of the pronotum ampliate and 

 convex ; opercula sliovt, transverse, their inner margins 

 sliglitly overlapping, their posterior margins broadly convex ; 

 rostrum, reaching basal segment of abdomen. 



Long., excl. tegm., c? 22 mm.; exp. tegm. 65 mm. 



Ilah. Transvaal ; IMurchison Range (C. R. Jones^ Brit. 

 Mus.). 



Allied to P. stridula, Linn. 



Platypleura Ridlei/ana, sp. n. 



$ . Body and legs pale castaneous brown ; posterior 

 abdominal segmental margins somewhat broadly olivaceous 

 green; tegmina hyaline, the costal membrane ochraceous, 

 the venation (excluding that of basal cell) testaceous red, 

 about basal half more or less opaque, a large quadrangular 

 black spot before middle of radial area and a smaller fuscous 

 spot near its extremity, an oblong spot at bases of first and 

 second ulnar areas, two similar spots at base of third ulnar 

 area, a spot at base of the long sixth and of the seventh and 

 eighth apical areas, two spots in fourth ulnar area, the inner- 

 most of which is very large, and a spot at apex of fifth ulnar 

 area, dark fuscous or piceous ; a fuscous fascia crossing bases 

 of first to fifth apical areas connected with an irregular apical 

 fascia of the same colour, a double series of fuscous marginal 

 spots on the longitudinal veins to apical areas ; wings piceous, 

 ■with the venation testaceous-red, the base broadly opaque 

 creamy yellow, the apical half of anal area and more than 

 posterior margin pale hyaline; liead (including eyes) about as 

 wide as mesonotum, lateral margins of the pronotum broadly 

 ampliate and obtusely angulate; rostrum about reaching the 

 middle of abdomen. 



Long., excl. tegm., ? 17^ mm. ; ex]"). tegm. 52-56 mm. 



IJab. Straits of Malacca; Ding Ding Islands {H.N. 

 Ridley, Brit. Mus.). North Borneo {Banjuey. Paris Mus.). 



Platypleura Harmandi, sp. n. 



Head ochraceous ; a large spot at base of front, a transverse 

 fascia between eyes and the inner margin of eyes black ; 

 pronotum brownish ochraceous, slightly obscurely piceous on 

 anterior and posterior margins, two small obsolete piceous 

 spots before middle of posterior margin ; mesonotum ochra- 

 ceous, with four anterior obconical spots, of which the two 

 central are shortest, a central discal lanceolate spot, a discal 

 spot to cruciform elevation, and a small spot in front of each 



