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the hind horder of the head. Ocelli elongated, approximate. Antennae 

 long, slender. Prothorax narrower in front, with two indistinct brownish 

 patches on each side; hind border slightly rounded. Anterior legs short. 

 Hind legs long; femora with indistinct lawny streaks; tibiae serrated and 

 with five spines on each side. Fore* wings extending to the lip of the abdo- 

 men, largely reticulated towards the tips ; tympanum thickly striated ; sub- 

 cosial space broad, whitish testaceous, with the usual veins. Hind wings 

 extending a little beyond the fore wings. Length of the body 13^ lines. 



The spines of the hind tibiae arranged in opposite pairs. The smaller 

 head and the less prominent eyes distinguish this species from the preceding 

 one. 



a. N. Hindostan. From Dr. Hooker's collection. 



Fcem.? Vertex et frons picei ; ocelli pallide lutei, longi, approximati ; 

 palporum arliculus 3us fusiformis ; prothoracis discus piceus ; cerci 

 picei, basi teslacei, oviduclu breviores ; pedes poslici fernoribus apice 

 tibiisque basi piceis, tibiis quadrispinosis ; alee anticce confertim 

 reticulates, spatio subcostali diaphano albido-venoso ; ai<e posticce 

 paullo lonyiores. 



Female P Head piceous above. Eyes piceous, small. Ocelli pale 

 luteous, elongated, approximate. Third joint of the palpi fusiform. Pro- 

 thorax with a piceous disk. Cerci piceous, testaceous towards the base, as 

 long as the abdomen. Oviduct a litlle longer than the cerci. Hind femora 

 at the tips and hind tibia3 at the base piceous. Hind tibiae with four pairs 

 of spines. Fore wings extending much beyond the abdomen, reticulated 

 Irom the base to the tips ; subcostal space pellucid, with whitish veins. 

 Hind wings extending a little beyond the fore wings. Length of the body 

 6 lines. 



b. N. Hindostan. From Capt. Reid's collection. 



15. PLATYDACTYLUS PALLIDUS. 



Fcem. Testaceus, tomenlosus ; caput antice vix carinatum ; prothorax 

 carinis latera/ibus bene determinatis nigro bipunctatis; cerci oviduclu 

 paullo longiores, abdomine non breviores; alee anticce reticulatce . 

 abdomen superantes ; alee poslicce valde longiores. 



Female. Testaceous, tomentose. Head shining, slightly prominent 

 between the sockets of the antennae. Eyes piceous, rather small, jiot pro- 

 minent. Third joint of the palpi clavate, much longer than the second. 

 Protborax hardly transverse, slightly narrower towards its fore border; 

 lateral keels sharply defined, wiih a black dot at each end. Abdomen 

 shining. Cerci as long as the abdomen, a little longer than the oviduct, 

 which is piceous at the tip and is slighily curved downward. Fore wings 

 extending beyond the abdomen ; transverse sectors numerous and regular 

 in the hind part as well as in front of the mediastinal vein, whose branches 

 are thirteen in number and successively more slanting; apical triangle 

 pellucid. Hind wings extending much beyond the fore wings. Length of 

 the body 9 lines. 



The legs of the specimen described are mutilated. 

 a. Silhet. From Mr. Argent's collection. 



