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Uiitlcmitle iiKire extended pale yelJow, especially the i'urewiug', than in the other 



species, the speckles not denser than above. Forewing : tlie brown apical j)atch 



sharply defined behind, inclnding white scaling, costal markings as above, some 



larger speckles on disc indicating the exterior discal line. Hindwing : inner discal 



line more distinct than above, composed of speckles, not touching cell, the external 

 discal line indicated by a small costal spot. 



Vaginal plate TPl. XVII. f. 1) proximally convex: orifice (V) very large, 

 its edge produced into a short tooth at the sides («); at the liinder ujargin stands at 

 each side a long finger-like j)rocess which is basally broader in a lateral than in a 

 ventral view, the apex of tlie process is obtuse : ])ostviiginaI part of plate {jirp) very 

 short, membranaceous, scaled, no cavity l>cliind llie ]irocesses. 



Lengtli of forewing : 52 mm, 



S and early stages not known. 



Hab. Konakry I., Los Islands, \V. Africa; I ? in the Tring Museum, received 

 from a correspondent in Berlin. 



iss. Platysphinx piabilis. 



Anihnhj.r phihili^ Distant, A,i„. M.nj. X. II. (il). xix. p. .'.^^O (ls;)7) (Tran.sviial :— coll. Distaat) ; id., 

 /».v. r/v,»..T. t. 1. f. --'(IDO^). 



S. Wings, iipjierside. Forewing scarcely with any speckles, five costal 



s]iots, sharply marked, the first narrower, in front of base of M', the second broader, 

 ol)lique like the first, before end of cell, the third at fork, at right angles to R^, the 

 ftinrth small, 10 mm. from apex, the fifth subapical, narrowly crescent-shaped, with 

 some brown speckles near it, the spot and speckles situated in a very faint, deeper 



yellow triangle : fringe yellow like disc, with minute black vein-dots. -Hindwing : 



red s])eckles dispersed, none in apical half of cell, and only traces of a few in the 

 ]iale abdominal area, fringe pale yellow, blackisli at anal angle, with a small spot 

 at vein il-. 



I'lulcr.sidc purer yellow than in the otlier species ; forewing brighter yellnvv in 

 basal two-thirds, with vestiges of minute speckles, a red bar in middle and a larger 

 red spot at apex of cell, traces of red s[)ots behind M-, a short brown bar at foi'k, 

 a lunate subapical spot sjiaded with a few white scales, preceded by a minute spot 



MS above. Hindwing : speckles less numerous than in the other species, and less 



distinct. 



Antenna longer and stouter than in i-onnfrii^ili.'i, hindwing narrower. Tenth 

 tergite (PI. XXIV. f. 10) broad and slnnt, sinuate, the lobes convex above, rounded ; 

 sternite produced into a long triangular process, which is much broader basally than 

 in conHtri(/ilis. Harpe entirely different from that of construiliis, consisting of a 

 broad obtuse process armed with many acute teeth (IM. XXXIII. f. 2). rcnis-sheatli 

 ending in a long pointed process (PI. XXX. f. 'I'l). 



? and early stages not known. 



Hub. Pretoria, Transvaal. 



One i in coll, \\. L. Distaiil. 



