Monogra]}Mc List of the Homo'ptcrous Insects of the Genus 

 Platyiilcura : by Arthur Gardiner Butler, F.L.S., 

 F.Z.S., &c. 



In the present paper I have examined, as far as possible 

 into the value of all the species ; the result has been that, 

 on most points, I arrive at the same conclusions witli 

 Dr. Stal, although in some respects I disagree with him : 

 I cannot help noticing that, in this genus as well as in 

 others, his animus against Mr. Walker's work appears to 

 have warped liis judgment ; there is no advantage, for 

 instance, in cjuoting synonymic names for species, and, at 

 the same time, sinking the original name into the 

 synonymy; each time this is done it only adds to the 

 confusion, which our successors will have to set to rights, 

 unless indeed we do it ourselves. The assertion that Mr. 

 Walker's descriptions are insufficient is no excuse for 

 rejecting his names when you know the species intended 

 by him ; sufficiency in a description is a matter of opinion, 

 scientific accuracy as regards priority is an acknowledged 

 law. 



<='STEIDULANTIA. 





 GENUS PLATYPLEURA. ■ Amyot and ScrriJI: 



Species with Yellow or Tawny Wings. 

 ^ 1. Platyijlcura Guttulata. 



y 



Platypleura Giittidcdct, Signoret, Ann. Ent. Soc, Scr. 3, 

 viii., p. 178 ;-4, pi. 4, fig. 1 (1860). 



Madagascar (from Mr. Saunders' Collection). B.M. 



This is a very variable species, neither of our examples 

 agree exactly with the figure in the spotting of the 

 hemelytra. 



ClSTULA ENTOMOLOGICA. Q 



Jannary 1st, 1874. 



