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Show 126 MR. A. G. BUTLER ON [Feb. 16, PLATYDASYS, n. gen. Allied to the preceding genus and to Cotanda ; the wings of the same form as in Dissolophus ; the antennae most like those of Cotanda but thicker, the femora and tibiae of all the legs and the tarsi of the middle and hind pairs very densely clothed with coarse hair-scales. Type P. pryeri. PLATYDASYS PRYERI, n. sp. (Plate VI. fig. 6.) Sepia-brown with faint roseate reflections ; the primaries with black and white lines and spots almost exactly as in the European Methorasa latreillei; but the reniform spot is larger and more indented in front, and the pink hastate spot immediately beyond the sinuous black-edged white discal line and situated upon the upper radial vein is much less prominent, so that it is scarcely distinguishable from the remaining portion of the pale stripe bounding the external edge of the discal line. Expanse of wings 34 millim. 3, Sarawak ; § , Labuan. In coll. B.M. A fragment of the female was obtained by Mr. Pryer in Sanda-kan. This species should be among the insects described by Walker; but, if so, the description is not good enough to render its identification possible. PCECILOGRAMMA, n. gen. Nearest to Gnamptocera, but in the pied character of its markings very dissimilar, superficially, from any of the allied genera ; antennae normal in character, with short sparse ciliations; palpi broad, compressed, curved obliquely upwards, with short terminal joint; collar and tegulae ample ; metathorax with prominent central crest; basal segment of abdomen probably tufted ; legs long, the front tibiae broad, the external edge being densely fringed with coarse scales; femora of middle pair of legs flattened and grooved, the tibiae densely clothed with hair and with two long terminal spurs; posterior legs almost naked, the tibiae with the usual spurs. Type P. picata. PCECILOGRAMMA PICATUM, n. sp. (Plate VI. fig. 4.) Primaries above sepia-brown, spotted and streaked with black, the internal area whity brown ; base white, marked with two black spots, an oblique bisinuated white stripe from the base of the costa to an oblique white band across the basal two-fifths of the wing, the latter band is traversed by a black line and is angulated at its costal extremity ; an oblique white streak from the apex, interrupted by the reniform spot, which is white, oval, and encloses two unequal black spots, and the postmedian stripe, which is white, internally edged with black, zigzag and very irregular, a slightly sinuous white submarginal stripe, connected on the second median interspace by a white spot, with a marginal series of internally white-edged black dashes; fringe whitish, spotted with grey : secondaries grey, with diffused darker external border : head and collar blackish, partly |
