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apical fifth, which is overlaid with iridescent scales; lerniiiial edge dark reddish 

 hrown. Hindwinps in both sexes light reddish brown. Abdomen light golden 

 brown with golden ochreous underside. Legs light ochreous, dnsted with dark 

 brown. 



Alar expanse: $ 14 mm. ; 9 15-17 mm. 



Habitat : St. Petersburg, Florida. 



Type and cotypes in Collection Barnes; oot.\pes in U, S. National Museum 

 (No. 22637). 



Nearest to the larger and ligliter coloretl Plalynota tnctaUica W'al- 

 singham. 



PlATYNOTA VIRIDANA, 11. sp. PI. XX\'III. Fig. 4. 



Labial palpi light greenish yellow, heavily sprinkled with blackish fuscous 

 scales. Head and thorax greenish yellow, face and patagia heavily overlaid 

 with blackish fuscous. Forewings light yellow with a green lustre, sparsely 

 overlaid with darker ochreous and light brown scales ; a well defined, outwardly 

 oblique, blackish fuscous fascia from middle of costa to apical third of dorsum 

 contains a number of reddish and brown scale?; a similarly colored triangular 

 costal spot at apical third ; terminal edge and apex broadly blackish fuscous 

 with a reddish brown line along the extreme edge ; cilia ochreous ; costal fold 

 in the male very small and not firmly pressed down, covering only basal sixth 

 of costa. Hindwings dark fuscous with cilia lighter. Abdomen and legs ochre- 

 ous fuscous. 



Alar expanse: 17 mm. 



Habitat: Dewey, Arizona. 



Type and cotypes in Collection Barnes; cotypes in U. S. National Museum 

 (No. 22638). 



Platynota chiquitana, n. sp. 



Labial palpi, head and thorax blackish brown. Forewings dark brown with 

 outer half lighter yellowish brown especially in the males; costal fold of the 

 male short and narrow, reaching only one-fourth of the costa; a blackish brown, 

 outwardly oblique, fascia from the middle of costa to apical third of dorsum 

 becomes indistinct and suflFused on its lower half, but is edged along its entire 

 basal side with minute tufts of raised scales; similar small tufts of black scales 

 are found in two series across the apical part of the wing, starting on either 

 side of an obscure dark brown triangular costal spot at apical third; additional 

 small tufts of scales are scattered on apical part of the wing; terminal edge 

 dark reddish brown with small raised scale tufts. Cilia golden brown. Hind- 

 wings dark reddish brown. Abdomen dark fuscous with yellowish brown under- 

 side. Legs blackish brown. 



Alar expanse : 12-16 mm. 



Habitat: San Diego and Loma Linda, San Bern. Co., California. 



