518 ME. W. r. EIEBT ON EOEEICULID^. 



Possibly a variety of A. azteca, Dohrn ; but in that species the 

 femora are more distinctly ringed with fuscous, and the 9th joint 

 of the antennge is pale. However, De Bormans mentions a speci- 

 men from Palmal, which he considers to be a variety of ^. azteca, 

 in which joints 1, 2, 10, and 11 are whitish. 



Grenus XV. Bbachtlabis, Bohrn. 

 Dohrn, Stett. ent. Zeit.xxv.-p. 292 (1864); De Borm. Ann. 



Soc. Ent. Belg. xxvii. p. 64 (1863). 

 Type, Forjicula chilensis, Blanch., from Chili. 

 Not represented in the Museum Collection. 



Grenus XVI. Plattla.bia, Bohrn. 



Platylabia, Dolrn, Stett. ent. Zeit. sxviii. p. 347 (1867). 

 Labidophora, Scudd. Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist, xviii. p. 297 

 (1876). 



Type, P. major, Dohrn, from Celebes. 



Platylabia nigeiceps, sp. n. 



Long. Corp. 10 millim. ; ult. segm. cum forcip. 3 millim. 



Male. Luteous ; head, except tbe mouth-parts and under sur- 

 face, tegmina, except at the base, and wings shining black ; 

 abdomen darkening into reddish, the hinder edge and forceps 

 blackish, the latter reddish towards the tips ; the whole body 

 set with long pale divergent hairs, most distinct on the antennae 

 and forceps ; tegmina and wings coriaceous ; abdomen finely and 

 thickly punctured ; pygidium nearly square, with slightly pro- 

 jecting hinder augles, and a projection in the middle ; forceps 

 long, nearly straight, but converging at the tips ; on the inner 

 side there is a strong tooth about the middle. 



Hah. Dorey. 



Eesembles P. thoracica, Dohrn, in shape, size, and general 

 appearance. 



Grenus XVII. Ch^tospania, Karsch. 



Karsch, Berl. ent. Zeitschi'. xxx. p. 87 (1886). 



Type, G. mornata, Karsch, from Madagascar. 

 Not in the Museum Collection. 



