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Journal New York Entomological Society. [VoI.xxn'III. 



mesonotum clothed with long black hairs. Beneath extremely hairy, the hairs 

 light in color. The uncus, much bent downward at extremity as shown in the 

 illustratioji. The usual pale markings are present but are more chestnut col- 

 ored than they commonly are. In the fore wings the costal margin to the end 

 of the radial cell, likewise most of the venation except about the marginal 

 cells is chestnut colored : the basal membranes are almost white. The femora 



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Platypedia falcata 



are chestnut colored, those of the first pair of legs blackish beneath, and of 

 the other two pairs striped on the sides with black. 



Measurements in Millimeters. 



Male Type. 



Length of body 20 



Width of head across eyes 5.5 



Expanse of fore wings 46 



Length of valve 5 



This species may be known from the other members of the genus 

 by the differently shaped uncus, and the long stiff black hairs on the 

 front of the head, and on other parts of the body. Only the type has 

 so far been examined. ^ 



Platypedia aperta Van Duzee. Plate V, fig. 8. 



1915. Journal N. Y. Entomological Society, XXIII, p. 29. 



Jn the original description this species is said to be "about 16 mm. 



to tip of abdomen, with the elytral venation black and the inner 



margin of the second ulnar areole more rectilinear, scarcely more 



angled than in arcolata." No other species of the genus so far ex- 



