32 cosmiim:.— hadenid^:. 



COSMIA, Ochsenheimer. 



Cosmia distincta. (Plate XXXI. fig. 2.) 

 Cosmia distincta, Butler, Ann. 6f Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, vol. i. p. 192 (1878). 



Primaries grey, crossed by two blackish-edged white lines ; an abbreviated basal white 

 litura ; central area clouded with ferruginous, crossed by an angulated brown belt ; external area 

 dusky, limited within by a whitish streak ; a semicircular whitish-bordered costal brownish 

 spot : secondaries as in G. affinis of Europe ; under surface intermediate in character between 

 G. pyralina and C. affinis. Expanse of wings 1 inch 5-7 lines. 



Yokohama {Jonas). 



HADENID.E. 



PLATAPLECTA, Butler. 



Plataplecta sufoviridis. (Plate XXXI. fig. 3.) 

 Flataplecta subviridis, Butler, Ann. 6f Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, vol. i. p. 195 (1878). 



<§ . Primaries white, irrorated with grey, with blackish and white markings nearly as in 

 Aplecta nimhosa; the whole wing, particularly near the base, blotched with pale green; costa 

 blackish, white-spotted near apex; reniform spot black-edged; fringe brown: secondaries 

 pale brown, with darker outer border ; a blackish marginal line; fringe whitish. Under surface 

 pale shining brown ; costa of primaries white-spotted near apex ; secondaries whitish, with 

 dusky outer border and discocellulars ; venter whitish. Expanse of wings 1 inch 6-7 lines. 



Yokohama {Jonas). 



HADENA, Guinee. 



Hadena gnoma. (Plate XXXI. fig. 7.) 



Hadena gnoma, Butler, Ann. Sf Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, vol. i. p. 195 (1878). 



? . Nearly allied to H. atriplicis of Europe, larger and darker ; primaries of a slaty grey 

 colour, varied with black-brown and bright green markings, which are arranged as in H. atri- 

 plicis ; the bifid white spot less pure in colour and larger : secondaries, abdomen, and under 

 surface darker. Expanse of wings 2 inches 2 lines. 

 Yokohama {Jonas). 



