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This species is allied to P. Protect of Trimen, of which 

 we have three males and two- females, and to P. Jodutta of 

 Fabricius, of which we have three males and one female ; 

 its natural position will be between P. Jodutta and P. 

 Esehria of Hewitson (a species very close to, but apparently 

 distinct from P. Scrvona of Latreille). 



3. Planema Metajyrotca, n. sp. 



Male above smoky-brown ; primaries with a regular 

 oblique creamy subapical fasciole of the shape and colour 

 of that of P. Protca ; the basal half of subcostal and median 

 nervures and a broad subtriangular trifid patch on inner 

 margin tawny-ochreous, interrupted by the black nervures ; 

 secondaries tawny-ochreous ; outer margin, nervures on 

 disc and internervular folds smoky -brown, base smoky- 

 brown, black spotted : body, thorax black, white spotted, 

 abdomen dark brown, yellow spotted, the margins of the 

 segments white : wings below dirty ochreous, nervures and 

 folds black ; primaries with a blackish fasciole at end of 

 cell, and a white fasciole immediately beyond it ; a black 

 and white spot at base of costa ; secondaries with about 

 thirteen black spots at base, arranged as in P. Protea : 

 expanse of wings, 2 inches, 5 lines. 



Female above pale tawny ; primaries with basi-costal 

 area dusky ; apical half smoky-brown, subhyaline ; the 

 nervures and folds blackish ; a broad pale taM^iy subapical 

 fasciole from costal nervure to second median branch, but 

 subconnected (by a streak of the same colour on first 

 median interspace) with the discal ta"^^'ny area ; secondaries 

 with the outer edge, and the nervures and folds of outer 

 half dusky : body as in male : wings Ijelow as in male : 

 expanse, 2 inches, 7^ lines. 



Ambriz (J. J. Monteiro). B.M. 



Allied to P. Protea ; its natural position is api)arently 

 between that species and P. Carincntis of Doubleday, of 

 which we have four males and one female : the latter 

 species is quite distinct from P. Jodutta, although the 

 females, from the similarity of their colouring, seem more 

 nearly allied than the males. 



4. P. Monteironis, n. sp. 

 Female above smoky-brown ; primaries with a broad 



