326 Mr. W. F. H. Blandford on 



acute, and less divei-g;ent, for in the latter species they are 

 separated by a broad arcuate emargi nation. 



Tlie female differs from P. o.vyurus ? by the front being 

 shorter, more concave, and less coarsely punctate, the eyes 

 less prominent, the prothorax shorter, with the discoidal 

 cribriform patch broader, and by the absence of an apical tooth 

 to the elytra ; from P. solidus ? by its darker colour, more 

 elongate form, less concave front, the absence of granules at 

 the base of the fourth interstice, the greater depth of tlie 

 elytral strife, and consequent convexity of the interstices. 



Chapuis had much reluctance in associating the Pyrenean 

 P. oxyiirus and the Oriental P. solidus in the same group, on 

 account of their geographical remoteness and the difference in 

 the shape of the mentum in the female. 



P.furcatus is not oidy intermediate in form, but the female 

 agrees strictly with P. oxj/itrus in the form of the mentum ; 

 and his grouping is therefore entirely justified. 



Platypus latifinis^ Walk. 



(S . Platypus latifinis, Walk. Ann. Nat, Hist. (3) iii. p. 2G1. 

 Platypus excavatus, Chap. Mod. Plat. p. 280, $ . 



5 . Eloiigata, testacea vel fusco-testacea, elytrorum postica parte 

 obscuriore ; fronte oblonga, subconcava, fortiter sparsim punc- 

 tata, striga mediana brevi notata ; prothorace oblongo, sat sub- 

 tiliter irrcgulariter punctato, sulco brevi, tenui, plaga magna 

 orbiculata punetis anterius paullo fortioribus composita circum- 

 dato ; elytris subtiliter lineato-punctatis, interstitiis planis sub- 

 impuuctatis, 3°, 4", 5" ad basin elevatis granulatis, impressione 

 postica verticali, impressa, granulata, margine inferiore arcuatim 

 exciso, in singulo el) tro quam margine suturali breviore. 



Long, 4-7 mm. 



Hah. Ceylon, Kitugalle ; a pair. India, Belgaum, Kanara 

 (Andrewes) ; Burma, Bhamo {Fea). 



The length and darker colour will separate the female 

 from that of any other described species in the Platypi cupulati 

 except P. cupulatus, Chaj). It is rather more slender than 

 that insect, has a more concave and sharply defined frontal 

 area ; the prothoracic cribriform patch is shorter and wider, 

 more closely and finely punctured, like the rest of the pro- 

 notum. The base of the third interstice is raised for a longer 

 distance, and the interstitial punctures are so weak as to be 

 practically non-existent. A typical example of P. ciqmlatus ? 

 shows a well-marked fovea on the apical impression just 

 within each sutural angle, which is absent in both females of 



