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specific, and I think it will be reasonable to put your specimens down 

 as partis eca." 



In choosing to accept this name, I assume complete responsibility 

 if in error. Variability in certain plume moths is not uncommon, 

 and the slight differences in the ostia of the two specimens examined 

 are probably not important. When more material is gathered from 

 both the mainland and the islands, the matter can be settled. 



Genus Platyptilia Hubner 



Platyptilia epidelta Meyrick 



Figures 64-65 

 Platyptilia epidelta Meyrick, 1907, Trans. Ent. Soc. London, 1907, p. 486. 



Type : British Museum (Natural History) . 



Type locality: Argentina: Parana. 



Distribution: Masatierra: Bahia Cumberland, 9 99 (Feb. 10- 

 Mar. 20, 1951; Dec. 23-27, 1954; Mar. 18, 1955; Feb. 8, 1952). 



My thanks are due Mr. John D. Bradley of the British Museum 

 for examining specimens and comparing them with Meyrick's type. 

 Mr. Bradley writes (in litt.) "There are slight differences in the valva 



Figures 64—65. — Platyptilia epidelta Meyrick: 64, ventral view of male genitalia with left 

 harpe and aedeagus removed; 64a, aedeagus; 65, ventral view of female genitalia. 



