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Platypus solidusj Walker. 



S. Pla(i/pu8 soUdtis, Walk. Ann. Nat. Ili.st. (.'5) iii. p. 2GI ; Chnp. 



Mon. I'lat. p. l'()7, $ . 

 $ . riatypits pilifrons, Chap. Mon. Plat. p. 265, cf • 



Ilab. Ceylon, Dikoya, Colotnho ; India, Rolgauin, Kaiiara 

 {Andrewes). Generally distributed through the Oriental 

 region. 



The numerous examples I have seen of P. solidus and 

 P. pilifrons taken together in different localities in India, 

 Ceylon, &c., satisfy mc of the correctness of Chapuls's suppo- 

 sition that they are sexes of the same species. 



Platypus furcatuSj sp. n. 



Piceus vel ferrupineo-piccus, prothoracc suboblongo ; clytris striato- 

 punctatis, apice infuscato, brovitor piloso, 



(S . Fronto subconcava, opaca, rugosa ; prothorace spar.sim fortiter 

 punctato, punctis ad apiccm et in medio ante sulcum confertiori- 

 bus, sulco brevi, anterius latiore ; elytris ad apicera atteiiuatis 

 et in processus productis, interstitiis vix convexis, subimpunc- 

 tatis, 2" pra?ter limbum internum seriato-punctato, in apico 

 oblique opacis pilosis, striis obsoletis ; processibus declivibus, 

 divaricatis et angulo acute separatis, desuper aspicienti triquotris, 

 spinula media lougiore. 



Long. 4*5 millim. 



2 . Frontc latiore, concava, subopaca, rugulosa ; prothorace sparsim 

 subtilius punctato, sulco congcric lata cordiformi punctis in- 

 SDqualibus anterius majoiibus corajwsita circumdato ; elytris 

 elongatis, prothorace duple ainplius Inngioribus, interstitiis con- 

 vexis, baud alternatis, ad basin mode punctulatis, 3", 5° ibi 

 clevatis, transverse granulatis ; apice rndi, striis obliteratis, im- 

 pressione postica in singulo elytre tcquc longa quara lata, 

 granulata, subtus impressa, marginc apicali convexo. 



Long. 4-6— 1-8 mm. 



JIah. Ceylon, Dikoya. Several examples. 



This species is intermediate between P. oxyurus, Duf., and 

 P. solidus, Walk., and requires careful discrimination from 

 either. The male differs from P. oxyurus ? by its shorter 

 prothorax, less convex elytral interstices, and by the apical 

 processes appearing simple when viewed from the side, tri- 

 quetrous from above ; in P. oxyurus the reverse is the case. 

 From P. solidus (^ it is distinguished by greater length, 

 coarser thoracic punctuation, indistinct punctuation of the 

 elytral interstices, and the divergent apical processes. It is 

 smaller than P. Sevcrinij Blandf., has a narrower, more 

 scantily and coarsely ])unctured prothorax ; the elytra are 

 more attenuate behind, the a[)ical [)roccsscs are longer, more 



