Mr. ^^'. L. Distant on ll..iii(>|.l(Ma. AX\ 



fiiiJiU I'liscous pjiot on each longitudinal vein (e.\clinlin;^ 

 uppoiinost) lo the apical areas; wings seniihyaline, the liisal 

 area with some pale 1 uliginous streaks. 



Head (including eyes) about tcjual in width to ha.sc of 

 mesonotuni ; lateral margins of pronotiiin anguhirly dilated; 

 abdomen moderately long and posteriorly attenuated, about 

 as long as trom apex of lace to base of cruciform elevation ; 

 rostrum reaching the posterior coxse ; opercula small, their 

 posterior margins subtruncate, a little oblique, lateral margins 

 oblique, not meeting inwardly ; costal membrane of tcgmina 

 rather broad. 



cJ. Long., excl. tcgm., 19-20 mm. ; exp. tegm. 58-G2 mm. 



JJab. Delagoa May. 



This species, described from two niale sj)ecimens, belongs 

 to the subgenus Oxyijleura, A. & IS., and, apart from colour- 

 markings, may be easily separated from allied species such as 

 r. hit vis, Walk., by the elongated abdomen and the con- 

 siderably broader costal membrane to the tegmina. 



Platypltura mira, sp. n. 



Head, pronotum, and mesonotum castaneous ; upper mar- 

 gins of face continued on each side to eyes, a fascia l)efween 

 eyes (centially obsolete), and broken basal margin to head 

 black ; basal and lateral margins to pronotum ochraceous, 

 the incisures piceous; mesonotum with two short, central, 

 contiguous, obconical spots, on each side of which is a much 

 longer spot, a s])ot at each anterior angle of basal cruciform 

 elevation, a sn);ill cential spot to same, and a transverse spot 

 on each side of it, black ; abdomen al)Ove black, the tympanal 

 coverings and posterior margins of the segments brownish 

 ochiaceous ; body beneath piceous, transverse striatiuns to 

 iace, undersides of trochanters and femora, and apical abdo- 

 minal segment more or less castaneous ; opercula testaceous, 

 with base and apex piceous; tegmina brownish ochraceous, 

 crossed by an irregular jticeous fascia passing through radial 

 area and base of third ulnar art a and terminating on claval 

 margin, another broader and browner fascia commencing at 

 end of radial area and terminating near anterior angle of 

 lower apical area ; this fascia is outwardly fused with other 

 mottlings of the same colour which almost occupy the apical 

 tegminal aria; wifgs ochraciuus, a .-ubcentral spot extending 

 from cosia to near middle of wing, and the outer margin 

 widened tc-wards abdominal area, piceous. 



Head (including v)i.-i^) as wide as base of nic-onotum ; 

 rostrum reaching the posterior comc ; opcnula broad, not 



