Mr. W. L. Dirftant on Ilarpactorina. 247 



Genus Epidaus. 

 Epidaus pretiosus, sp. n. 



Bright reddish ochraceous; head, antennce, rostrum, and 

 legs black ; base of head, anterior lobe of pronotum, head 

 beneath, apex of prosternum, disks of meso- and metasterna, 

 disk and apex of abdomen, cox«, trochanters, and bases of 

 intermediate and posterior femora luteousj corium with a 

 central, discal, transverse, cretaceous spot. Basal joint of 

 antennse about as long as head, pronotum, and scutellum taken 

 together ; ante- and postocular areas of head about equal in 

 length ; anterior lobe of pronotum posteriorly broadly sulcate ; 

 posterior pronotal lobe with two discal, subacute, tuberculous 

 spines, the lateral angles moderately produced and subacute ; 

 membrane pale bronzy, considerably passing- abdominal apex. 



Long, (inch membr.) 17 millim. ; exp. pronot. angl. 

 4^ millim. 



Hah. New Guinea {Wallace, Brit. Mus.). 



Epidaus hicolovj sp. n. 



Head, pronotum, scutellum, sternum, coxse, and anterior 

 femora bright reddish ochraceous ; central lobe of head, an- 

 tenna?, rostrum (excluding apex), corium, membrane, abdomen 

 beneath, apices of anterior femora, anterior tibiaa and tarsi, 

 and the intermediate and posterior legs pale luteous ; eyes 

 and apex of rostrum black. Basal joint of antennte about 

 equal in length to head, pronotum, and scutellum taken 

 together ; postocular area of head a little longer than the 

 anteocular portion ; anterior lobe of pronotum centrally sul- 

 cate .; posterior pronotal lobe w^ith two somewhat long and 

 acute tuberculous discal spines, the lateral angles also longly 

 spinously produced, the posterior angles moderately promi- 

 nent and rounded ; membrane about reaching or slightly 

 passing abdominal apex. 



Long. 21-22 millim. ; exp. pronot. angl. 6^ millim. 



Ilah. J\Jalabar (J/eswner, Brit. Mus.) ; West China (P/'a^<, 

 Coll. Dist.). 



Platerus, gen. no v. 



Head long, about or almost as long as the pronotum, post- 

 ocular portion a little longer and more slender than the ante- 

 ocular portion, a long oblique suberect spine near the anten- 

 niferous tubercles ; antennse mutilated ; rostrum with the 

 first joint longer than the second ; pronotum subtriangular, 

 the anterior lobe obsoletely tuberculatc, its anterior angles 



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