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^ 20. Platypleura subfolia, Mas. 



Nerviis transversus lus rectus, valdd obliquus, 2o plus sexties ejus 

 longitudine divisus ; 2us rectus, valde obliquus, unguium suh- 

 ohtusum fingens, \o dupld longior ; 3v.s fere rectus, valde 

 obliquus, angulmn acutum fingens, 4f/s fere rectus, subobli- 

 quus, angulum rectum fingens, 3i longitudine. 



Second marginal areolet a little longer than the first : first 

 cross-vein straight, very slanting, forming an extremely obtuse an- 

 gle, parted from the second by more than six times its length ; 

 second straight, very slanting, forming an extremely obtuse angle, 

 full twice the length of the first ; third nearly straight, very slant- 

 ing, forming an acute angle ; fourth nearly straight, slightly slant- 

 ing, forming a right angle, as long as the third ; fifth very much 

 curved, slightly slanting, forming a very obtuse angle. Body pale 

 green, clothed with white hairs, and having a whitish covering, 

 which is most thick beneath : head adorned with an irregular band 

 of black spots : eyes and eyelets red : feelers black ; second joint 

 tawny : fore borders of the abdominal segments black : legs pale 

 green ; claws and tips of the feet black : fore-shanks armed beneath 

 with three small black teeth : fore-wings pale gray, very convex on 

 the fore border near the base, tinged with pale green, especially to- 

 wards the base and along the fore border, clouded with pale brown, 

 which forms imperfect ringlets on the areolets, and a row of double- 

 forked marks near the hind border ; hind-wings pale green, with 

 white stripes ; veins green ; flaps pale green. Length of the body 

 11 lines; of the wings 31 lines. 



a, b. Natal. From Dr. Krauss' collection. 



2\. Platypleura BASiPOLiA, Mas et Fem. 



Nervus transversus lus subcurvus, perobliquus, angulum perobtu- 

 sum fingens, 2o plus dupld ejus longitudine divisus ; 2us sub- 

 rectus, perobliquus, angulum perobtusum fingens, \o mx 

 brevior ; 3us subundatus, obliquus, angulum acutum fingens ; 

 4us rectus, obliquus, angulum acutum fingens, So longior. 



Second marginal areolet longer than the first: first cross-vein 

 straight, with the exception of a slight curve at its lower end, ex- 

 tremely slanting, forming an extremely obtuse angle, parted from 

 the second by a little more than twice its length ; second nearly 

 straight, extremely slanting, forming an extremely obtuse angle, al- 



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