194 Mw JJutler's Moiuxjraijhic List of the 



lost in the colouring of the l)iisal area, and another less 

 distinct but similar spot forms the commencement of a 

 sub-apical band crossing the first transverse vein from 

 costal margin to apical third of external margin ; a series 

 of similar markings runs along the inner edge of the nerve- 

 less border 1 between the longitudinal veins ; wings brownish- 

 red, with the margin, veins and flap brown, nerveless border 

 hyaline white : length 1 inch, 4 lines ; expanse 3 inches, 

 10 lines. 



Sierra Leone {Morgan). B.M. 



This is so entirely distinct, in the pattern of the 

 tegmina, from the ^P. Limhata of Fabricius, that I cannot 

 imagine it, for a moment, to be a variety of that species ; 

 the Tabrician type differs in no respect from our Angolan 

 examples, but has the three dark spots (forming a triangle) 

 upon the first three transverse veins ; the basal area being 

 moreover luteous, spotted with dusky and with costal area 

 more or less green. 



Species with Black, White, and Brown Wings. 

 40. Platiiplciira Limhaticollis. 



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Platijphura Limhaticollis, Stal, Ent. Trans. Ser. 3, 1, 

 p. 571, n. 1 (1863) ; Hemipt. Afric. 4, p. 19, n. 11 (1866). 

 ^Platij'plmra Limhata, Walker (nee Fabricius), List 

 Homopt. Ins. 1, p. 23, n. 2 (1850). 



Ashanti, Cape Coast. B.M. 



Species with Transparent White Wings. 

 •^41. Platj/plcicra QitadmticoUis, n. sp. 



Head black with two transverse ochreous bands ; vertex 

 black spotted with ochreous ; face ochreous, clothed at the 

 sides with testaceous pubescence ; rostrum testaceous, 

 blackish at the tip ; antenme black ; prothorax testaceous 

 witli the impressed markings black; lobes pitchy, well 

 developed : mesothorax dull castaneous with six sub- 

 triaugular spots, and two small rounded spots, all black ; 



