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red. Wings blackish cinereous ; veins black. Fore wings somewhat 

 paler in the disk, rounded at the tip and on the interior angle. 

 Length of the body 2| lines, of the wings 7 lines. 

 Hub. New Guinea. 



G-eu. 'F LATA, Fab. 



241. Plata suBACUTA. Foem. Fulva, robusta, subtus testacea, fronte 

 tricarinata, mesothorace parvo, pedibus validis, alis anticis pallide 

 viridibua costa margineque exteriore rotundatis angulo interiore 

 producto acuto venis transversis plurimis, alis posticis albis. 



Female. Tawny, stout, testaceous beneath. Head with slightly pro- 

 minent borders ; vertex twice as broad as long ; front a little longer 

 than broad, wider and slightly angular towards the face, with three 

 short slight keels. Prothorax arched, hiding the hind part of the 

 vertex. Mesothorax small. Legs stout. Fore wings pale green ; 

 costa and exterior border forming a continuous curve ; interior angle 

 acute, very prominent ; transverse veins numerous, irregular. Hind 

 wings white. Length of the body 4 lines, of the wings 10 lines. 

 Hab. Mysol. 



The prominent hind angles of the fore wings distinguish it 

 from JF. distinctissima {Pceciloptera distinotissima, Cat. Horn. v. 

 p. 114). 



242. Flata combinata. Mas. Alba, capite unicaiinato, prothorace 

 et mesothorace arcuatis, tarsis nigris, alis anticis macula ochracea 

 guttaque elliptica nigra antemediis connexis venis transversis plurimis 

 furcatis. 



Male. White. Head with slightly prominent borders, vertex and front 

 blended together and forming one compartment, which is much longer 

 than broad, and has a slight keel. Prothorax and mesothorax arched. 

 Tarsi black. Fore wings with the veins thrice successively forked and 

 thereby very numerous near the exterior border ; a small ochraceous 

 spot in the disk near the base, connected with an elliptical black dot. 

 Hind wings with comparatively few veins, most of which are twice 

 forked. Length of the body 6 lines, of the wings 24 lines. 



Hab. Makianj Celebes. 



Closely allied to F. Selena; but the fore wings are without 

 bands, and the spot in the disk is partly ochraceous. 



243. Plata ouadriguttata. Alba, tibiis tarsisque unterioribus 

 nigris, alis anticis guttis duabus nigris, 1* antemedia, 2^ media. 



White, in structure like F. combinata. Anterior tibiae and anterior tarsi 

 black. Fore wings with two black dots in the disk, one near the base, 

 the other in the middle; veins successively forked, very numerous 

 towards the exterior ; transverse veins and transverse costal veins very/ 



