I'J-i Mr. Jiiitler's Mviwij rapine Lid of the 



lost ill the colouring of the basal area, and another less 

 distinct but similar spot forms the commencement of a 

 sub-apical band crossing the first transverse vein from 

 costal margin to apical third of external margin ; a series 

 of similar markings runs along the inner edge of the nerve- 

 less border between the longitudinal veins ; wings brownish- 

 red, with the margin, veins and flap brown, nerveless border 

 hyaline white : length 1 inch, 4 lines ; expanse 3 inches, 

 10 lines. 



Sierra Leone {Morgan). B.M. 



This is so entirely distinct, in the pattern of the 

 tegmina, from the P. Limhcita of Fabricius, that I cannot 

 imagine it, for a moment, to be a variety of that species ; 

 tlie Fabrician type differs in no respect from our Angolan 

 examples, but has the three dark spots (forming a triangle) 

 upon the first three transverse veins ; the basal area being 

 moreover luteous, spotted with dusky and with costal area 

 more or less oreen. 



Species with Black, White, and Brown Wings. 



40. riatijplciiva Limbaticollis. 



Platijplcura Limhaficollis, Stal, Ent. Trans. Ser. 3, 1, 

 p. 571, n. 1 (18G3) ; Heniipt. Afric. 4, p. 19, n. 11 (1866). 



riatiiplcnra Limhata, \Yn]kev (nee Fabricius), List 

 Hom()i)t. Ins. 1, p. 23, n. 2 (1850). 



Ashaiiti, Cape Coast. B.M. 



Species with Transparent White Wings. 

 41. Plafi/jdcura Quadrat icoll is, n. sj). 



Head black with two transverse ochreous bands ; vertex 

 black spotted wdth ochreous ; face ochreous, clothed at the 

 sides with testaceous pubescence ; rostrum testaceous, 

 blackish at the tip ; anteniiitj black ; prothorax testaceous 

 with the impressed markings black ; lobes pitchy, well 

 developed : mesothurax dull castaneous with six sub- 

 triangular .spots, and two small rounded spots, all black : 



