CATALOGUE OF 



25. PLATYDACTYLUS VARIUS. 



Mas. Piceus ; caput antice et utrinque testaceum, prolhorace paullo 

 anyustius ; palpi lestacei; prothorax fascia abbreviata furcala 

 maculisque duabus lateralibus testaceis ; cerci abdomine now 

 breviores ; pedes graciles, femoribus tibiisque quatuor testaceis piceo 

 fasciatis, tibiis posticis extus trispinosis intus unispinosis ; alee anticce 

 cinerece, abdomen superantes, venis piceo marginatis ; alee posticce 

 longiores. 



Male. Piceous, shining. Head tawny in front and about the eyes, 

 testaceous about the mouth, a little narrower than the prothorax. Eyes 

 elongated, rather prominent. Palpi testaceous ; third joint slightly securi- 

 form. Antennae very much longer than the body, tawny at the base. Pro- 

 thorax much broader than long, broadest in front, with an irregular furcate 

 abbreviated testaceous band and with two testaceous spots on each side. 

 Cerci about as long as the abdomen. Legs long, slender ; four posterior 

 femora and tibiae testaceous, with piceous bands; hind tibiae not serrated, 

 with three long slender spines on the outer side and with one on the inner 

 side. Fore wings cinereous, extending somewhat beyond the abdomen, 

 piceous about the veins; tympanum with two transverse veins, of which 

 the exterior one is much curved inward; apical part reticulated ; subcostal 

 space with twenty-one piceous veins, which from the first outward are 

 successively less oblique. Hind wings extending somewhat beyond the 

 fore wings. Length of the body 9 lines. , 



The very slender hind tibiae and their long spines chiefly characterize 

 this species. 



a. Ceram. From Madame Ida Pfeifler's collection. 



26. PLATYDACTYLUS SIGNATIPENNIS. 



Fcem. Fulvus ; caput nigrum, subtus piceum; antennae corpore duplo 

 longiores ; prothorax nigricante punctatus et gultatus ; venter nigro 

 viltatus ; cerci abdomine non breviores; omductus abdomine multo 

 longior ; pedes anteriores picei, testaceo conspersi ; alee antica ferru- 

 ginetBj acuta, abdomen longe superantes, vitta flava bis interrupta ; 

 al(B posticce multo longiores. 



Female. Tawny, shining. Head black, piceous beneath, prominent 

 between the sockets of the antennae. Eyes, palpi and antennae piceous. 

 Third joint of the palpi very slightly securiform. Antennae very slender, 

 full twice the length of the body. Prothorax with several blackish points 

 and dots; sides rounded. Abdomen with a black ventral stripe. Cerci as 

 long as the abdomen. Oviduct much longer than the abdomen ; tip black. 

 Four anterior legs piceous, stout, rather short, speckled with testaceous ; 

 femora at the base and coxa) testaceous. Fore wings ferruginous, acute, 

 extending much beyond the abdomen, with three yellow streaks along the 

 keel on each side; first streak before the middle; second beyond the 

 middle, longer than the first and than the third; transverse sectors 



