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atiteniuu with tlie baaiil joint aiul the bases of tlio lourth and 

 fifth joints oclnaceoiis: second and third joints subcciual in 

 length. Otlier characters as in P. rostratus. 



Long. 9-10 niillini. ; exp. pronot. angl. 5^-6 mllllm. 



Hub. Sierra Leone (Brit. Mus.) ; Congo (Coll. Dist.). 



Flatynopus scutellatus, sp. n. 



Above bright shining ochraccous. Head dark olivaceous 

 green, with a central lineate ochraceous spot near base ; an- 

 tennte fuscous. Pronotum sparingly, coarsely, aud darkly 

 |)unctate ; a distinct submarginal lateral linear fascia of dark 

 punctures, two blackish ringlets on anterior portion of disk, 

 and the pronotal spines shining black; the space behind the 

 pronotal angles and the posterior margin inipunctate. Scu- 

 tellum sparingly, coarsely, and darkly punctate, the basal 

 angular areas inipunctate, and a small dark spot in each 

 basal angle. Corium sparingly, coarsely, and darkly punc- 

 tate. Membrane cupreous. Body beneath and legs ochra- 

 ceous; sternum coarsely punctate, a large impunctate spot on 

 each lateral area of pro-, meso-, and metasternum ; a trans- 

 verse fascia at junction of pro- and mesosternum, a much 

 waved sublateral fascia, large subapical spot and anal ap- 

 pendage to abdomen, anterior and intermediate femora (ex- 

 cluding base and a subapical spot), outer surface and base 

 and apex of inner surface of anterior tibiae, apices of posterior 

 femora, bases and apices of intermediate and posterior tibiaj, 

 and the tarsi castaneous. 



tScutellum with the apex obtusely angulate. Anterior 

 tibise strongly dilated. Abdominal basal spine long, passing 

 the posterior coxaj. 



Long. 13 millim. ; exp. pronot. angl. 8 millim. 



Hub. Upper Congo, Bopoto (Coll. Dist.). 



A species to be known by its angulated apex to scutellum 

 and distinct coloration. 



riatynopus melanoleucus. 



AlUu melauoleuca, Westw. in Hope Cat. i. p. 33 (1837). 

 I'latyuopus polygrapltus, Walk. Cat. Ilet. i. p. 126. n. 17 (1867). 

 Var. I'latt/nopua mel(mo!eiuiis, Dall. (ncc Westw.), List Hem. i. p. 87. 

 n. 1 (1851). 



The British Museum possesses specimens from Celebes and 

 Cerani which agree with Westwood's type from Java. All 

 the Philippine specimens I have seen are of a varietal form in 

 which the pronotal fasciae are more strongly marked and 

 continuous. 



