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51976. Metasia straminealis, n. sp. 



ft. Straw yellow ; head and thorax strongly irrorated with black ; anten- 

 nas annulated with black ; fore legs suffused with black above. Forewing 

 irrorated with black especially towards base of costa ; a black antemedial line 

 oblique from costa to median nervure, then incurved ; a diffused black 

 annulus in middle of cell and another on discocellulars ; a minutely waved 

 postmedial line oblique from costa to vein 5, excurved to vein 2, then 

 retracted to below end of cell ; a prominent terminal series of black 

 points. Hindwing rather paler with a terminal series of black points ; the 

 underside with black spots in cell and on discocellulars, a postmedial 

 maculate line excurved between veins 5 and 2, then retracted to below end 

 of cell. 



Habitat. — .Nilgiris, Ootacamund (Cardew). Exp. 22 mill. Type—Ih B. M. 

 5197c. Metasia annuuferalis, n. sp. 



Ochreous ; head and thorax thickly irrorated with black ; abdomen dorsally 

 Buffused with black and with whitish dorsal bands on 2nd and 3rd segments. 

 Forewing irrorated and suffused with black, less prominently in cell and on 

 inner area before the antemedial line, which is slightly bent outwards at 

 median nervure ; black-edged annuli in middle of cell and on discocellulars ; 

 an annulate spot on costa above end of cell with a smaller one beyond it ; 

 the postmedial line minutely dentate, arising from costa towards apex, 

 bent outwards to near termen between veins 5 and 2, then retracted to 

 below end of cell ; a patch of black suffusion on termen below apex and a 

 terminal series of black points ; cilia ochreous and black. Hindwing ochre- 

 ous with black points in middle of cell and on discocellulars ; a postmedial 

 line bent outwards between veins 5 and 2 ; an apical patch of black suffusion 

 and a terminal series of points. 



Habitat.— Palni Hills, Kodai Kanal (Campbell). Exp. 20 mill. Type —In 

 B. M. 



5205. PlONEA aureolalis, insert (syn.) Pionea acutawjula , Swinh. A.M.N. 

 H. (7), viii., p. 26 (1900). 



5207. Pionea leucanalis, insert Scopula damastesalis, Wlk., xix,, 1013. 

 which has precedence. 



Habitat.'— Khasis. Bombay ; Belgaum ; Ceylon ; Rangoon. 

 5207a. Pionea albiFImbrialis. Wlk., xxxiv., 1446. 

 Botys niveiciliaUs Snell. Midd.-Sum., iv., Lep., p. 64. 



Dull pale reddish-brown ; palpi at base, sides of frons, pectus, legs and 

 ventral surface of abdomen white. Forewing with indistinct dark antemedial 

 line oblique from costa to submedian fold, then erect ; a discoidal lunula ; 

 the postmedial line strongly excurved below costa, then oblique and minutely 

 waved ; cilia black at base, white at tips, except at apex and tornus. Hind- 

 wing rather paler ; an indistinct curved dark postmedial line ; cilia white at 

 tips except towards tornus. 



Habitat. — China; Formosa; Ceylon, Matale ; Sumatra; Java. Exp. 

 28 mill. 



