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CATALOGUE OF 



ADDITIONAL SPECIES. 



Fam. PLATFDID.E, C. L. H. xvi. 2. 

 Genus PHAGYTBA. 



Fam. Corpus robustum. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi validi 

 squamosi, oblique ascendentes, verticem longe superantes ; articulus 

 3us linearis, 2o multo brevior. Antenna graciles. Thoracis tegulae 

 posticae lonpissimae. Abdomen lanceolatum, alas posticas paullo 

 superans. Pedes robusti ; femora antica tibiseque penicillato fasci- 

 culata; calcana brevia. Alae ampla?, margine exteriore dentato • 

 anticae acutae, margine exteriore postico sat obliquo. 



Female. Body stout. Proboscis of the usual length. Palpi 

 robust, squamous, obliquely ascending, rising much higher than the 

 vertex ; third joint linear, conical at the tip, much shorter than the 

 second. Antennae slender. Hind tegulae of the thorax extending 

 over the base of the abdomen. Abdomen lanceolate, extending a 

 little beyond the hind wings. Legs stout; tibiae and fore femora 

 tufted with penicillate hairs ; spurs short. Wings ample ; exterior 

 border dentate. Fore wings acute; first and second inferior veins 

 contiguous at the base ; third very near the second ; fourth remote • 

 hind part of the exterior border rather oblique. 



Phagytea leucogastealts. 

 Foem. Alba ; caput et thorax fusco conspersa ; thoracis tegula pos. 

 tica apice alba; abdomen plagis duabus lateralibus fuscis 

 nigro conspersis, punctis sex posterioribus lateralibus nigris ; 

 ala antica fusca, basi alba fusco conspersa, lineis tribus 

 angulosis obscure fuscis, la angulosa, 2a dentata flexa, 3a 

 margineque exteriore parallelis, plagis duabus albidis fusco 

 conspersis, 2a costali, striga subapicali alba angulosa ; postica 

 alba, punctis, linea submarginali interrupta plagaque apicali 

 obscure fuscis. 



Female. White. Head, thorax, palpi and legs brown-speckled. 

 Hind tegulse of the thorax white towards the tips. Abdomen with 

 a brown black-speckled patch on each side of the second and third 



