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of costa, ami a semioval blotch from to costal edge between 
these marked with four very short oblique strigulae ; a large tri¬ 
angular blotch extending on dorsum from to tornus, and reaching 
more than half across wing, its posterior angle extended as a slender 
streak along terrnen to apex ; second discal stigma minute : cilia 
grey, on costa yellow. Hindwings 1, terrnen hardly sinuate ; grey ; 
cilia light grey, a darker subbasal shade. 
Argentina, Upper Patana 11., San Ignacio Mission, 1 ex. in my 
Coll.; also 1, Paraguay, Asuncion (F . iSchade ), in Vienna Mus. 
This strikingly distinct species does not look like a Gelechia, owing 
to the broader forewings, less oblique terrnen, and peculiar colour¬ 
ing ; structurally, however, it agrees with this genus only. 
Platyedra cunctatrix, n. sp. 
c? . 17-18 mm. Head pale ochreous. Palpi blackish-grey, tip 
pale ochreous, second joint with scales hardly rough beneath, with 
a pale ochreous anterior streak. Antennae grey. Thorax pale 
ochreous, tinged grey dorsally, shoulders dark grey. Abdomen 
grey, ventral surface blackish with median pale ochreous suffusion, 
anal tuft pale ochreous above. T'orewings elongate, costa gently 
arched, apex obtuse-poiuted, terrnen very obliquely rounded; 
blackish-grey; some irregular pale ochreous suffusion beneath costa 
from base to about | ; an irregular rather oblique transverse pale 
ochreous fasciate blotch in middle of disc, not reaching margins ; 
a rather oblique transverse pale ochreous spot from costa at |, 
whence a fine faint irregular line runs to tornus : cilia pale glossy 
grey, basal third dark grey. Hindwings slightly over 1, terrnen 
slightly sinuate ; rather dark grey ; cilia grey. 
Uganda, Kampala, bred July from Hibiscus (Hancock ); 2 ex. 
(type Brit. Mus.). Allied to erebodoxa ; it has a superficial resem¬ 
blance to Momcta zemiocles, but apart from structural differences 
that species has an entire pale subbasal fascia. 
Platyedra piceicoma, n. sp. 
$ . 15 mm. Head, thorax dark grey with blue gloss. Palpi 
second joint dark rusty-brown, terminal joint dark fuscous, tip 
whitish. Porewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, 
terrnen very obliquely rounded; purple-blackish; three narrow 
irregular-edged white transverse fasciae, first at |, not reaching 
costa, second just beyond middle, not reaching costa or dorsum, 
third at lower half linear and sinuate : cilia glossy whitish-grey, 
basal third grey. Hindwings pale grejq thinly scaled in disc, apex 
and terrnen suffused darker grey; cilia light grey. 
Cameroons, Johann-Albrechts Hoke Station ( Conradt ); 1 ex. 
(Coll. Paravicini). Allied to cunctatrix , but separable by the dark 
head. 
Plitliorimaea aganophthalma, n. sp. 
2 • 9-10 mm. Plead white, crown suffused pale greyish. Palpi 
whitish, second joint sprinkled pale grey, terminal joint suffused 
