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Show 134 LORD WALSINGHAM ON [Jan. 19, 77. PLATYNOTA, Clem. 193. PLATYNOTA FLAVEDANA, Clem. = CONCURS AN A, Wkr.6; = LATER AN A, Rbs.5 Platynota flavedana, Clem. Pr. Ac. Nat. Sc. Phil. XII. 348 (1860)'. Tortrix concursana, Wkr. Cat, Lp. Ins. B.M. XXVIII. 324-5 (1863)2. Tortrix flavedana, Rbs. Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. II. 278, PL VI. 55, o* (1869)3. Tortrix laterana, Rbs. Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. II. 278, Pl. VI. 56, 2 (1869)4. Tortrix (Platynota) flavedana, Z. Verh. z.-b. Ges. Wien, XXV. 236-7 (1875)5. Platynota flavedana, Wlsm. 111. Typ. Lep. Het. B.M. IV. 11 (1879)6; Fern. Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. X. 22. No. 113(1882)'; Pack. U.S. Dept. Agr., Rp. V. 425, 651 (1890)8. Hah. UNITED STATES 1"8, 15-18 VII.5 [Larva, Clover7, Rosa7, Sassafras officinale7'*, Acer7'9]. West Indies-HAYTI (Port-Prince, 25 V.-Gudmann); ST. THOMAS, 10 IV. (Gudmann). This species has a long costal fold. 194. PLATYNOTA REPANDANA, Wkr. Teras repandana, Wkr. Cat. Lp. Ins. B.M. XXVIII. 292 (1863) \ Platynota repandana, Wlsm. Pr. Z. Soc. Lond. 1891, 499, 543 (1892)2. Hah. West Indies-SAN DOMINGO 12. This species has a long, straight, costal fold. 195. PLATYNOTA ROSTRANA, Wkr. = RESTITUTANA, Wkr.4; =CONNEXANA, Wkr.4 Teras rostrana, Wkr. Cat. Lp. Ins. B.M. XXVIII. 290 (1863) Teras restitutana, Wkr. Cat. Lp. Ins. B.M. XXVIII. 292 (1863)Teras connexana, Wkr. Cat. Lp. Ins. B.M. XXVIII. 293 (1863)3. Platynota rostrana, Wlsm. 111. Typ. Lp. Het. B.M. IV. 5-6, Pl. LXII. 1 (1879)4. Tortrix rostrana, Cmstk. U.S. Dept. Agr., Rp. Ent. 1880, 253 (1881)5. Platynota rostrana, Fern. Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. X. 22. No. 114 (1882)6; Wlsm. Pr. Z. Soc. Lond. 1891, 499, 543 (1892)7. Hah. UNITED STATES1,4-Florida5,6,7 [Larva, Orange5,6,7. 311.-II.6; 17 V.5] West Indies-SAN DOMINGO L*>*.*.7 ; ST. VINCENT7 ; GRENADA (Balthazar, 250 ft., and La Force Estate, 350 ft., windward side, 15 III.-5 V.-H. H. Smith). VENEZUELA3'6,7; BRAZIL (Ega)1,4,7. Walker's three species are represented by females indistinguishable from each other, and until male topotypes have been obtained it will be impossible to determine whether they represent one or more species-probably each matches a male of the flavedana group occurring with it. I referred the St. Vincent specimens (both females) to rostrana with some diffidence, and the reception of both sexes from Grenada only does not enable me to clear up the synonymy as confidently as I should desire. The males from i |