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a conspicuous grcy-wliitc patch behind cell near base, as in 

 fosteri, llinpsn. 



Hind tciny witli termen fuller in middle than in .njlinoides 

 (shaped more as in fns(,'ri}, the apex const'()uc iitly less 

 pointed ; coloration nearly as in the darkest .njlinoides, but 

 slijjhtly more clouded still, at least in apical and distal 

 region. 



Underside much as in heavily-marked .ri/linoidci, but with 

 the longitudinal line of npperside developed in distal half. 



Minca, Colombia, i.HX)0 feet (//. H. Smifh), type and 

 another ? . 



Perhaps the $ to ,vi/linoi(ies, which occurred with it in 

 the same locality — which, however, is undoubtedly very rich 

 in Noctuidic. Unfortunately, ? ? of many of the species 

 are still unknown. 



7. Ayonista endochri/sa, sp. n. 



c?.— 9fi-9a mm. 



Head and thorax above velvety blaek-brown ; pectus 

 chocolate-brown, ijosteriorly mixed with ochreous ; hind 

 coxa, femur, and tibia predominantly ochreous ; abdomen 

 golden yellow, dorsal surface anteriorly black-brown, narrow- 

 ing off to a point about the Hfth segment. 



Fore wini/ velvety black-brown ; fringe golden yellow, 

 becoming black-brown behind SM'^. 



Hind irinr/ velvety black-brown, somewhat lighter apically ; 

 abdominal margin golden yellow; fringe golden yellow from 

 tornus to before M\ 



Fore wing beneath dull chocolate-brown, rather darker 

 basally ; a small indistinct dark spot at end of cell ; a row of 

 minute yellow suhtermiual dots between the veins (smaller 

 than those of phiteni) ; fringe yellow. Hind wing beneath 

 slightly darker, the alnlominal region yellow about to M', 

 more or less heavily irroratcd with tiark brown at the junction 

 of the two colours. 



N. Borneo, the type from Sandakan {A. L. Cook). 



Possibly the IJorneo race of endoleuca, (lucn. JFas been 



misidcntitied as ^dateni, Pag. (compare Ilmpsn., Cat. Lep. 



Phal. xii. p. 2G8). The true plateni, from I'alawan, is very 



(lifftMcnt aiul should form a separate section of the genus, 



with normally shaped cf hind wing (not elongate to tornus; 



termen convex) ; the; absence of yellow on the abdomen, 



presence of a golden-yellow terminal band on hind wing 



from tornus to R-', narrower yellow abdominal margin above, 



more extended velU>w abdominal region of hind winir 



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beneath, and pale yellow tornus of fore M'ing beneath, further 



distinguish the Palawan species. 



