purpurascens (Platynopus) Walker 1868: 530 . [Fig. 166]

Original data: “ a. Ceram. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq.” [holotype]

HOLOTYPE ♀: red-margined holotype disc; green-margined type disc; “Cer.”; “Saunders 65. 13.”; “ PLATYNOPUS PURPURASCENS .”; “NHMUK 010592435”. Fourth and fifth right antennomeres, and second to fifth left antennomeres missing (Fig. 166).

Current status: Montrouzierellus purpurascens (Walker, 1868) (see Kirkaldy 1909: 12; Thomas 1994: 187).