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4. Platynota obliqua, sp. n. 
Antennae fawn-grey. Palpi fawn-grey. Head and Thorax fawn-grey, the latter shaded at the sides with 
fawn-brown. Forewings three times as long as broad; pale stone-grey, with a short oblique costal 
streak near the base; a very oblique fascia, commencing narrowly on the costa at one-fourth, partially 
interrupted on the cell, and dilated outward below it nearly to the tornus ; an elongate costal shade, 
commencing before the middle, reaching nearly to the apex, and almost connected at its outer extremities 
with a narrower shade along the termen ; and three semidetached spots opposite to the end of the cell— 
these markings are all fawn-brown, with a few groups of dark fuscous scales intermixed, especially 
around their edges; there is a slight fuscous streak along the base of the fold, and a series of fuscous 
spots along the basal half of the otherwise pale fawn-brown cilia, Exp. al. 16mm. Hindwings pale 
cupreous ; cilia shining, greyish. Abdomen stone-grey. Leys whitish ochreous. 
Type 2 (66348, Teapa) Mus. Wlism. (Godm-Salv. Coll.) BM. [ PTT’. (66349 ; 5987 Wlsm. Det. 1908) US. 
Nat. Mus. ] 
Hab. Central America—Mexico: tanasco: Teapa, III. (H. H. Smith)—Cosra Rica: 
Zent District, Il. 1907 (W. Schaus); Banana River, III. 1907 (W. Schaus). Five 
specimens. 
5. Platynota offuscata, sp. n. 
Antennae & biciliate 3; greyish fuscous. Palpi, Head and Thorax greyish fuseous, with a slight brownish 
tinge. Forewings almost entirely suffused with brown and dark brownish fuscous, the latter colour, 
although partially mottled with paler shades, occupying the whole space above the basal half of the 
fold, from which it runs in an oblique line to the costa at five-sixths from the base, forming a large 
elongate triangular patch; the fold itself is narrowly stained with rust-brown, and in the paler space 
beyond the dark triangle are spots of raised scales—one in the fold brownish ochreous; one at the end 
of the cell mixed brownish ochreous and dark brownish fuscous; one beyond the latter dark brownish 
fuscous, and another of the same colour before the apex, where it forms the upper and inner angle of 
an elongate triangular terminal shade tapering toward the tornus; cilia brownish ochreous. zp, al. 
155-19 mm. Hindwings greyish fuscous, tinged along the limbus from base to flexus with ochreous ; 
cilia rather paler, with a dark shade-line before their middle. Abdomen ochreous at the base, greyish 
fuscous beyond. Legs pale brownish ochreous. 
Type 3 (67080); 2 (67081) Mus. Wlsm. (Godm-Salv. Coll.) BM. 
Hab. GUATEMALA: RETALHULEU: Las Mercedes, 3000 ft, IX-—X. 1880 (G. C¢. 
Champion). ‘lwo specimens. 
6. Platynota capella, sp. n. 
Antennae simple; fawn-brown. Palpi porrect to nearly twice the length of the head beyond it; fawn- 
brownish, with a few darker scales. Head and Thorax brownish fuscous, the latter tinged with pale 
fawn posteriorly. Forewings with a strong costal fold in the 3, tapering outward to beyond the middle; 
greyish fawn, tinged with fawn-brownish along the region of the fold, and suffused with dark brownish 
fuscous along the costa and upper edge of the cell; this suffusion terminated obliquely outward to the 
costa before the apex which is occupied by a triangular transverse patch in which are darker lines; some 
oblique lines of raised scales run through the pale ground-colour, a small patch occurring on the lower 
edge of the cell before the middle, others running obliquely from beyond this to the outer half of the 
dorsum, others again at the outer end of the cell; cilia fawn-grey, slightly darker speckled, at the apex 
brownish fuscous. Exp. al. 21-24 mm. Hindwings rather dark brownish grey; cilia with a pale line 
along their base. Abdomen brownish fuscous. Legs fawn-brownish. 
Type 3 (66351, Cerro Zunil); 2 (66352, San Gerdnimo) Mus. Wl1sm. (Godm-Salv. Coll.) BM. [PT. (5983 
Wlsm. Det. 1908) US. Nat. Mus. | 
Hab. Central America—GUATEMALA : QUEZALTENANGO: Cerro Zunil, 4000 ft., VILI-IX. 
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