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6. P. Formosa, n. sp. 



IMale above dark brown, primaries with basal area black- 

 brown, limited by a broad strongly angulated, internally 

 trisiniiated tawny band from costa to inner margin : 

 secondaries witli a central narrow wliite band, narrowing 

 from inner margin to costa ; base black spotted, nervures 

 and folds black ; body, thorax black, white spotted, 

 abdomen black above with the edges of the segments tawny, 

 below tawny ; wings below paler than above, apical "area 

 red-brown, the nervures and folds blackish ; primaries with 

 transverse band, orange ; secondaries with basal area bright 

 tawny, with about sixteen large spots : expanse of wings, 

 3 inches, 6 lines. 



Female similar to P. Eurijta ? , but with the white band 

 of primaries carried up more squarely to costal nervure, 

 not sinuated internally at end of cell, but deeply excavated 

 at base of second median interspace ; the lunate subanal 

 spot merely indicated by a whitish nebula enclosing a 

 black spot ; outer two-thirds of inner margin creamy ; 

 spots at base of secondaries smaller and differently 

 arranged : expanse of wings, 3 inches, 8 lines. 

 (^.Cabinda, ^ . Amhv\z {J. J. Monteiro). B.M. 



The most handsome of the species of Planema : it is 

 allied to P. Euryta. 



GENUS ACRtEA. Fahricius. 

 SECTION TELCHINIA. Douhhday. 



7. Acrma Pscudolycia, n. sp. 



Wings above with the central area broadly white, base 

 broadly blackish, with black spots, partly encircled with 

 white ; primaries with four conspicuous black spots on the 

 white area, the first in cell, the second near base of first 

 median interspace, the two others on interno-median inter- 

 space ; a large irregular black blotch at end of cell, beyond 

 which is a slightly oliliipie sub-apical white band, tri- 

 sinuate externally, so as partly to enclose the first three 

 of a submarginal series of six tawny spots ; external area 

 smoky-broM'n ; secondaries with an irregular discal series 



