C 458 ) 



the black colonr entering apex of cell and occnpying in ? also anterior third 

 of cell (along 8C) ; a white costal spot at two-thirds ; inner edge of black distal 



area less sharply defined in ? than in 6. Hindwing : fringe at distal and 



abdominal margins black ; a black adraarginal line from R^ liackwards, thicker 

 on veins, forming two dots in tail-lobe, a ronnd snbmargiual dot M' — M 

 also black. 



Underside of the sexes different (in onr single pair); olivaccons black. 



Forewing of male white from hinder margin forward, this area extending to middle 

 line of cell, sending out a broad belt across cell to costal margin abont \l mm. 

 from cross-veins, and a narrow band from M' obliquely to costal margin, this 

 baud being the distal border of a broad black band which extends from costal 

 margin a little beyond M', being widest iu front ; four small, ill-defined, olive- 

 black ocelli SC— R^ pupilled with white, the row of ocelli bordered proximally 

 as well as distally by a grey line ; parallel with distal edge of wing two rather 

 weak greyish lines contiguous with olive-black ones, the external greyish line 

 very thin. In female the wing washed over with olive-black, the white markings 

 being partly vestigial only, and the white discal area being reduced to a broad 



stripe along hinder margin. Hindwing of male : a broad band from shoulder 



to two-thirds of M', sinuate behind base of M^ a second band from middle of 

 costal margin to R^ where it joins the first band, the two forming au )'; this }' 

 pale yellow, except from costal margin to SC ; a row of five vestigial ocelli from 

 SC^ backwards, the white centres being alone distinct ; upper two ocelli with 

 feeble white line on i>roximal side, a distinct white band on distal side of upper 

 three, followed distally by two grey lines, which run from apical to anal angles ; 

 tail-lobe black, with creamy scales at base and apex ; abdominal fuld slightly 

 irrorated with dispersed creamy scales, there being also au irregular creamy streak 

 between W and SM-. In female the wing washed over with olive-black, the 

 markings being obliterated for the greater jmrt ; two white costal spots distinct ; 

 a pale yellow patch on disc beyond cell corresponding to the posterior portion 

 of the Ffound in t? ; a creamy streak on abdominal fold ; ocelli and lines in distal 

 area more or less vestigial, ocellus M' — M'- black, distinct. 



Length of forewing : cJ ? , 25 mm. 



One pair. 



Platypthima gen. nov. 



(??. Similar to Ili/poiys/a Westw. (\S5l) a,nd A/r/i/ronymp/ia Math. (ISSO). 

 Eye hairy. Wings short and broad, especially the hindwing ; neuration essentially 

 as in Ihjporyiita. 



Type : P. ovnata. 



5. Platypthima ornata spec. nov. 



S ? . Body dirty white, palpus and breast clayish and olive-black, antenna 

 ochraceou? beneath, tibiae and tarsi more or less clayish ochraceons. 



Wings, iij/persidc, olivaceous black. Forewing : a smoky white area from 



hinder margin forward to point of origin of M', the area somewhat silvery, extending 

 to base, occupying about half the cell, and reaching distally to three-ijnarters of 



hinder margin. Hindwing : silvery smoky white, except a distal marginal border 



■which measures about .5 mm. in front, narrowing behind, inchiding posteriorly a 

 faint line of deeper olive-black. 



