1897.] WEST-IKDIAN MiORO-LEPIDOPTERA. ISB 



Grenada liave a short fold and much resemble labiosana, Z., but 

 are smaller. 



196. Plattnota beeviplicaka, sp. n. 



Antetmce dark brown. Paljn brownish ochreous. Head and 

 thorax brownish ochreous. Fore ivings with a short brownish- 

 ochreous basal patch, somewhat indented on the fold ; the costal 

 fold in the male not extending bej'^ond this pale patch, which 

 reaches only to one-fourth the wing-length (in the more northern 

 s'pecies Jlavedana, Clem., it extends to half the wing-length) ; the 

 whole of the middle portion of the wing is overclouded by a broad 

 dark umber-brown band, beyond which the terminal portion is 

 shining whitish ochreous with two sinuate lines of slightly raised 

 scales ; there are also some raised scales on the dark central band, 

 notably in an oblique line fi'om its upper and inner angle ending 

 in a strong patch near the outer end of the fold and in a small 

 patch at the outer end of the cell ; cilia pale cinnamon- brown on 

 their basal, brownish ochreous on their outer half. Exp. al. 15 mm. 

 Hind wings cinnamon-brown, blending to ochreous towards the 

 base ; ciha shining pale cinnamon-brown. Abdomen cinnamon- 

 brown. Legs brownish ochreous. 



Type, 6 Mus. Wlsm. 



Hah. West Indies — Grenada (Balthazar, 250 ft., windward 

 side, 15-20 IV. — H. H. Smith). Two specimens. 



197. Platynota diminutana, sp. n. 



Antennce dark greyish brown. Palpi somewhat curved down- 

 wards ; apical joint less than half the length of the second ; grey- 

 brown. Head and thorax rust-brown. Foi-e vjings : male with a 

 short costal fold extending to one-fourth ; rust-brown, with a 

 broad central band, thickly mottled with purplish fuscous in which 

 is an oblique line of raised scales ending on the fold, and a second 

 line, shorter and more oblique, from beyond the middle of the 

 costa where it is accompanied by a dark patch ; a small patch of 

 dark fuscous scales lies near the base of the dorsum ; cilia ferru- 

 ginous brown on their basal half, pale ochreous on their outer half. 

 Ex^j. al. 14 mm. Hind ivings cinnamon-brown, tending to 

 ochreous towards the base ; cilia shining pale cinnamon-brown. 

 Abdomen brownish ochreous. Legs pale ochreous. 



Type, 6 Mus. Wlsm. 



Hab. West Indies — Geeu^ada (Balthazar, 250 ft., windward 

 side, 15 IV. — H. H. Smith). Two specimens. 



This species differs from hreviplicana in the more broken or 

 mottled appearance of the central band, which almost assumes the 

 form of an oblique fascia followed by a costal patch, and in the 

 darker ferruginous terminal portion of the wmg. It is quite con- 

 ceivable that it may be a variety of hreviplicana, but I am strongly 

 inclined to regard it as distinct in the absence of intermediate 

 forms. Except in the colour of the hind wings it approaches 

 somewhat closely the Mexican species stuUana, "Wlsm. 



