LIST 01' MOMOPTEllOUS INSECTS. 



15. Platypleura basimacula, Mas. 



Nerviis transvtrsns lus mbeurvus, valcle obliquvs, unguium valde 

 obtusum fingem, 2o plus tripld ejus longitudine divisus ; 2us 

 subcunms, valdi obliqmis, angulum valde obtusum fingens, \o 

 muht) longior ; 3us citnms, valdi obliquus, angulum valdi 

 aculum fingens ; 4us curvus, obliquus, angulum acutum fin- 

 gens, 3i longiludine. 



Second mavgiiial areolet nearly as long as the first : first cross- 

 vein very .sligluly curvetl, very slanting:, forming a very obtuse an- 

 gle, parted from the second by more than thrice its length ; second 

 slightly curved, very slanting, f'onning a very obtuse angle, much 

 longer than the first ; third sliglitly curved, very slanting, i'orining 

 a very acute angle ; fourth slightly curved, slanting, forming an 

 acute angle, as long as the third; filth curved, forming a slightly 

 acute angle. An insect of this species has an additional cross-vein 

 in the second discoidal areolel ; and the third and fourth cross- 

 veins are much curved. Body tawny : head narrower than the fore- 

 chest ; crown adorned with two very irregular black bands ; face 

 very slightly convex : mouth tawny, with a black tip, extending to 

 the Iiind-hijis : eyes not prominent : feelers dark tawny : fore-chest 

 broadest in the middle; scutcheon adorned with a black stripe, 

 which joins a black band at each end ; hind-scutcheon rather nar- 

 row in the middle, rounded and much widened on each side: 

 scutcheon of the middle-chest adorned with four large black marks ; 

 the outer pair obconical, the inner pair smaller and nearly round ; 

 a black spot near the tip ; Iiind border slightly excavated : abdomen 

 obconical, a little longer than the chest, black above, with the ex- 

 ception of the hind borders of the segments: opercula pitchy, close ; 

 drums pale tawny, slightly overlapping, less than half the length of 

 the abdomen: logs tawny, clothed with pale hairs; claws black, 

 tawny at the base ; fore-thighs armed with very short tawny teeth ; 

 hind-slianks beset with lawny spines : fore-wings colourless, tawny 

 towards the base, wlience a tawny stripe proceeds near the hind 

 border to the tip ; two irregular and oblique tawny bands beneath 

 the fore border, these tawny marks are feathered with brown ; hind 

 border slightly striped with pale brown ; primitive areolel brown ; 

 fore-flaps pale tawny ; liind-wings tawny, with a colourless border, 

 which is divided by a brown interval from the tawuy pari ; borders 

 of the flaps white. Length of the body 8 lines ; of ihe wings 23 

 lines. 



n, b. Congo. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



