66 IMi". W. L. Distant on Homoptera. 



• Platylomia virescens, pp. n. 



Body above slilning piceous, more or less g^reyislily 

 pubescent; anterior margin of ]ironotum and posterior seg- 

 mental margins pale castaneous ; posterior margin of pronotum 

 greenish or ocliraceous ; mesonotum witli traces of two sub- 

 obsolele basal obconical spots ; abdomen beneath and legs 

 castaneous, anterior and intermediate tibi.ie and tarsi piceous; 

 sternum ocliraccously tomentose ; operci;h\ ocliraceou^, finely 

 greyishly tomentose ; tegmina and wings hyaline, the vena- 

 tion castaneous, basal streaks to both bright, shining green ; 

 tegmina with the transverse veins at the apices of the upper 

 two ulnar areas broadly infuscated, and a small fuscous spot 

 at the apices of the longitudinal veins to apical areas. Body 

 long and slender ; opeicnla in cj terminating in a long slender 

 outwardly curved prolongation reaching the base of the sixth 

 abdominal segment, moderately concavely sinuate on each 

 side near base ; rostrum just passing the j)Osterior coxaj. 



Long., excl. tegra., (^ 55, ? 46 mm, ; exp. tegm., ^ ? 

 122-140 mm. 



Nab. Borneo: Sarawak (A. Everitt, Brit. Mus) ; Philip- 

 pines (Paris & Brit. Muss.). 



In general a))|)earance this species much resembles, <^r, to 

 use a somewhat loose term, " mimics/^ Champak i vlridi- 

 maculafa, Dist. 



Platylomia alhomaculataj sp. n. 



(J . Body and legs very dark piceous brown ; abdomen 

 above with a double series of cretaceous spots on each lateral 

 area, the innermost very small, tiie outer marginal series 

 much larger, a large cretaceous spot on each side of the last 

 abdominal segment ; eyes, apices of intermediate and posterior 

 femora, and the posterior tarsi flavescent, posterior tibiae (ex- 

 cluding bases and apic( s) castaneous ; tegmina and wings 

 transparent talc-like, the venation fuscous, extreme bases of 

 both virescent; tegmina with the transverse veins at the 

 bases of the second and tliird apical areas distinctly infuscated, 

 and with a series of small marginal spots at the apices of the 

 longitudinal veins to apical areas. Opercula somewhat 

 narrow, convexly sinuate on each side near base, the inner 

 and apical margins moderately convexly rounded, their apices 

 reaching the middle of the fourth abdominal segment; 

 rostrum reaching the posterior coxa; ; face strongly tumid, 

 centrally longitudinally sulcate, and strongly transversely 

 striate. 



Long., excl. tegm., ^ -40 mm.; exp. tegm. 102 mm. 



Huh. Philippines (Brit. Mus.). 



