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Secondan', base pale brownish, termea and inner margin very broadly blackish, a 

 large central jiatch of white. 



Expanse : 104 mm. 



Hab. The type is in my collection from the Kebea Hange, where the species 

 occnrs in July. 



This species will come next to /. cbttxa Swinh. 



~35. Platyja arg'snteopunctata spec. nov. 



S. Head and thorax dark purplish brown, finely but very sparingly irrorated 

 with grey. Primary very dark purplish brown, almost blackish ; a double silvery 

 grey dot on the costa near the base, followed by another farther out in the cell, 

 beyond and above which are three similar dots on the costa below each other in 

 a cnrve, two dots at the end of the cell and one small one in the middle, below 

 which on vein 1 is another ; a curved postmedial line of small silvery grey spots 

 terminating in a larger dash on the inner margin ; a fine dentate subterminal 

 silvery grey line. Secondary uniform dark brown. 



Expanse : 58 mm. 



Hab. The type is in my collection from Dinawa, where the insect occurs in August. 



236. Platyja porphyrodes spec. nov. 



S. Head and thorax dark chocolate-browu, with a few fine whitish scales; 

 abdomen dark greyish brown ; legs densely haired, dark purplish brown with a 

 few whitish scales ; tarsi encircled with cream-colour. Primar}- dark greyish 

 brown, witli a slight purplish lustre ; antemedial line short, irregular, brownish 

 ochreous, represented below the cell merely by a single small spot on vein \b ; 

 medial line represented by two ochreous brown dots on veins \b and 2 ; a small 

 ochreous brown spot above the cell near the end ; a fine postmedial crenulate 

 ochreous brown line, terminating in a black-edged ochreous brown blotcli between 

 veins 2 and 4; fringes ochreous yellow. The wing is sparingly and finely irrorated 

 with minute whitish scales. Secondary dark brown with a slight purple lustre 

 confined below and in the cell for tlie basal three-ijuarters ; a fine crenulate and 

 dotted ochreous brown postmedial line from the inner margin to vein 0. Fringes 

 pale ochreous yellow. 



Exjmuse : 69 mm. 



Hab. The type is in my collection from the Kebea Range, where the species 

 flies in March and April. 



237. Platyja pratti spec. nov. 



S . Similar to P. porplii/rodcx B-B., liut in the primary there are three ante- 

 medial ochreous brown spots, a medial waved scalloped line from the angle of 

 vein 2 to the inner margin, with an ochr(!ous brown spot at each scallop, the spot 

 above the cell as in jjorphjrodes; the jwstmedial line is broader, and edged with 

 black internally ; the termen is finely dotted with ochreous brown, and the fringes 

 are black. In the secondary the whole wing is sufi'used with puriilisii ; the post- 

 medial line is broader, edged internally with black ; and the fringes are black. 



? . Like the male. 



Expanse: 68 mm. 



Hab. The type is in my collection from Ekeikei, where the s]iecies flies from 

 January to April. I have other exami}les from the Kebeii Kange. 



It is a close ally to /', jiorj/lii/rodc.-<, but is without doubt a distinct s[iecies. 



