LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1123 



PLATYDIA AGUMINATALIS. 



FoBm. Fuscescente-cinerea ; palpi graciles, arcuati, subfimbriati, 

 verticem longissime superantes, articulo So lanceolato ; antenna 

 gracillimce, setulosce ; alee elongatce, Uneis duabus nigris angu- 

 losis, spatio exteriore fusco, linea submarginali angulosa pallide 

 cinerea ; lunulis marginalibus nigris ; anticce peracutce, iineit 

 duabus basaiibus nigris angulosis, litura discali nigricante 

 cinerea pallido marginata, margine exteriore vix flexo. 



Female. Brownish cinereous, slender. Palpi slender, curved, 

 full twice longer than the breadth of the head and rising very high 

 above the vertex ; second and third joints slightly fringed above ; 

 third lanceolate, full half the length of the second. Antennae setu- 

 lose, very slender. Abdomen hardly extending beyond the hind 

 wings. Legs smooth, slender. Wings elongate, with two black 

 zigzag oblique lines ; first line across the middle; space beyond the 

 second line mostly brown ; submarginal line pale cinereous, zigzag; 

 marginal lunules black. Fore wings very acute, with two black 

 zigzag incomplete lines near the base ; a blackish mark in the disk, 

 bordered with pale cinereous on the outer side, interrupting the 

 middle line ; exterior border hardly bent in the middle. Length of 

 the body 6 lines ; of the wings 15 lines. 



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Platydia -EQUIFERALIS. 



Foem. Purpurascente-cinerea ; palpi oblique ascendentes, verticem 

 longe superantes, articulo 2o supra subconvexo t So lineari ; 

 antennce setulosce ; alee nigro subconspersce, Uneis duabus 

 fuscis obliquis subangulosis, 2a duplicata, linea exteriore sub- 

 undulata e punctis elongalis nigris, margine exteriore subden- 

 tato ; anticce acutce, linea intermedia fusca angulosa, guttis 

 tribus nigris ; posticce macula nigra, fascia jlavescente. 



Female. Purplish cinereous, pale cinereous beneath. Palpi 

 smooth, obliquely ascending, much longer than the breadth of the 

 head and rising much higher than the vertex; second joint slightly 

 convex above ; third linear, slender, a little shorter than the second. 

 Antennae minutely setulose. Abdomen extending a little beyond 

 the hind wings. Legs smooth. Wings thinly and minutely black- 

 speckled, with two brown oblique slightly zigzag lines ; first line 

 antemedial ; second postmedial, double ; a more exterior slightly 

 undulating line of elongated black points ; exterior border slightly 



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