3;U ]Mr. W. L. Distant on Ilomoptera. 



meeting inwardly, extending to second abdominal segment, 

 the lateral and posterior margins moderately convex. 



Long., oxcl. tegni., 23 mm.; exp. tegm. 75 mm. 



]/ab. Laos {JJr. Nets, Paris Mus.). 



This species belongs to the subgenus Pcecilopsaltria. 



PlatypJenra melaiiia, sp. n. 



Head and pronotura dull dark ochraceous ; head with sub- 

 basal margin of face and a broad transverse fascia between 

 eyes (including area of ocelli) black; pronotum with the 

 lateral and posterior margins pale ochraceous, a central longi- 

 tudinal fascia much widened anteriorly and at inner edge of 

 basal margin, the incisures, and outer lateral margins black ; 

 mesonotum black, with two discal obconically looped fasciaj 

 (representing the margins of four obconical spots), a broken 

 lateral fascia, and the disk of cruciform elevation, pale ochra- 

 ceous ; abdomen black, in two female specimens the posterior 

 Fegmental margins obscurely ochraceous ; rostrum fuscous, its 

 basal joint pale ochraceous ; anterior and intermediate legs 

 fuscous, inner streaks and apices of femora, and bases of tibia), 

 ochraceous, posterior legs ochraceous ; tegmina piceous, with 

 pale grey markings, of which the principal are two or three 

 in radial area, an excavated spot beneath it at base of third 

 ulnar area, three spots beneath apex of radial area, the upper- 

 most on anterior margin of fourth ulnar area, some broad 

 spots near ajjices of upper three ulnar areas, and some more 

 obscure outer marginal spots ; wings ochraceous, outer 

 marginal area piceous, inwardly lanceolate. 



Head (including eyes) as broad as base of mesonotum ; 

 rostrum passing the posterior coxje; opercula in male well 

 separated internally, their lateral margins distinctly sinuate, 

 their posterior margins obliquely snbconvcx. 



Long., excl. tegm., c? 19, ? 20 mm. ; exp. tegm., c? ? , 

 GO-61 mm. 



Bab. S. Nigeria {Dr. S. A. Jones, ?, Brit. Mus.); 

 Congo (c?, Coll. Hist.). 



Belonging to the subgenus Pcecilopsaltria, Stal. 



Platypleura Bettoni, sp. n. 



Head and pronotum ochraceous ; head with two transverse 

 waved black lines, one crossing base of face, the other 

 passing through the area of the ocelli, a small black spot a 

 little before each eye ; pronotum with the central lateral 

 margins, a central broken longitudinal line, which is widened 



